It is open to amateur/professional bands of all music genres and ages; there are only two main prerequisites to joining: no cover songs and no pre-recorded tracks.
Every year Local Qualifying Heats and National Finals take place in participating countries around the world.
The winners were Sinoptik from Ukraine, while Hteththtemeth (Romania) got the second place and were "The Most Voted Band of the Finalists".
In 2007, the World Finals were held in Camden, London over a three-day period at two different venues.
[3] The 2010 World Finals was co-presented and televised nationwide by Astro hitz, a Malaysian Music TV Channel.