Rules

OFFICIAL COUNTRY RISING PRESENTED BY COTTAGE SPRINGS CONTEST RULES

IMPORTANT:  PLEASE READ THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS (“OFFICIAL RULES”) BEFORE ENTERING COUNTRY RISING PRESENTED BY COTTAGE SPRINGS (THE "CONTEST").  BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, AN ENTRANT REPRESENTS THAT THEY SATISFY ALL OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS BELOW AND AGREE TO BE BOUND UNCONDITIONALLY BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND ALL DECISIONS OF ACE BEVERAGE GROUP INC. (THE “CONTEST SPONSOR”).

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. MUST BE 19 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, AND A RESIDENT OF CANADA. 

1. ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible to participate, you must:

1. be nineteen (19) years of age or older at the time of entry;
2. be a legal resident of Canada (excluding Quebec);
3. be willing to feature in promotional materials, including but not limited to social media content, website content, and traditional media content;
4. be willing and available to participate in artist development sessions included in prize winnings, at times agreed upon by all parties. 
5. be willing and available to perform in Spring 2027 as the opening act for the Country Rising National Tour 2027, which will include multi-date performances and travel to multiple locations across Canada;
6. have not entered into an exclusive recording agreement with any 3rd party that would prevent the commercial release of at least one (1) recording via Starseed Entertainment; 
7. not be a member of the immediate families of an employee, contractor, agent or representative of the Contest Sponsor, Starseed Entertainment, oh that’s fun! or any of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, agencies, distribution companies, the applicable liquor authorities, participating liquor licensees, prize suppliers, or any of their respective shareholders, trustees, directors, officers, employees or agents, or any person who is domiciled with any of the foregoing persons.

For the purpose of the Contest “immediate family” is defined as parent, spouse, sibling, child or any person residing in the same household or domiciled with any such employees or representatives. The Provincial Liquor Authorities or Licensed Retailers are not connected with this contest in any manner whatsoever and are not liable in any way whatsoever in regard to any matter which relates to this contest.

2. HOW TO ENTER & HOW TO WIN:  To participate in the Contest, entrants must have internet access and a valid email address. 

Enter your name, age, address, e-mail, telephone number and an audio or video clip of a musical performance to the official entry form on https://www.CottageSprings.ca/CountryRising (the “Contest Website”). The Contest begins at approximately 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on or about Monday, March 2nd, 2026 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, May 15th, 2026 (the “Contest Close Date”).

All entries must be received on or before the Contest Closing Date or applicable entry period. Entries received after the contest close date are void. Entrants must also provide the correct answer to the skill-testing question and be in compliance with these contest rules in order to be eligible to win (the “Eligibility Requirements”). Limit one (1) entry per person during the promotion period.

Once you have completed a contest entry form in full, including providing the correct answer to a skill-testing question, click “submit” and you will immediately see a message confirming that you have been entered into the contest. If confirmed as a finalist meeting the eligibility requirements (defined above), a representative from the contest sponsor will contact you via the phone number or e-mail address provided within the Web Submission Form at time of entry. 

No communication will be entered into by the Contest Sponsor with entrants except with selected entrant(s). The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for the failure, for any reason whatsoever, of a selected entrant to receive notification or for the Contest Sponsor to receive a selected entrant’s response.

No responsibility is assumed by the Contest Sponsor for any inability of a potential entrant to successfully enter the contest for any reason. The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, damaged, misdirected, mutilated, garbled, illegible or incomplete entries. Proof of transmission (e.g. screenshots) does not constitute proof of receipt.

3. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

4. PRIZE: There is one (1) prize available to be won consisting of the following:

• $10,000 Canadian Dollar (CAD) Cash Prize
• Recording contract with Starseed Entertainment, to include but not limited to the recording and commercial release of one (1) song, on terms prepared by Starseed Entertainment.
• Two (2) artist development sessions with Starseed Entertainment’s A&R team.
• One (1) songwriting session with a signed act of Starseed Entertainment. 
• Professionally produced recording session, to include four (4) hours of recording time, with Starseed Entertainment. 
• Media training session with oh that’s fun! media team. 
• Professional press photography with oh that’s fun! creative team.  
• Opening performance slot on the Country Rising Tour 2027, preliminary scheduled for Spring 2027.
• Talent travel and hotel accommodations for each live appearance.

