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WSOC -TV/DANCING WITH THE STARS FINALE CONTEST
OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
March 19, 2007 through April 29, 2007

  1. Beginning at 8:30 AM on Monday, March 19, 2007, and continuing through 11:59 PM on Sunday, April 29, 2007, anyone eighteen (18) years of age or older who is a resident of North or South Carolina may enter for a chance to win one (1) Grand Prize package or one of ten (10) Secondary Prizes. Grand Prize package consists of trip for two to Los Angeles, CA to see the finale of Dancing With The Stars (trip date TBA). Includes 2 round trip coach airline tickets, 2 nights three days hotel accommodations, round trip ground transportation to and from hotel and studio, admittance for two into the Dancing With The Stars Finale show, two Arthur Murray satin jackets, and a 4-week dance course for two at Arthur Murray Charlotte location. The retail value of the grand prize is $3,000. Or one of ten (10) Secondary prizes each consisting of one Foundation Program (One Foundation Program at Arthur Murray Charlotte includes six private lessons for two). The retail value of each of the secondary prizes is $675. The total retail value of all secondary prizes is $6,750. The total retail value of all prizes is $9,750. If any winner is unable to use his or her prize for any reason, their prize will be void.
  2. No purchase or other consideration is necessary to enter or win a prize. Contestants may enter by going to www.wsoctv.com and filling in the entry form for the contest or they may personally write their name, age, address, day time phone number and email address if they have one on a 3 x 5 card and mail it to WSOC -TV /DANCING WITH THE STARS FINALE CONTEST, ATTN: Laura Hollis-Starnes/Sales 1901 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28206. Mailed entries must be received at WSOC-TV by Sunday, April 29, 2007. Contestants may only enter once during each calendar day during the Sweepstakes and each entry must be made on the above web site or personally completed and mailed to WSOC-TV. No photocopied or other reproductions of mailed or personally delivered entries or automatic electronically generated entries will be accepted. Neither WSOC-TV nor its sponsors are responsible for computer malfunctions or any electronic problems which may cause an entry not to be recorded or any mutilated, illegible or misdirected paper entries. Employees and agents of WSOC-TV, WAXN-TV, Cox Enterprises, Geico, Garden Ridge, Arthur Murray Charlotte, Buick nor their families are not eligible to enter or win the prize in this Sweepstakes. Any misrepresentation as to a contestant's eligibility or acts, other than multiple personally completed daily entries, designed or intended to enhance a contestant's chances of winning may result in a contestant's disqualification. Contestants' disqualification for any such action shall be at the sole discretion of WSOC-TV whose decisions shall be final.
  3. On or about April 30th, 2007, 1 (one) potential winner will be selected at random from all entries and will be notified of their selection as the grand prize winner at the telephone number shown on their entry during normal business hours. Ten (10) Secondary Prize winners will also be selected and contacted. In order to receive his or her prize package, the potential winners will be required to come to the WSOC-TV Studios, furnish proof of his or her age and residency, sign a release and consent to the use of his or her name, voice, likeness and picture in general advertising, public relations and promotional purposes for WSOC-TV and its Sweepstakes Sponsors without compensation and submit a W-9 form properly completed by no later than 5:00 PM on May 11, 2007. If WSOC-TV is unable to contact any potential winner by the telephone number on the entry form or if any potential winner does not accept and qualify to receive the prize as provided above, another potential winner will be randomly selected and so on until prize package is awarded.
  4. The prizes are not transferable, may not be sold or bartered by the winners, are not redeemable for cash, and no substitution of prizes or winners is permitted. All taxes and other expenses are the responsibility of the winners. This contest is void where prohibited, required to be registered or licensed by law. The odds of winning the sweepstake prize depends upon the number of entries received. Name of the winners may be obtained by mailing a self addressed, stamped envelope to Laura Hollis/Starnes - WSOC-TV/ DANCING WITH THE STARS FINALE CONTEST WINNER LIST at the stations above address after May 27, 2007.