2012 Kingdom Bound Talent Competition

Kingdom Bound Ministries, founded by Fred Caserta in 1987, continues its missions to present the Gospel through the Performing Arts. Annually the Kingdom Bound festival reaches over 55,000 people from all over the Northeastern US and Southern Ontario with four days of concerts, seminars, sports and children's activities, set at Darien Lake Theme Park Resort. There is 1 slot reserved for a Sonicbids artist to perform at this event. For more than 20 years, the festival has featured a talent competition in various forms.

Practice hard, polish up, and come ready to have a good time, because Kingdom Bound is expecting this year to be its best talent search ever. The 2012 Kingdom Bound Talent Search has again been designed to offer artists the opportunity to let the fans decide who they want to see perform at Kingdom Bound through an Online and Live Talent Search Competition.

On-line voting will begin on June 1, 2012 and close on June 29, 2012.

Online and Live Talent Search Competition:

Up to 10 artists will be selected by considering both the fan voting results and panel judges’ voting selection. The 10 artists selected have the opportunity to participate in a live competition at Kingdom Bound 2012. Live competitions will take place at Kingdom Bound 2012 at Darien Lake Theme Park Resort located in Darien Center, NY (near Buffalo, NY) on August 5th beginning at approximately 3:00PM. Selected artists are expected to perform one of the songs submitted using Sonicbids. For those who wish to compete as a band, Kingdom Bound will supply all the necessary back-line gear. Sharing back-line gear is required and makes the transition between contestants go more smoothly.

A Kingdom Bound representative will notify selected bands the first week of July. At that time, bands will be required to send in a competition fee of $50 for solo artists or $100 for bands. Bands selected as finalists will appear live at the 2012 Kingdom Bound Talent Search. One winner selected from the finalists on August 5, 2012 at the live competition will advance to the Christian Festival Association National Finals.

Overall Winner from Kingdom Bound 2012 Advances to Christian Festival Association's National Finals:

The overall Kingdom Bound winner will be combined with winners from other Christian Festival Association (CFA)festivals nationwide. These finalists will ultimately be both voted on through a national fan voting page and considered by the CFA National Talent Search panel. National Fan voting will take place between September 15 and October 31. The 2012 CFA National Talent Search Winner will be selected by considering both the fan voting results and panel judges’ voting selection. The ultimate winner of the CFA National Talent Search will be Final winner to be selected and notified by November 7, 2012.

National Winner Receives:

• Full performance slot at each participating 2013 CFA festival (stage and time slot to be determined by each individual festival)


• Inclusion on artist list of each participating 2013 CFA festival


• Featuring of National winner on all participating CFA member festival websites


• Listing on all participating CFA member festival 2013 Facebook pages promoting winner


• 3 songs recorded free in the Chicago area including studio time, tracking and mixing. Artist is responsible for travel/meals/lodging.

All artists submitting for the 2012 Kingdom Bound Talent Search must be Christians in order to participate. Website: http://www.kingdombound.org