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RockTheWeb! is an online singing competition, which started in China in February 2012.

RockTheWeb! is a multi-platform program, which combines Internet, TV, mobile and offline events to reach a massive audience of young, web-savvy Chinese consumers.

The first season is already underway in China, a country with an internet population of 508 million. In each following season, RockTheWeb! will expand to another region, starting with Korea, Japan and India.

This is the first such competition to start in China and grow globally. 230,000 users have registered between February and April 2012, with almost 5,000 contestants taking part in Round 1. Round 2 has the top 100 contestants compete between themselves for 24 spots in Round 3. After a week's academy in Beijing, the 24 will audition for 12 spots in the RockTheWeb! Academy in Las Vegas. Who will make it and how well will they do outside of China? Their experience will be followed by many online and on China Education Channel.

Together, the public and the official RockTheWeb! judges will decide which performer will become the next big star.

RockTheWeb! high-profile judges are:

From the US: Scott Spock, a founding member of THE MATRIX, a seven-time Grammy-nominated songwriting/production team; Janis Siegel, a nine-time Grammy winner and a seventeen-time Grammy nominee; and Alan Paul, of the founding members of the internationally acclaimed vocal group, The Manhattan Transfer and a nine times Grammy Award winner.

From China: Zhang Ya Dong, Ding Wei and Kelly Cha, who are all respected Chinese performers and producers with millions of followers.

The Winner of RockTheWeb! will be awarded a recording deal and will travel to Hollywood to record his/her first single.

www.rocktheweb.cn