Local winner gets guaranteed audition with show’s producers
Bowling Green, Ky.—One local vocal group or solo artist will win the chance to contend for a spot on Simon Cowell’s newest singing competition through WBKO Fox’s The X Factor Audition Pass Contest, locally sponsored by Bluegrass Cellular.
The contest, which kicks off Monday, April 18, 2011, will provide travel, hotel accommodations and an audition pass for a local winner to attend The X Factor audition in Dallas, Texas on May 26. The winner will also receive a prize package from Bluegrass Cellular.
To enter the WBKO Fox’s The X Factor Audition Pass Contest, contestants must submit a 90 second audition video between Monday, April 18 and Friday, May 6. Videos must be accompanied by a completed contest application, and can be submitted the following ways:
• Delivered in person to one of the following Bluegrass Cellular Customer Care Centers:
• 1661 Campbell Lane or 1355 Veterans Memorial Lane in Bowling Green
• 241 South L. Rogers Wells Blvd. or 2369 Happy Valley Road in Glasgow
• 2902 Ring Road or 1608 Ring Road in Elizabethtown
• 1850 S. Hwy. 27 in Somerset
• 399 Campbellsville Bypass, Suite 5 in Campbellsville
• By mail or dropped off in person to WBKO-TV studios at 2727 Russellville Road in Bowling Green
• By emailing the web address of a 90 second “public” YouTube video link to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (please include name and telephone number).
Like The X Factor, WBKO Fox’s The X Factor Audition Pass Contest is open to anyone age 12 and older. Both solo artists and vocal groups are eligible to compete.
“The X Factor is poised to be one of the hottest new shows on television this fall, and we are excited to partner locally with WBKO Fox for this contest,” said Barry Nothstine, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Bluegrass Cellular. “Central Kentucky is full of talented musical groups and vocalists. We look forward to helping one of them chase their dreams.”
More information on how to enter, rules and regulations can be found at www.wbko.com/TheXFactor. Finalists will be announced on Wednesday, May 11 and invited for a live, closed audition in front of a panel of local judges. The winner will be announced on Monday, May 16, 2011.
The X Factor debuts this fall on Fox. The show’s grand prize winner will receive a $5 million recording contract from Sony. For more information on The X Factor go to www.FOX.com/TheXFactor.