FAQ

1. What is the Audition / Competition Fee?

Anyone can register for FREE and upload his video to showcase his talent to the world.

To participate in 3iii Competition, one needs to schedule audition and pay auidtions as only paid auditions are scheduled.

Audition FEES:

$100/- for Developed Countries

$24/- or Approix. Rs 2000/- for Developing & Under-developed Countries

There will be a additional 3% to 6% on-line gateway / transaction fees. Competition fees may be different for different countries. Competition fees globally will be charged in USD but may be shown in local currency.

Audition fees is non-refundable.

Participant can schedule audition for multiple categories but will need to pay audition fees for each category. Participant needs to pay annual audition fees per category. If participant moves to next level up to Level-5, he does not need to pay any competition fees but if selected and invited for episode production then need to confirm his/her seat by buying one of the listed Production Confirmation Packages.  

One can pay audition fees using credit card, debit card or PayPal.

2. Why do I have to pay a Audition fee?

The Audition Fee is kept for mainly two reasons. Apart from it being a source of revenue towards the operational costs of the show, it also ensures that only serious participants take part in competition.

3. Can I register in multiple categories?

Yes, you can. You can schedule multiple auditions for multiple categories under same competition but will need to pay audition fees for each audition.

4. Can I register in multiple competitions?

Yes, you can. Gee is conducting multiple types of competitions under INTERNATIONAL INDIAN ICON i.e., State Indian Icons e.g., California Indian Icon, Zonal Indian Icon e.g., West Coast Indian Icon, Indian Icon (North) under Country Indian Icons etc.

For State Indian Icon, You can schedule audition across states within same country i.e., the country where you are living and have valid address proof but cannot schedule audition across country i.e., if you are living in USA, you can schedule audition for any state of USA but cannot schedule audition for state/provinces of Canada or India or any other country.

5. Does my registration expire? How long my registration will be valid?

Once registered, you become a 3ion or a lifetime member of 3iii. This allows you to login to 3iii website / App using your login id and password any time, update your profile, and upload any number of videos and pictures to maintain/enhance your Talent history on www.InternationalIndianIcon.com. However, the audition fee you pay is valid for the year of the competition only. You may participate in the forthcoming editions of 3iii by paying the Audition Fee for that year using the same login credentials.

6. Do I need to pay a Competition Fee for each level of the 3iii competition?

No. This is a one-time annual audition payment covering all levels of that years competition. If you qualify, you are automatically moved to the next level of the competition and will be updated about the same on your dashboard.

However, if you decide to take part in multiple categories at 3iii by scheduling auditions for multiple competition categories, you need to pay audition fees for each audition.For ex., if you decide to audition for 3iii Singing, Dancing and Fashion categories, you need to pay audition fees for each category.

7. Are there any age restrictions?

Although there are no age restrictions as such, a participant of age less than 18 years will need the consent of his/her parents and/or guardian to participate in the 3iii competition.

On registration, participants will automatically be grouped into the following 3 Age Group categories

• 3iii Jr <= 16 Years
• 16 years <= 3iii Sr < 55 Years
• 3iii Super Sr > 55 Years

INTERNATIONAL INDIAN ICON will be selected for talent category of each age group category irrespective of participation category like Solo, Duet, Group.

8. Who can participate?

Anyone of any talent category of any age group of any gender from any part of the world can participate.

Indain can participate in any talent category while Non-Indian needs to sing in one of Indian language, dance in one of the Indian dance format, play any Indian instrument, for fashion wear any Indian dress or should perform to showcase any Indian art and culture.

Residents of any country may register as participant as long as they are able to provide a valid mailing address in the registered state/country. All participants will need to produce valid ID whenever required and asked by any Gee Team Member/official. In case unable to produce a valid ID, your registration could immediately stands cancelled, irrespective of the level of competition you may have qualified for.

All participants will need to produce valid ID at any level of the competition, i.e. Quarter-final (Level-3), Semi-final (Level-4) and Grand-finale (Level-5).

9. Will the competition be online or on-site?

3iii is an on-line and on-site platform for talent competitions. Online registration for talent belonging to any talent category from any part of the world will first be necessary to register on www.3iii.us orwww.INTERNATIONALindianICON.comor 3iii App (iOS & Android - Search by 3iii INTERNATIONAL INDIAN ICON) which is completely free of charge. The individual will be registered as a 3iii Talent at level-1.