Alcohol is not a part of the Prize. The approximate retail value of the Prize is $30,000 Canadian Dollars (CAD) and is not transferrable, resaleable or redeemable in whole for cash. The Contest Sponsor is not liable if the event associated with the Prize is cancelled for any reason. 

Contest Sponsor reserves the right to substitute all or part of the Prize with an item of equal or greater value in its sole and absolute discretion.

5. AWARDING OF PRIZE:  On or around Friday May 22nd, 2026 the Contest Sponsor will select three (3) finalists from among all eligible individuals who entered during the Contest Period. The selected finalists will be notified by the Contest Sponsor via phone number or email address (provided within the Web Submission Form at the time of entry). If the entrant has not responded to the Notification within three (3) days of receipt of such Notification, another individual may, at the Contest Sponsor’s sole discretion, be selected in which case that entrant will become the selected finalist and the previously selected entrant then will be disqualified and have no right to a Prize.

The Contest Sponsor will select one (1) person from the (3) finalists on or about July 20th, 2026 following public voting. The selected individual will be notified by the Contest Sponsor via phone number or email address (provided within the Web Submission Form at the time of entry). If the entrant has not responded to the Notification within three (3) days of receipt of such Notification, another individual may, at the Contest Sponsor’s sole discretion, be selected in which case that entrant will become the selected entrant and the previously selected entrant then will be disqualified and have no right to a Prize.

Before the Prize is awarded, the potential winner will be required to sign a standard declaration of compliance with the Official Rules and release forms releasing the Contest Sponsor, and each of their respective affiliates, parent companies, subsidiaries, professional advisors, provincial liquor authorities and advertising and promotional agencies, and each of their directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties") from any and all liability arising out of, pursuant to, or as a result of the carrying out of the Contest, including, without limitation, liability arising from the acceptance of and usage of a prize as awarded, the administration of the Contest and the selection of a potential winner.

If a potential prize winner does not respond to the Notification within the time stipulated, is found to be ineligible for any reason, declines to accept a prize, or incorrectly answers the required mathematical skill-testing question, or runs-out of time to correctly answer the required mathematical skill-testing question, the potential winner will be disqualified and will forfeit a prize. The Contest Sponsor may then, at their sole and absolute discretion, select another eligible entrant who will be subject to disqualification in the same manner. The Contest Sponsor will not be responsible for failed attempts to notify any potential winner.

Prizes must be accepted as awarded. Prizes are non-transferable, non-resaleable and non-redeemable for cash. No substitutions, except by the Contest Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize or any portion of a Prize with a prize of equal or greater value. All decisions of the Contest Sponsor shall be final and shall not be subject to appeal. Prizes may be forfeited if delivery cannot be effected following reasonable efforts by Contest Sponsor. 

6. APPLICABLE LAW: The contest is subject to all applicable Federal, Provincial and Municipal laws and regulations. Any dispute relating to this contest must be resolved before the Courts of Province of Ontario sitting in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the entrant hereby irrevocably submits and attorns to the original and exclusive jurisdiction of those Courts in respect of any such dispute or matter.

7. PRIVACY & PERSONAL INFORMATION: By entering the contest or accepting a prize, entrants consent to the collection, use, storage and distribution of their personal information, including without limitation their name, address, telephone number, age and/or photograph by the Sponsor and Starseed Entertainment, in reference to all matters related to this contest or in any publicity carried out by them without compensation and agree to abide by the Contest Rules and the decisions of the independent contest organization, and the Sponsor, which are final. Such information is stored for only so long as required to complete the purpose for which it was collected. The entrant's personal information shall not be provided to any third party by the Sponsor without the entrant's consent. If an entrant would like their personal information removed from the Sponsor's database at the conclusion of the contest, send this request in writing to the Senior Brand Manager, Ace Beverage Group, 140 Geary Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6H 4H1.

