AUSTRALIAN IDOL may be finished, but here is your 2nd chance to become a TV & Social Media Star.

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Eurovision
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AUSvision

Eurovision

A European TV Gala

Modern Music

Passive Viewers

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AUSvision

An Australian TV Show

Traditional Music

Actively Participating Viewers

About Communities

Event Format

Each episode will showcase the traditional music of a specific culture.

We invite a music celebrity from that culture to be the co-host.

Musicians (individuals & groups) from that culture are invited to send in their music videos (mp4). Together with the culture’s co-host we’ll choose the top 3-5 submissions to be part of the show.

The show will be aired on Australian TV.

During the TV show, we will introduce the selected musicians, show their music videos and then invite them to explain their music, whilst the cultural co-host and our audience may comment on the quality of their performance.

At the end of the show, we invite everyone to vote for their favourite performer on Social Media.

 

Why Participate as a Musician?

Whether singing, playing or dancing to traditional music is your hobby, passion or profession, you can use the AUSvision Song Contest to promote your music throughout the world.

The show is being aired on multiple platforms (TV, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn) and being promoted by multiple organisations (Gen1 and  AMCCU media in conjunction with the Victorian State Government).

But it doesn’t stop there. We will award the best  performer of each show to become part of an international Music Video created by AMCCU media to be released on Australia Day the following year.

How to Win

  • Be professional and provide excellent video & audio quality – 25% of votes
      • No shaking or mobile shots
      • Shoot the video with multiple cameras providing multiple angles
      • If possible, zoom in & out, scan from one participant to the other
  • Be outstanding, and demonstrate the quality of your skills.
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First

When creating your Video Clip
(File Format: mp4, Frame Rate: 25fps (PAL), Format: 16:9 Resolution: 1920x1080p, Stereo normalised at -10db).

  • Be an authentic symbol of your culture – 25% of votes
      • Play traditional music and/or
      • Use traditional instruments and/or
      • Wear traditional clothing and/or
      • Dance traditional dance
  • Be complete and engage your community (Not required, but beneficial)
      • If you dance only, find a band with a singer to accompany you
      • If you sing only, find a band and/or background dancers
      • If you play music only, find background dancers and/or a singer
  • Be entertaining. Give us a show. Be you, be unique, and be fun.

After your participation is confirmed:

 

Activate your Network.

  • Ask any person you have ever met, including their cats, dogs & ponies to vote for you and ask their friends to do the same. Keep in mind that 50% of the votes come from the audience!

How to get started?

Participate, express your interest Click here

Once we receive your message, we'll guide you through the process.

How you can create a Win-Win Situation for all of us

    • We need at least 3-5 individuals/groups of each culture to start a show. If you know others that play your traditional music, please encourage them to participate as well (or give us their details), so that we can start a specific show for your culture soon.
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    • Also, please advise whether there is any traditional music celebrity of your culture that you could recommend or introduce to us, so he/she could become the guest host in the show remarking on everyone’s performance.
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    • This would be really helpful. However, if you don’t know anyone, still apply and leave the rest to us.

Voting

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The votes will be from the Co-Host

(quality-based)

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The votes will be from the Audience

(action-based)

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Of votes will be from AMCCU Panel

(entertainment-based)

Voting Procedure Co-host

Unlike in The Voice, X-Factor or other reality shows, their votes count for only 25% of the total votes.

On the night, the celebrity guest/co-host will decide on their Top 3 Performers:

  • Their 3rd Place Candidate will receive 5% of the total points.
  • Their Runner-Up will receive 8% of the total points.
  • Their Favourite will receive 12% of the total points.

All other participants will receive no points.

Voting Procedure Audience

 The audience votes will cover 50%.

  • We will put up the submitted video clip of each performer on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
  • Family, friends, and the general public can vote for each clip.
    • Each LIKE of a video counts as 1 point
    • Each COMMENT (positive or negative) of more than 40 or more characters on the video counts as 2 points
    • Each SHARE will count as 3 points
  • Any voter can give likes, comments, and shares for multiple clips.
  • One can also give multiple comments for one clip.
  • Voting is strictly limited to the first 72 hours after the show.

Vote here on every and all Social Media Accounts.

Voting Procedure AMCCUmedia Panel

Our panel votes on the entertainment factor of each participant. Their votes count for only 25%

After the public voting finishes (and they might be impacted by the first two votes) the panel decides on their Top 3 Performers:

  • Their 3rd Place Candidate will receive 5% of the total points
  • Their Runner-Up will receive 8% of the total points
  • Their Favourite will receive 12% of the total points

We then announce the winner at the start of the next show together with a video snippet of their performance, the interview, and the celebrity guest’s comments.

If I join AUSvision, what happens to my copyright, the ownership of my song?

Essentially, the ownership of the song and its copyrights remain yours, you only give us all the rights to use, market and promote you and your song.

As charities, we and AMCCUmedia (Australian Multi-Cultural Communities United Ltd) only have the intention to promote you and your skills, so that you can have some commercial benefits. Neither of us has any intention to sell your song. Together with the Victorian State Government we simply wish to promote multiculturalism through culturally-diverse music and hence the AUSvision Song Contest.

For example, Eurovision never had the rights to sell “Waterloo” by ABBA, but they still promote Eurovision as the show that made ABBA known throughout the music world. Wouldn’t it be great if AUSvision could do that for you as well?

Sample Videos from Past Winners

Play Video about Girl playing musical instrument

Peranya Visitchantaragoon (Thailand)

COMMENTS:

Awesome Performance on Truly Traditional Instruments!

Peranya was wearing traditional clothing, her video was shot from different angles and distances, and she put a lot of effort into getting her network to vote for her.

Tips for improvement:

  • none

Optional:

  • Add more musicians
Play Video about Man and woman dancing.

Leonardo Pereira (Brazil) & Katya Bogatyreva (Russia) from Forroz, Melbourne

COMMENTS:

Fantastic Dance Performance!

The video was shot during COVID Lockdown, so adding a drone gave it fantastic angles and different perspectives. Really creative!

Tips for improvement:

  • Wear traditional costumes.
  • Don’t shoot too long against the sun (makes the video dark).

Optional:

  • Add a music band
  • Add more dancers

 

Play Video

Madremonte Band (Columbia)

COMMENTS:

Amazing & Entertaining Story Telling!

This is not just a video recording of a music performance, but a true Music Video about the hunting of a caiman from the Columbian jungle to Melbourne’s laneways.

It had it all: dance, costumes, an entire band performing, and truly entertaining visuals.

Tips for improvement:

  • Don’t go on holidays and forget to tell your network to vote for you
Play Video about Girl singing.

Vianna Mae Samar Ricafranca, composed by Eugenio Corpus (Philippines)

COMMENTS:

Remarkable Singing & Great Performance for a 15-year-old!

Activated her followers well.

Tips for improvement:

  • Use more traditional music and costume.
  • A single-angle shot (full frontal) for a 5-minute music video doesn’t provide enough variety. Editing the background was a good idea though.

Optional:

  • Add a music band

This event is proudly funded by Victoria’s Multicultural Festivals & Events Program.