The 3iii Talent becomes a 3iii Participant as soon as audition fees is paid. 3iii Talent can schedule any of 3 types of auditions:

a.ONLINE- Participants enrolling for online auditions will pay basic online audition fees, upload video and make uploaded video audition video for judges to judge online

b.ONLINE LIVE (Zoom)- Participants enrolling for online LIVE auditions (Zoom) will need to pay auditon fees for selected scheduled online LIVE audition. Participant will also be able to pick a scheduled online LIVE audition. Judges will be grading the participant during his/her Zoom online LIVE audition.

• Singing Category participants. no need to upload video. Just sing infornt of judges with or without music. (If you want to sing with music, make sure you mixer is compatible with zoom and judges can listen to your music along with your voice. It has to be in sync otherwise just sing without music. With or without music will not affect judges' decision.)
• Dance category participants, need to upload video. 3iii Production team will play your video after your introduction for judges to judge your performance.
• All other talent category participants, no need to upload video. Just perform directly in-front of judges on zoom.

c.ON-SITE- Participant will be able to schedule on-site audition that will take place at a specific physical location. Participant will need to pay audition fees to schedule on-site audition as only paid auditions will be scheduled. The Finale & Grand-finale production will be hosted on-site.

• Due to any reason if on-site event is not conducted, event will be conducted on-line live thorugh zoom like Gee conducted whole 3iii 2020 S-4 online live thorugh Zoom and re-stream (Show must go-on)

In some states/countries, auditions/State Indian Icon (Quarter-finals) and/or Country Indian Icon (Semi-final) may be scheduled on-site, otherwise it will be on-line and/or online LIVE.

10. What is the difference in Online, online LIVE and On-site Auditions?

i. Online Auditions:

After registration one needs to schedule an on-line audition with video. Participant can upload video before scheduling audition or during scheduling audition. While scheduling on-line audition, make sure you select same category and sub-category which you selected while uploading video otherwise video will not showup for shceduling audition.

The participant can schedule on-line audition on the 3iii website or 3iii App (iOS & Android). One can promote his/her audition video to get 5,000 votes to get invitation for 3iii episode production.

ii. Online LIVE Auditions:

After registration, go to "Schedule Audition" and pick "On-line LIVE Audition" which will list all scheduled on-line LIVE Auditions for your region/country, pick one of the listed on-line LIVE auditions you want to schedule, pay audition fees and your audition will be scheduled.

You will get an e-mail with all detail along with Zoom link, 2 to 4 weeks before the on-line LIVE audition date.

Only particpants of Dance category needs to upload audition video, particpants of other categories do not need to uplaod audition video but can and should upload videos to showcase your talent in 3iii Talent bank to get searched globally.

iii. On-site Auditions:

On-site auditions will be scheduled in selected states and countries. Participants will have the option of enrolling for on-site auditions but will need to pay audition fees to schedule on-site auditon as only paid auditions are scheduled. 

Result of on-site auditions will be declared after all participants have been judged. State / Zonal Indian Icons winners, 1st/2nd runner-ups will be declared and awarded medals and will be invited for 3iii episode production. 

11. What are the awards at the various stages of the competition?

International Indian Icon (3iii), all Continent, Country and State Icon winners of all categories will receive trophies/medals and certificates along with declared, sponsored, Endorsed prizes, gifts, vouchers etc. 1^stand 2^ndrunner-ups at level-3 and level-4 will be awarded 3iii medals and certificates with judges signature.

All participants who qualify for Level-3 and above will receive electronic 3iii certificates which will be e-mailed to them within 30 days of result of that level. Check the Awards Menu Item for the latest Awards.

12. Can I request a celebrity/professional judgment of my video separately?

Any participant can get his non-audition video judged by any listed celebrity / professional judge associated with 3iii International Jury and Gee Panel of Judges, on payment of his/her judgment fees in advance. However, you cannot request judgment for your audition video once video is submitted for audition, you can get it evaluated before you submit the video for audition.

13, Will I be able to view details of all judgments like score, Vote, comments etc. in my dashboard?

You will not be able to view judgment of your competition video on your dashboard but will be able to view likes, rating and comments. You will be notified of whether the entry has qualified for the next round or not. However, you will be able to view all details of judgments (Comments etc.) of all your non-audition videos.

14. Will I be reimbursed for the travel and lodging?

All participants attending in-person competition will have to take care of their logistics (travel, lodging/boarding, food expenses). Gee Vision will not be paying or reimbursing any expenses incurred by you for your participation and any level.

15. How many videos can I upload?

There are no limits to the number of videos you can upload but we recommend do not keep more than 10 videos in your dashboard, but only one of the videos can be submitted as an audition video per Audition for voting and judgment. The rest of the uploaded videos will be part of your non-audition videos. Participant can schedule multiple auditions for multiple categories and/or competitions.