UK Commercial Contest! 21/9/09 - 25/1/10

Win 2 VIP tickets and enjoy a chauffeur driven ride, a spectacular dinner, and star-studded show!

Keep a Child Alive is proud to announce the launch of the UK’s Video Commercial Contest where the winner plus guest will be chauffeur driven to join Alicia Keys and special guests at the Black Ball in London in April 2010.

Keep a Child Alive is dedicated to helping families affected and infected with HIV/AIDS and asks you to help promote awareness of this disease and the devastating effect it‘s having in the developing world. A donation of £1 will buy drugs that will save a life.

Eligible participants are invited to produce a 60 second video (or less) that encourages people to text the word ‘alive’ to 82540 and donate £3. By texting the word ‘Alive’ £3 will automatically be added to the mobile phone bill and Keep a Child Alive will receive 75% of this fee (after network charges and a processing fee).

Use Facebook, use Youtube Quick Capture, use your digital camera or your Flipcam or your iPhone/mobile phone..... there are so many easy ways to record a short message!

The winning commercial will not be chosen based on technical skill but on how well you encourage viewers to text 'ALIVE' in a creative, imaginative, innovative, and upbeat manner. Educate, encourage and inspire. We ask you, will your audience be hooked in 60 seconds?

Check out the ‘tool-kit’ in the menu bar above and find facts and figures on HIV/AIDS.

The Keep a Child Alive Black Ball is a star-studded event where celebrity and philanthropy walk hand in hand, raising hopes, dreams and money to benefit KCA’s work. The evening celebrates the work of the world’s most influential humanitarians, prominent entrepreneurs, entertainers and politicians who continue to attend and lend their support each year.

Guests of The Black Ball enjoy an intimate cocktail party, live auction and spectacular seated dinner. The evening’s program, features an awards ceremony for our honorees with extraordinary performances by the world’s top recording artists. Throughout the years, Alicia Keys has shared the Black Ball stage with Bono, Annie Lennox, David Bowie, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer, Justin Timberlake, Common, Sheryl Crow, Lenny Kravitz, Angelique Kidjo, Femi Kuti, Baaba Maal, Damian Marley, John Mayer, Lou Reed, Paul Simon, Kathleen Battle and Usher amongst others.

Terms and Conditions

Eligibility:
1. Participant does not have to reside in the UK to enter the competition however travel and accommodation costs to the UK are not included.
2. Participant must be at least 18 years of age by 1/4/2010.
3. Participant must be registered as a member of the Keep a Child Alive Community
at http://community.keepachildalive.org

To Enter:
1. Create a 60 second commercial in length. Submit the commercial between
21/9/2009 and 25/1/2010. Entries will not be accepted after Monday, January 25th, 2010.
2. Upload your video to Youtube.
3. Email your Youtube link plus your Name, Address, Date of Birth and Contact
Details to ukcontest@keepachildalive.org in order to officially submit your video.

Conditions of Entry:

1. The content must be original and legally created.
2. Content cannot infringe the intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights or
any other legal or moral rights of any third party.
3. The commercial cannot exceed 60 seconds in length. However, it can be shorter
in length.
4. If the winning commercial is produced by a group of people, only one person will be awarded 2 VIP tickets (the group must decide which individual this will be).

The Prize.

1. The participant will win two VIP tickets to attend Alicia Key’s Black Ball 2010 in
London which is due to be held in April 2010. VIP tickets include a sit down dinner for two and a bottle of champagne.
2. The participant will be chauffeur driven from a location within London to
attend the Ball and returned back to the location when the show has finished.