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Rules and eligibility

The official rules.

How Drop That Mike is played, round by round, and the eligibility, entry, judging and prize terms behind every Dean's List challenge.

Drop That Mike

Freeze it. Or lose it.

Vote Freeze or Pass live during every performance: the audience decides who stays. Freeze means keep going; every Pass is a strike against you.

  1. 01Showcase

    Freeze or get passed

    All contestants perform, one at a time, for up to 5 minutes. While you perform, the audience votes Freeze or Pass in real time.

    Every Freeze adds $5.00 to your money bank, up to a max of $250.00. Rack up 20 Passes before your time is up and you're eliminated. Finish your set with fewer than 20 Passes and you move on.

    • +$5.00 per Freeze
    • Cap $250.00
    • 20 Passes = out
  2. 02Double down

    Grow it or guard it

    Advancing contestants carry over their Round 1 money bank. You choose: freeze your earnings and sit out, or perform again to chase the max payout.

    The stakes rise here. Every Freeze still earns +$5.00, but every Pass now costs you −⁠$2.00. The contestant with the highest money bank at the end of Round 2 advances to the final round.

    • +$5.00 per Freeze
    • −$2.00 per Pass
    • Top pot advances
  3. 03Final

    You vs. the clock

    The Round 2 winner performs solo against a 3-minute countdown clock, fighting to freeze their money before time runs out.

    Every Freeze locks in your money for 5 seconds. Any stretch without a Freeze costs you −⁠$1.00 per second as the clock ticks. When the clock hits zero, whatever remains in your bank is your cash prize.

    • 3:00 on the clock
    • Freeze = 5 sec locked
    • −$1.00 / sec unfrozen

01

Eligibility

  1. 01.1Open to performers worldwide, subject to local law.
  2. 01.2Entrants must be 18 or older, or enter with the consent of a parent or guardian.
  3. 01.3Employees of Dean's List LTD, judges, hosts and their immediate families may not enter.

02

Entry

  1. 02.1One entry per person per challenge, submitted through the official entry form on this site.
  2. 02.2Performances must be your own. Cover songs are permitted where the challenge allows.
  3. 02.3Video links must be public and remain available through the voting period.
  4. 02.4Entries close at the deadline shown on the show page. Late entries are not reviewed.

03

Judging and voting

  1. 03.1The team reviews every entry and selects performers for broadcast.
  2. 03.2Broadcast rounds are decided by the live audience across YouTube and Facebook.
  3. 03.3On Drop That Mike the live audience votes Freeze or Pass during every performance, and the rounds set out at the top of this page decide who stays and what they win.
  4. 03.4Decisions announced on air are final.

04

Prize terms

  1. 04.1Prizes are paid in US dollars by bank transfer or an agreed equivalent within 30 days of the announcement.
  2. 04.2Winners are responsible for any taxes due in their jurisdiction.
  3. 04.3Dean's List LTD may substitute a prize of equal value where required.

05

Broadcast and content

  1. 05.1By entering you grant Dean's List LTD the right to broadcast, clip and promote your performance across its channels.
  2. 05.2You confirm you hold, or have cleared, the rights needed for any material in your performance.

06

Conduct and legal

  1. 06.1Offensive, unlawful or unsafe content is disqualified.
  2. 06.2Dean's List LTD may amend the schedule or these rules where necessary and will announce changes on this page.
  3. 06.3Personal data is handled as described in the privacy policy.

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