Congratulations to the 17 Contestants who Passed the Blind Audition Stage in VOS-25

Remember, you mustn't have the nicest voice to win. You can still win with your normal voice. The creativity lies in your hand as the prizes for winning are stated below

Rank	Prizes
1st place	250 Steems and 10k SP delegation
2nd place	150 steems and 7k SP delegation
3rd place	100 steems and 3k SP delegation

There were some speculations as to how this competition will run now that we're done with the blinds. Now that you're qualified in the blind and are through to the next stage which is the judges stage, we'll start singing for evaluation. Here's is a careful breakdown of what is to follow in the next stage.

Judges Stage

In this stage, you're to sing to be evaluated by the 11 Vos-25 judges. I've given the judges marking schemes. You can also check the marking schemes to know how to improve your singing. You should give this your very best, as how you sing on this stage will determine if you'll move to the next stage or you'll be evicted from the show.

You'll have to create a first impression for the judges evaluating you. Singing one of your best songs, not the one you sang in the auditions, is recommended**. In this stage, you have 3-5 judges who'll evaluate you. You must have a pass mark of 30 points to pass through the theatre week. There's a total evaluation point or mark of 50, and in this stage, only one or none is to be evicted.

On a weekly basis, 4 contestants would be selected to sing a song and make a post before the deadline given. Let's just assume you're selected today and given judges today; you'll have to submit your entry in a period of 5 days. If you can't meet up with this, you'll be disqualified. You'll be given guidelines as to how you'll make the video for your judges and what to write. Don't worry. You can do it. Just program your mind. The judges' stage isn't difficult. You just need 30 points to pass this stage.

The judges would be given 2-3 days to do their evaluation and submit it to the host for the announcement of the stage 2 result. Note this pattern. We are 17 in number. You'll have a group and 3 judges to judge you. The judges can't interact with you until the theatre week. The selection starts today, and we'll select 4 contestants to prepare their song and post before Thursday. All selections will be done today, and we'll let contestants know their judges and judges know who they'll be evaluating.

4 contestants	3 judges
5 contestants	3 judges
4 contestants	3 judges
4 contestants	2 judges

Once you've passed this stage with 30 points, you'll be given a ticket to the next stage, which is the theatre week.

Theatre week

In this stage, there'll be 4 groups of 4 contestants. Each group will have to sing different songs they know, and one out of the 4 will be evicted by the judges. **If we have 4 groups and 1 person is evicted from each of these groups, it means we'll have 4 evicted members who won't make it to the next stage. The remaining 13 contestants will go through

Live Performances

In this stage, 3 contestants would be evicted from the 13 we have, leaving 10 to go through the next stage. In this stage, there'll be a group of 4. It would be split accordingly. Each group will have to learn a particular song and sing together. You'll have a vocal coach to guide your group as they learn the song and sing it together. 3 or more contestants would be evicted from the show.

For example

Group Capable	Group Capable has 4 members from different countries.

Group Capable	Group Capable has 4 members from different countries.

Group Capable will decide which song they want to sing, and a vocal coach will be given to guide them on how they'll sing. I'll do the supervision myself. If we want to sing Unstoppable by Sia.

Contestant A will sing stanza 1

Contestant B will sing stanza 2

Contestants B and C will sing the chorus.

Contestant D will end the song perfectly.

Leave this to me. I know how I'll arrange it to come out perfectly since we can't meet physically for the group singing. Group members would be trained on how to join voices together. All these would happen on WhatsApp social media.

Judges will evict 3 from here and will end their work for the show. They'll also be part of the coaching process. The next stage is going to be by votes.

This will take a period of 3 weeks

The Battles

In the battles, we'll match two people together to sing a given song. For example; A and B will sing Venezuela's national anthem. The best singer will move to the next stage. It's actually going to be a battle. So you're fighting with your partner on who stays and who leaves. 5 would be evicted from the show, leaving 5.

The remaining 5 will still do battles but with their own song. They'll choose a song and sing. 2 would be removed from this stage, leaving 3.

Semi-finals and Finals

The 3 remaining contestants will have to sing and fight as well. 1 contestant would be removed, leaving 2. These two will take it to the finals, and the winners will be announced. 2nd and 3rd place would be acknowledged.

Voting would be done by members of the Steemit platform. I'll be in charge of the voting poll. So make sure you sing in a way people will like and make you their fan. 😁😁😁......

I still remain your host @bossj23

If you need to have questions, ask in the comment section below for clarity. Don't panic. Everything would be explained for better understanding. You just have to trust the process.

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