Red Bull Bedroom Jam, Red Bull’s annual unsigned band platform, will return in 2012 for its sixth year.
This year, another eight bands will play four UK festivals – Slam Dunk, Hevy, Download and Sonisphere.
On 30th January, the first of 15 weekly shows begin. Hosting the shows again will be Katie P.
Band can enter this year’s competition now at http://www.redbullbedroomjam.com/, one band will be chosen for each of the 15 weeks to have a live show recorded in their bedroom, and from those 15, 8 will proceed to the festival tour.
At the end of the festival season, the judges will choose three finalists – each of these will have a music video made for them.
One will be selected to be the eventual winner.
Rules:
To enter, bands must be unsigned and have at least one member under the age of 22
The first Red Bull Bedroom Jam web-streamed show featuring the band picked using the Buzz Chart will be broadcast on redbullbedroomjam.com at 5pm on Monday 30th January. These shows will be at the same time each week for a series of 15 weeks
From the 15 bands who have played a live show, the band that resides at the top of the Festival Buzz Chart and 6 bands chosen by judges will continue to the festival tour. In addition to this a ‘wild card’ band will be chosen by the judges from any of the 2012 entries to also continue to the festival stage
Following the festival tour, the judges will pick 3 bands to go head to head in a live final.
The public will then vote to choose their favourite band to be crowned the 2012 Red Bull Bedroom Jam Champion