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In celebration of TFC’s 15th anniversary, ABS-CBN International proudly brings you the BigAtin Bigayan, a one-of-a-kind contest where we’re giving away a special Kapamilya experience to 15 lucky TFC subscribers. Just tell us your personal BigAtin moment with TFC that made you feel special as a TFC subscriber and you can win!
Every two weeks, a lucky TFC subscriber’s story will be chosen and featured on TFC Connect, bigatin.com and buhaybigatin.multiply.com. Plus, the winner gets a special personal gift item from a Kapamilya star! That’s fifteen gifts to fifteen lucky TFC subscribers, in a one of a kind anniversary celebration!
BigAtin Bigayan Contest Mechanics
Contest Prizes
Every 2 weeks, one chosen TFC subscriber will have his/her personal story featured on a segment of TFC Connect and will receive a special personal gift* from the week’s featured ABS-CBN star. It’s a one-of-a-kind gift from any of 15 Kapamilya stars**, especially for you!
*gift of the star’s own choosing
**lineup of Kapamilya stars featured per week is at the sole discretion of TFC and ABS-CBN International
Contest period: May 22 – Dec 11, 2009
Who Can Join?
All TFC subscribers and viewers in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico, Guam and Virgin Islands and U.S. Territories and Possessions) who are legal residents and are 18 years of age or older are qualified to join the BigAtin Bigayan contest.
How Can I Join?
No need to purchase anything, just share with us your personal BigAtin moment with TFC that made you feel special as a loyal TFC subscriber. Your story entry must answer any one (1) of the following questions:
- What TFC program has touched your life and why?
- What was your most memorable experience with a Kapamilya star up-close?
- What memorable TFC event were a part of, and what made it special?
Send in your personal stories, together with pictures if you wish, via email at tfcbigatin@abs-cbn.com. Together with your story, you must also include the ff. info:
- Complete name
- Compete address
- Valid phone number
- Valid email address
- Birthdate
- Are you a TFC subscriber? Or Viewer?
Stories must be AT LEAST 50 words but NO MORE THAN 200 words in length and may be in English, Filipino or Taglish in language. Please make sure that your contest submission completely follows the contest rules, as only entries that meet the specified criteria and sent via email will be considered.
How Are Winners Chosen?
- All stories will be judged by an ABS-CBN panel of authorities who will pick the top 40% stories of the batch. Judging of the entries will be done via the following criteria:
- Clarity of expression (25%)
- Relevance of story to the topic (25%)
- Emotional Appeal of Essay (25%)
- Importance of TFC and/or Kapamilya star to your personal story (25%)
- The top 40% stories will be uploaded to Multiply via buhaybigatin.multiply.com and will be voted on by the community members.
- The story with the most number of votes (electronically tallied) among the BigAtin Multiply members will be considered as the winner.
- There will be only 1 winner per gift.
- There will be cut-off dates for the submission of entries.
- Entries that did not make it to the cut-off dates will be included in the next gift's judging.
- Entries that made it to the cut-off dates will no longer be qualified to the next judging.
How Do I Vote?
If you are an existing Multiply member, just CLICK HERE or visit buhaybigatin.multiply.com to join the BigAtin Multiply Group to view all the subscriber stories and cast your vote. Only Buhay Bigatin Multiply group members may vote. You can cast only ONE vote per story entry, but can choose to vote for as many story entries as you want.
Not yet a Multiply user? Not to worry. Just CLICK HERE to create a Multiply account. Then just visit buhaybigatin.multiply.com and join the BigAtin Multiply Group and you’re on your way to deciding who deserves to win the next Kapamilya gift item.
Awarding of Contest Prizes
The TFC subscriber whose story will be chosen will be awarded a special personal gift item from a Kapamilya star (of the star’s own choice). Upon being chosen as the week’s winner, he/she will also be notified via email.
Mailing/Shipping of Contest Gift Prize
The mailing, shipping and handling of the winning subscriber’s prize will be shouldered by ABS-CBN International at no cost to the winner. Prizes will be delivered straight to the winner’s address.
Opt-in:
By joining the contest, the participant is automatically enrolled into ABS-CBN International’s BIGATIN PROGRAM and also agrees and allow ABS-CBN INTERNATIONAL, its parent companies, subsidiary/ies, affiliates, and trusted business partners (collectively, “ABS-CBN”) to use the information provided by participant, or any other personal information which may hereinafter provide (the “Information”) for any of the following purposes: a) to market, promote, and advertise its products, services, and activities; b) to customize its advertising and marketing activities; c) to fulfill my requests for products and services; d) to conduct research, and perform statistical analyses of user behavior in order to measure relative consumer interest on various products and services; e) to inform advertisers or sponsors how many have responded to an advertisement or promotion; f) to promote and manage its customer loyalty program; and/or g) to contact me or communicate with me for any these purposes. ABS-CBN may also transfer the Information outside the United States to the parties and for the purposes listed above, and I agree to such transfer. |
