Online Singing Competition, www.onlineshowdown.co.uk Reviews

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Good Points: Being able to get exposure for free.

Bad Points: Communication, deadline times changed without warning during the last day of competitions, flawed website (database and upload problems).

General comments: Ok, it's free and you get the ability to get your voice aired for zero cost; pretty good up to now - however, when videos are uploaded (V slow) don't be dissapointed if only the first 45 seconds actually plays (this seems normal for most video uploads). The website crashes regularly, with streams of database errors (this is very annoying).
I've been watching this site over the last 4 months and the prizes have been ok, from studio time worth £150.00 to a £50 HMV Voucher. Prizes seem to vary considerably and probably come form a result of the advertising on the site to fund them (nothing wrong with that).
The biggest failing with this site (having been a competitor) is you get friends and family to register for an account (to be able to vote for you) and after 4 days of waiting (yawn), you need to email them just to give a nudge in the right direction to confirm your account and activate it. Now, if the competition is to run for 4 weeks, please make sure your family and friends register at least 5 months before you enter the competition to be able to get a response from the site admin. They are ridiculously slow in responding to any communication even through the contact us form.
One competition (May/June) was extended by 12 hours on the day it was due to end which resulted in a very controversial win and demands for an enquiry. Obviously this will be impossible to clarify as all comments posted on their public forums have been evicted and no satisfactory responses were ever received regarding the enquiry.
If you decide to enter a competition, good luck but be prepared to be very frustrated.

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Hey people this is a great website- Online Singing Competition, I have came across loads of different website in the past where you can enter competitions for acting, best video clip etc.. but not a single website in the UK who actually focus on singing competitions. I had some problem at first when uploading video and I then send them a message using the contact us page, it only took couple of minutes to receive the reply, I was well chuffed! If X factor didn't value my singing talent then I c ...

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You don't have to leave your front door to be able to showcase your Talent, this website brings a great opportunity to upload your singing video and enter an online singing competition, prize funds are not bad either. It is a great way to earn some money and also to share your talent online, who knows you may be lucky and even get a singing contract!