8. RELEASE AND INDEMNIFICATION: By participating in the Contest and submitting an entry, each entrant (i) agrees to be bound by these Official Rules, including all entry requirements, (ii) agrees that the decisions of the Contest Sponsor is final and without appeal, (iii) remises, releases and forever discharges the Released Parties from any and all actions, causes of actions, suits, debts, dues, accounts, claims, damages, liability, losses, harm, costs or expenses, including without limitation  any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to the entrant or any other person, including personal injury, death, or property damage, arising out of, or in any way related to, directly or indirectly, the Contest, including without limitation the entrant’s participation in the Contest, any breach of these Official Rules and Regulations, the awarding, receipt, possession, use and/or misuse of any Contest Prize (or any portion thereof), and any travel or activity that is related to the receipt or use of any Contest Prize, and/or the violation or infringement of any intellectual property rights or of any publicity, personality or privacy rights, and agrees to fully indemnify the Released Parties from any and all claims by third parties relating to the foregoing.

 9. RELEASE: Before being declared a winner, the selected entrant will be required to sign one or more declaration, indemnity and release forms in a form acceptable to the persons listed below, confirming compliance with the Contest Rules and acceptance of a prize as awarded and indemnifying and releasing the Sponsor, the Liquor Boards, liquor licensees, the independent contest organization, prize suppliers, their respective agents, representatives and associated companies, and all of their respective directors, officers and employees from any liability in connection with this contest or occurring as a result of the prize(s) being awarded. 

10. GENERAL: All entries become the property of the Sponsor who assumes no responsibility for entries that are lost, late, delayed, destroyed or misdirected for any reason whatsoever or for any computer errors or malfunctions. Neither the Sponsor, prize suppliers, the Liquor Boards, liquor licensees or their respective agents shall be responsible for any errors, negligence, losses or damages of any nature whatsoever that may arise or occur in connection with this contest or a prize. The Sponsor does not assume any responsibility for incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information, technical malfunctions, human or technical error, seeding or printing errors, lost, delayed or garbled data or transmissions, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or failures of any telephone or computer line or network, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof. Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered are void. If for any reason, in the opinion of the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, this contest is not capable of running as originally planned, or if the administration, security, fairness, integrity or the proper conduct of this contest is corrupted or adversely affected, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond its control, the Sponsor reserves its  right to cancel, terminate, modify, amend, extend or suspend this contest including canceling any method of entry, and select a winner from previously received eligible entries. The Sponsor reserves the right to modify the Contest Rules without materially affecting the terms and conditions hereof. The Sponsor in its sole discretion, further reserves the right to terminate any on-line portion of the contest and conduct the drawing from all on-line entries previously received during the entry Period. The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the contest or to be acting in violation of the Contest Rules or otherwise in a disruptive manner. Any attempts to deliberately damage any web site or to undermine the legitimate operation of this contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made the Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent of the law. The Sponsor shall not be held responsible for any errors or negligence that may arise or occur in connection with this contest including any damage to an entrant's computer equipment, system, software or any combination thereof, as a result of their participation in this contest or from downloading any material from the contest web site, where applicable. The Sponsor may modify or withdraw this contest, without liability if any printing/production errors occur, without public notice.

11. ERRORS:  The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of the Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, the Official Rules, the selection and announcement of winners, or the distribution of a Prize or the Grand Prize. In no event will the Contest Sponsor be liable for more than the stated number of Prizes in these Rules (at any level). If due to printing production, online, internet, computer or other error of any kind a Prize notification misstates the applicable Prize that an entrant is able to win, or mistakenly declares an entrant to be a potential Prize winner, the entrant will only be eligible to receive the applicable Prize that an entrant is eligible to win based on Contest Sponsor official records and data (as determined by the Contest Sponsor in its sole an absolute discretion).