RULES AND REGULATIONS

NEWS CASTING COMPETITION

Competition Description :
News Casting competition is an extraordinary competition which develops
skills in reading and presenting at the same time and also in the professional
ways. We challenge all of you to represent your UKM/HIM/BEM/DLM

to

become a professional news anchor.

Competition Format :
There are 2 competition stages : Preliminary Round and Final Round
General Rules :
1.

Every participant should be registered before the competition starts ( at

least 15 minutes before the competiton starts).

2.

Every participant or representative has to attend the Technical Meeting

on

3.

Dress accordingly for every round : formal dressed include

shirt,pants,shoes. Blazer and tie (men) are preferable.

4.

Before the competition, contestants are brief on the rules by coordinator.

5.

Each contestant will be called 3 times when their turn comes before
considered as walk out.

6.

After performing, contestant may not join the audience.

7.

All participants should respect and appreciate every judgement from the
judges.

Competition System :
This competition will be held and judged individually for Preliminary Round
and Final Round.

Preliminary Round 1

Each participant will present 3 different news in maximum 5 minutes.

The script will be prepared by the committee.

Grand Final Round

Each participant will present 3 different news and weather forecast news
in 10 minutes. For the weather forecast, the participants will get a
picture and the participants must illustrate that picture (weather
forecast) to the judges.

Judges And Scoring

There will be five requirement related news casting scoring :
1. Accuracy correctness of spelling based on the news text
2. Fluency sounds, syllables, words and phrases are joined together when
delivering news into the audience
3. Performance based on the dress that participant wear, formal dressed
include shirt,pants,shoes. Blazer and tie (men) are preferable.
4. Intonation & expression : intonation about variation of pitch include
tone,emphasizing words.
5. Interaction and communication how the gesture is delivered well into
the audience, ordered question include 5W+1H

1. The 1stPreliminary Round: News Reading

As opening round, the participants have to present 2 different news in 5 minutes
which will be provided by the committee. Preparation time will be 5 minutes in
quarantine room.
2. The 2ndPreliminary Round: Showbiz
In this round, the participants will bring showbiz news in 7 minutes. The theme
choice will be handed to you, e.g.: music, movie, sports, lifestyle, celebrity, etc. Be an
attractive
news
presenter
together
with
your
chosen
partner!
3. Quarter Final Round: Live Report
Each participant will have a live report in 5 minutes. The themes will be announced in
technical meeting.
4. Semi Final Round: News Reading (Team)
In this round, get ready to back to basic and make sure you are able to deliver news
with your chosen partner. You both will have to present news within 8 minutes.
5. Final Round: News Reading + Interview
Each participant has to present news and interview with a guest star prepared by the
committee based on a certain topic in 10 minutes. Preparation in quarantine room will
be 15 minutes.