Early Bird Sign-up for the Dark Horses is now open!
Same as last year, the sign-up for the Dark Horses Qualifying Round happens in two patches. The first Early Bird sign-up is open for a week.
This year the Early Bird sign-up round prioritizes those Air Guitarists whose home countries don’t host National Championships at the moment. This is a way to take into consideration those, who won’t have the opportunity brought by the national competition to represent as their countries national champion at the final, or as the official Dark Horse at the qualifications.
The Dark Horses will be chosen through raffle – not on first come first served basis. The first raffle will be between those contestants whose home countries don’t have nationals. The remaining spots will be then raffled between those whose home countries have nationals. Ten contestants will be drawn out from the first round. The second sign-up round which opens mid-July, everyone will have an equal chance in the raffle whether their home countries host nationals or not.
Open for all, Early Bird sign-up round is open from Tuesday the 13th until Tuesday the 20th of May 2025 at 23:59 (UTC +3). Read more about the Dark Horses Qualifying Round.