Jewel Kilcher (a.k.a. Jewel) is a recording artist in need of a comeback.
This is where you come in – if you are a taxpayer.
Get this – Jewel wants you to help foot the bill for her publicity tour.
Jewel had early success in the late 90’s then two years ago disappeared from the public view. This summer she put out a new CD named “0304”. When you drop out of sight for so long, you have to get the public’s attention when you attempt your comeback, and she sure did with her cover photo for the music magazine Blender. She has dropped her nice-girl image for a G-string and bustier. Jewel has now enlisted Channel One News to help her pump up her CD sales.
Channel One is using public school time to promote Jewel. This week a new contestwas announced. The main purpose of the contest is to remind students that Jewel is back and she’s hotter than ever.
Students are being encouraged to enter their school in the contest and the winner will have Jewel give a concert at the school (on taxpayer time).
Channel One says the purpose of the contest is to honor schools that are helping their communities.
Students are constantly being told on the in-school program to go to channelone.com and there Jewel is being pushed hard on kids.
Obligation’s Jim Metrock said, “This is another exampleof how Channel One News abuses the hospitality of schools. They are invited into schools, mainly because schools think they can’t get TV sets any other way, and Channel One behaves like the town drunk. Channel One is going to get schools into trouble with their communities.
The ‘winner’ of this contest will be providing a taxpayer-funded venue for Jewel to promote her new sexed-up image to kids. Channel One, of course, is the big winner because they get paid for exposing Jewel to 8 million students.”
CHANNEL ONE IN CONCERT WITH JEWEL CONTEST NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. Eligibility: Entrant must be a Channel One Network student between the ages of 11 and 18, and a legal resident of the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia as of Monday, September 8, 2003. Employees of Channel One Network, and Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. (“Sponsors”) and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies and their family members and/or those living in the same household are not eligible to enter.
2. Timing: Contest begins on Monday, September 8, 2003 and ends on Friday, October 17, 2003.
3. How to Enter: Enter by submitting a VHS format videotape of up to 120 seconds in length and a written essay of one page in length which answers the following question: “HOW DOES YOUR SCHOOL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY OR THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE?” Entries can be from an individual student or group of students from the same school. More than one entry from any person will void all entries from that person. More than one student per school may enter. All entries must be accompanied by the following: 1) a letter from a teacher or community member verifying the school’s community involvement and 2) a letter from the entrants’ school principal indicating the school’s agreement to have Jewel perform at the school on December 15, 2003. Entries must not use or contain any materials owned or created by third parties. Running time for video must not exceed 120 seconds. Written essays must not exceed one side 8.5″ x11″ single spaced or two sides 8.5″x11″ double-spaced. All entries must also contain the following information: each entrant’s full name, age, school name, school address (street, city, state and zip code), home phone number including area code and school principal’s name and school phone number including area code. Entries which do not meet the above requirements shall not be considered. Mail your entry to: Channel One News in Concert with Jewel Contest, PO Box 74911, Los Angeles, CA 90004.
4. In addition to the entry requirements in paragraph 3 above, all video tapes must be labeled with the following information: entrant’s name, school name and phone number including area code, principal’s name and school phone number including area code. Entries that are improperly labeled will not be considered. All entries must be postmarked by October 17, 2003 and received by October 24, 2003. Sponsors shall not be responsible for lost, late, mutilated or misdirected entries. Entries, corrupted/damaged videotapes or requests that are illegible or incomplete are not eligible. All entries become the sole property of Sponsors and none will be returned.
5. Judging Criteria: All Entrants and selected winner must comply with all terms and conditions set forth in these Official Rules. Winning is contingent upon fulfilling all such requirements. The prize-winning entry will be selected based on creativity, originality and adherence to the stated contest question in equal measure. The contest will take place under the supervision of Channel One Network. Participants agree to be bound by these rules and the decision of the judges, whose decisions are final. The five (5) semi-finalists will be judged based on creativity, originality and adherence to the stated contest question in equal measure by Channel One News. Channel One News will choose Five (5) semi-finalists on or about November 5, 2003. Jewel will select one (1) entry to be the grand prize winner on or about November 13, 2003. The winner and his/her school will be notified by phone on or about November 17, 2003. Event will take place on Monday, December 15, 2003. In the event the artist is not available, Channel One News will choose an alternate date and/or artist.
6. Prizes: Semi-Finalist Prizes: The following prizes will be awarded: Prize: Five (5) semi-finalists will each receive forty (40) Channel One News/Acuvue 2 co-branded CD cases, twenty (20) Jewel 0304 CD’s, twenty (20) posters 18×24 Approximate Retail Value: $599.80 Total Number of prizes: 5 Grand Prize: One (1) winner and their school will receive a private performance/concert (“Event”) at the winner’s school. Event to take place on December 15, 2003. Time of Event to be determined by December 8, 2003. Channel One News will tape a broadcast from the winning school on date of Event. Event is subject to permission grants from school officials and school administration where applicable. If school does not grant permission for EVENT as described herein then winner forfeits prize and an alternative winner will be selected. Approximate Retail Value: $5,000.00 Total Number of prizes: 1
7. Total Approximate Retail Value of All Prizes: $7999.00. Sponsors are not responsible for lost or mutilated prizes and none will be replaced. Prizes are nontransferable and must be accepted as awarded. No cash or other substitution may be made, except by the Sponsors in the event that the prize cannot be awarded for any reason, in which case, Sponsors will award a prize of equal or greater value. All taxes, fees and surcharges on prizes are the sole responsibility of winner.
8. Other Terms and Conditions: Potential winners will be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release, and where lawful a Publicity Release, within four (4) days of notification, failing which the potential winner will be disqualified and another winner selected in the place of the disqualified person from the semi-finalist entries. If any prize or prize notification is returned as non-deliverable, the potential winner will be disqualified and another potential winner will be selected in the original winner’s place. By accepting prizes, the winners agree that the Sponsors will have the right to photograph the selected entrant. Entry constitutes permission to use the entrant’s name, picture, likeness, school and city and state of residence for purposes of trade, publicity or promotion for no additional compensation as allowed by applicable law. All entries must be original, must not have won previous awards and must not infringe on any third party rights. Submission of entry constitutes consent of entrants and their parents/legal guardians to irrevocably assign to the Sponsors all rights in the entry, including but not limited to, intellectual property rights. Submission of an entry grants Sponsors and their agents the right to publish, produce, use, adapt, edit and/or modify the entry in any way and in any and all media, without limitation and without compensation to the entrant, or their parents/legal guardians. By submitting entries to the Contest, the entrant/sender grants permission for the Sponsors to post school name, city and state of school location on ChannelOne.com and Channel One News broadcast. No personally identifiable information from children under 13 will be posted online. Entries with the following inappropriate content will not be considered: lewd, foul or obscene language or depictions; the promotion or solicitation of illegal activity; or speech that demeans or defames a person or group on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, religious affiliation or national origin. The selected entrant and an officer from their school will be required to execute an affidavit of eligibility, compliance with Contest rules and release of liability/publicity.
9. All entrants release the Sponsors, their affiliates, parents, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees and agents, and all others associated with the development and execution of this Contest from any and all liability for injury, loss or damage of any kind resulting from participation in this Contest. Sponsors’ decisions relating to all aspects of this contest are final. Winners List: A complete list of winners will be available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope after December 20, 2003 to Channel One News in Concert with Jewel Contest, 1440 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10018.
10. Sponsor(s): The Sponsors of this Contest are Channel One Network and Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. whose addresses are: Channel One Network- 1440 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10018 and Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. – 7500 Centurion Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32256.
