Terms and Conditions
- This is an application for the competition to be included as part of the television programme which Shine Limited ("Shine") proposes but does not undertake to produce for ITV plc ("ITV") provisionally entitled "The Biggest Loser - series 2" ("the Programme").
- Shine Limited will be unable to reply to all applicants individually. You will only hear from us if you have been short listed to take part in the Programme auditions. This application form does not in any way constitute an offer to participate in the Programme or to audition to appear.
- You must be a UK resident aged 18 years of age or over on the date of your first audition, in good health and aware of no reason why you should not be able to take part in any physical activity or other element of the competition. You will, upon request, provide Shine with supporting documentation in order to substantiate this such as a state-issued photographic ID (for example, a passport or photographic driving licence).
- Employees, officers, directors or agents of, or anyone previously employed or engaged by, ITV or Shine and/or of any of their respective licensees, assigns, parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and the immediate family or members of their households are not eligible to participate.
- Applications will only be considered if this form is properly completed and submitted to and received by Shine.
- You must disclose details of any and all criminal or civil actions pending against you currently and/or served against you and/or any unspent convictions.
- All participants in the Series will be selected at the sole discretion of Shine whose decision will be final. All decisions by Shine concerning selection of the participants are final and applicants agree not to challenge or appeal against those decisions.
- The information you supply on this form (including your personal details):
- may be stored by Shine in a computer database compiled for the Programme and will be used for the purposes of selecting participants for the Programme;
- may be used for inclusion and/or read out in the Programme; and
- will not be supplied to third parties other than as is reasonably necessary to select participants and produce the Programme unless you have expressly consented to us doing so by answering the question "Would you like us to contact you about future series and other opportunities?" with "Yes", where indicated elsewhere on this Application Form.
- All information supplied (including personal details) in your application form or otherwise provided must be truthful, accurate and in no way misleading. Shine reserves the right to disqualify you if you have supplied untruthful, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information, have failed to abide by the rules or are in breach of these terms and conditions.
- You will not, without Shine's prior written consent disclose, publicise or discuss with any third party any information relating to your application or the Programme, your appearance, the production team or any participants in the Programme nor any other information which may come to your attention (including without limitation in relation to ITV, Shine or otherwise) save where such information is already public knowledge.
- You agree that if you are shortlisted to appear in the Programme, Shine may conduct background checks (including but not limited to Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks) on you in order to verify any of the information you have supplied.
- Applicants must be available to take part in the Programme on dates to be advised by Shine for 8 consecutive weeks and applicants must ensure that they are able to meet this commitment in every way (including, without limitation, financially).
- The use of illegal drugs, weight-loss medication, controlled substances and/or steroids/performance enhancing substances/drugs before, during or after any stage of the competition is strictly prohibited and, if you are short listed by Shine, Shine reserves the right to carry out random testing for such substances throughout the duration of the Series and you agree to undertake such tests as Shine shall reasonably request.
- Applicants agree that if they are short-listed by Shine (and at such other times during the production of the Series as Shine shall deem appropriate) as potential participants they:
- are prepared to undergo psychological and medical screening the full details of which will be explained in advance; and
- agree to authorise Shine to conduct background checks in order to verify any of the information supplied.
- In the event that you are called for an audition you (and anyone you intend to bring to the audition) may be filmed and prior to and as a condition for yours and theirs participation you will each be required to sign a separate Contributor Agreement and Declaration of Health with Shine. The Contributor Agreement will provide that in consideration of your participation in the Programme, Shine will own all of the rights in the Programme including the contribution which will be freely available for broadcast and all other media purposes without any payment to the participant.
- In the event that Shine wish to use the materials submitted by you (including without limitation any photographs or videos submitted as part of your application and/or the attached application form) (the "Materials") as part of and/or separately from the Programme you hereby:
- grant to Shine (and its licensees and assigns) all necessary rights and consents for the full period of copyright (and afterwards so far as possible in perpetuity) to use at Shine's sole discretion the Materials in any way and in any media and means;
- warrant that you own and can grant all rights in the Materials;
- that Shine shall be free to assign or license their rights in the Materials without your prior consent and you shall not be entitled to injunct or restrain the transmission or use of the Materials or any programme (or any part of it or them); and
- irrevocably and unconditionally waive any so-called "moral rights" in the Materials or any such programme (as set out in section 77 and section 80 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or otherwise) as you now have or may acquire in relation to the Materials or such Programme.
- All application forms must be received by Shine on or before 27th August 2010.
- Shine reserves the right to alter or amend these terms and conditions at any point during the application, audition and/or filming stages of the Programme.
- Shine would like to retain the application forms of candidates for future related use when, for example, producing similar programmes and/or future series.
- In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms & conditions relating to this Biggest Loser application form and the ITV.com terms & conditions, the Biggest Loser application terms & conditions shall prevail.