The participants will record a music video of their song, which must follow the theme of TEC, last from one to three minutes, and be entirely in English.
The song must include only material (visual and audio) created by the students or for which they have copyright. Any material from other sources or used without the author’s permission will be considered a copyright violation and will result in the disqualification of the song from TEC.
The number of students working on a song is unlimited, but only students can be the authors and performers of the song, as well as the authors of the video.
Songs must be submitted three months before TEC if a pre-selection takes place, or two months before TEC if there is no pre-selection. No song will be accepted after the deadline. All songs must be sent by e-mail in an acceptable video format. All submitted materials should be anonymised; nowhere should there be any mention of the names of students/participants and/or their school. To avoid any technical problems, please send the videos before the deadline, as we will otherwise not be able to advise you on how to resolve them.
In the case of a pre-selection due to a large number of submitted songs, the judges will decide which songs will be invited to TEC. All invited students will receive an invitation two months before TEC.
All songs invited to TEC will be published on this website so that the audience can vote and select the winner based on the audience vote. Online voting will take place one month before TEC.
At TEC, each song may be performed by a maximum of four students per school. They must bring their own instruments and equipment. A music video may be played to accompany the performance, but the song must be sung live.
Invited songs will be performed at TEC in front of the judges, who will talk with the student authors, provide feedback on each song, and finally select the winner of the Music Challenge based on the following criteria:
- relevance to the theme of TEC
- composition/songwriting: lyrics quality, melody and harmony, structure and arrangement
- performance: vocal technique and control, expressiveness and interpretation, stage presence and confidence
- musicality and technical aspects: rhythm and timing, instrumentation and accompaniment, sound quality (for the video)
- English language proficiency
- creativity and originality.
