{"id":6347,"date":"2026-10-22T16:51:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T14:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lotusfm.co.za\/lotusfm\/?p=6347"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T14:57:52","slug":"lotus-fm-ai-music-polls-voting-2026-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lotusfm.co.za\/lotusfm\/lotus-fm-ai-music-polls-voting-2026-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"LOTUS FM AI MUSIC POLLS VOTING 2026 RULES"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOTUS FM AI MUSIC POLLS VOTING 2026 RULES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. The competition runs from the 14th<\/sup> of October 2026 <\/strong>and closes on the 31st<\/sup>\u00a0 of October 2026. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. The voting is open to all South African citizens except directors, members, partners, employees, agents, service providers and consultants of the SABC, as well as any SABC employee including agencies, or their spouses, life partners, parents, children, brothers, sisters, business partners or associates.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. SMS the keyword \u201cMUSIC 1-2\u201d<\/strong> to \u201c33192\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. Entries may only contain the keyword MUSIC 1 – 2<\/strong>, anything else will be deemed as invalid.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          1. The number to enter the competition is 33192<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            1. A premium rate of 50 <\/strong>is charged for each SMS entry. Free SMS\u2019s do not apply<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              1. Correct entries received before the advertised deadlines will be considered for the Polls. Any late entries received after the 31st<\/sup> of October 2026 will not be taken into consideration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                1. There is no restriction on the number of entries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                  1. Entries for MUSIC 1 and 2 will consist of Ai music and non Ai music.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                    1. The SABC and its agents accept no responsibility for any problems or technical malfunction of any communication network or any late, lost, incomplete, misdirected, incorrectly submitted, delayed, illegible or corrupted entries. The SABC and its agents are not liable for any costs incurred, responses received or any other consequences of user error.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                      1. The judges\u2019 decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The SABC or its agents will not be held responsible for any disputes arising from the competition or prize awards.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                        1. Votes cannot be deferred or exchanged. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                          1. Participation is voluntary and at each participant\u2019s own risk The SABC and its agents shall not be liable for any loss (including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss), damage, personal injury or death which is suffered or sustained (including but not limited to that arising from any person’s negligence) in connection with this polls.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                            1. Entrants will be deemed to have accepted these rules and agree to be bound by them when entering.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                              1. The SABC and its agents reserve the right to cancel, modify or amend the voting process at any time, if deemed necessary in its opinion, and if circumstances arise outside of their control.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                                LOTUS FM AI MUSIC POLLS VOTING 2026 RULES   The competition runs from the 14th of October 2026 and closes on the 31st\u00a0 of October 2026.   The voting is open to all South African citizens except directors, members, partners, employees, agents, service providers and consultants of the SABC, as well as any SABC employee […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lotusfm.co.za\/lotusfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lotusfm.co.za\/lotusfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lotusfm.co.za\/lotusfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lotusfm.co.za\/lotusfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lotusfm.co.za\/lotusfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6347"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lotusfm.co.za\/lotusfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6354,"href":"https:\/\/www.lotusfm.co.za\/lotusfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6347\/revisions\/6354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lotusfm.co.za\/lotusfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lotusfm.co.za\/lotusfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lotusfm.co.za\/lotusfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lotusfm.co.za\/lotusfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}