Open Prelims

Terms & Conditions

The formal version of what's already described in plain language on the Rules and Predict pages. If anything here ever conflicts with those, this page governs.

1. Who Can Take Part

Eligibility
  1. 18 or older, and legally able to receive a cash prize under Trinidad and Tobago law.
  2. Old enough to legally enter whichever venue is hosting the specific event — final venues are announced closer to each date, see the Event Structure section on the How It Works page.
  3. Not a member of the judging panel, or their immediate household, in the same season they're judging.
DJ registration is mandatory, and capped
  1. Entry to Open Prelims is a two-step process: a DJ must register a candidate spot first, and only then may submit a mix once the submission window opens.
  2. Registration accepts a maximum of 20 registered candidates. Spots are allocated first come, first served, and registration closes at the earlier of the published closing date or the moment the 20th spot is taken.
  3. Registration closes before mix submissions open. A DJ who has not registered by then cannot submit a mix for that season, regardless of when they became aware of the competition.
  4. A mix must be submitted using the same email address used to register. Submissions from an unregistered address are rejected automatically.
  5. Registering does not require a finished mix and does not guarantee selection. It secures only the right to submit. Nothing about registering guarantees a mix will be chosen for the top 8.
  6. A registered spot may be withdrawn by the organisers if the registration is found to be duplicated, fraudulent, or in breach of these terms; the spot then returns to the pool.
No purchase necessary
Entering, registering, voting, and predicting are all free. Nothing here requires buying a ticket, a drink, or anything else to be eligible for a prize.

2. The Prizes

What's on offer
  1. Predict Leg 1 Champion: TT$500, drawn live from everyone who guessed correctly.
  2. Predict Leg 2 Champion: TT$500, same format.
  3. Predict The Coronation: TT$500, same format.
  4. Leg Champions (the DJs, not the predictors): TT$2,000 cash, a crown, and a victory set, each leg.
  5. The Coronation (the DJs' season prize): the biggest prize of the season, awarded that final night — figure confirmed closer to that night.
How a TT$500 draw actually happens
Once an event's real result is known, everyone who predicted it correctly is entered into a live, random wheel spin on stage. One spin, one winner. If nobody guessed correctly, that prize is not awarded for that event — it does not roll over.
Ties
  1. The season pool's top-8 cutoff: if two or more acts are tied exactly for the final qualifying spot, the judges' average score alone (before the crowd-vote blend) decides it.
  2. Still tied after that: resolved at the organizers' discretion, acting in good faith and as fairly as the situation allows.
Claiming a prize
Winners are contacted using the email or details provided at entry. You have 14 days from being contacted to respond and arrange payment. After that, the prize is treated as forfeited and is not awarded to anyone else.
Taxes
Any taxes owed on a prize are the winner's own responsibility.

3. Fair Play

What counts as manipulation
  1. Submitting multiple votes or predictions under different identities.
  2. Scripting entries.
  3. Any other attempt to game a result.
See the Rules page for the specific safeguards already built in (confirmed-email requirements, one-per-person limits, and so on).
What happens if we catch it
Any entry, vote, or prediction reasonably believed to be fraudulent or manipulated can be disqualified, with or without notice, and the associated prize withheld or reassigned. We're optimizing against obvious abuse, not chasing a perfect, unbeatable system — see the Rules page for the same honesty about that tradeoff.

4. Changes & Cancellation

Can the rules or dates change?
Yes — event dates, prize figures not yet confirmed, and these terms themselves can be updated as the season is finalized. Anything already locked in (a confirmed vote, a confirmed prediction) is never retroactively changed against you.
What if an event can't happen as planned?
If a leg night or the Coronation has to be postponed, rescheduled, or cancelled for reasons outside our control, we'll do our best to reschedule and honor every prize already earned. If that genuinely isn't possible, entries tied to that specific night will be refunded in the only sense that applies here — since nothing costs money to enter, that means the prediction round tied to it is voided and nobody is charged anything, ever.

5. Data, Privacy & Contact

What about my data?
Covered in full on the Privacy Notice — what's collected, who sees it, and how to ask for it back or removed.
Who's actually running this?
Atherly's After Dark IV: The Coronation is organized independently in Trinidad and Tobago. Each event's venue is confirmed and announced ahead of that specific date — see the Event Structure for what's tentatively planned. These terms are governed by the laws of Trinidad and Tobago.
Questions?
Email jarrydiatherly@gmail.com anytime.
By entering
Submitting a mix, casting a vote, or entering any prediction round means you've read and agreed to these terms and the Privacy Notice.