Most awards in this category are decided by popular vote in the first round, and 50% judging panel - 50% popular vote in the second round (see exceptions).
The top five most-voted-for candidates from the first round will enter the second/final round, with their votes carried through, after which the winners and runners up will be decided 50% by judging panel and on 50% popular vote (from both first and second rounds).
Musicians and bands who reach the final will be asked to submit links to their music (e.g. soundcloud/bandcamp/youtube) and to their performances for the judges to view in the event that they cannot go in person to see them. On reaching the final, all finalists should submit their material automatically, together with a hi-res photo (above 1MB), a short bio (2 paragraphs) and High quality (1920x1080) video of atleast one performance (MP4 format) to info@thelukas.co.uk.
MUSIC ACTS OF THE YEAR
1. All music acts and artists must have their music available on major music platforms such as spotify, itunes YouTube etc, with their latest release being produced within the last 18 months.
2. All music acts and artists must have performed 6 times or more in last 12 months.
3. All music acts and artists must have either a website or facebook/bandcamp/IG or soundcloud page.
4. in the Production of the Year award, albums and EPs must have been produced within a year of the previous LUKAS ceremony
DJS OF THE YEAR
1. All DJs must have been resident in at least two parties a month for the last year OR have performed at 12 individual events in the last year
2. All DJs must have either a website or Facebook (Fan Page)/IG or Soundcloud page
3. All finalists (who reach second round of voting) must have ready or produce a 15 monutes video of themseves at work
If you would like help publicising your nomination, 'I am a nominee' and 'we are a nominee' posters and online banners are available here
VIEW OUR PANEL OF JUDGES HERE
General advice to music candidates: most judges will not all be able to see live performances of the finalists and will base their assessment on material submitted so it is really important for candidates to make an effort to have footage/recordings that show the best of their work. A decent if basic website and general presentation goes a long way to help a nomination.
Nominees are responsible for assessing whether they are eligible or not for the award for which they are nominated. If we find that any nominee does not fulfill the criteria The LUKAS reserves the right to eliminate that nominee form the competition
