Welcome to Week #17 of Steemit Talent Contest!
The winners of the following 12 weeks (Week#13-24) with battle it out for your votes to see who will join 
I am so pleased that Steemit Talent Contest is growing and really becoming a community here on Steemit. A huge thankyou to 
The whole idea behind Steemit Talent Contest is to create a community of Talented people here on Steemit and help people with exceptional talents get themselves out there and seen without having to go to extremes like entering X Factor! The extra bonus is you get to earn money from your posts just for entering thanks to this wonderful social media based blockchain that we all love called Steemit! Cant wait to receive your entries for this week. Lets see what you got! 😉
I'd like to thank everyone who entered the contest so far. It was a real pleasure watching all of your videos and getting to know you guys!
ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN FOR WEEK #17!
Steemit Talent Contest Rules
The cutoff date for entries is Friday the 1st of June.
Each week the contest starts on Sunday and ends on Friday midnight EST (Eastern Standard Time)
PLEASE DO NOT ENTER BEFORE SUNDAYS Post (This post)
• Only 1 entry per person per week
• Steemit Talent Contest Week #17 must the beginning of the post title.
• Steemit Talent Contest Week #17 must be said at the beginning of your video
• Live performances only specifically made for this contest. Video length 2-6 minutes
• steemittalentcontest must be the first tag
• you MUST add a link to your post in the comments of this contest post so I can find your entry!)
• You ARE ASKED TO but not required to Upvote & Re-Steem this post. THE MORE PEOPLE THAT KNOW AOBUT THE CONTEST THE MERRIER!
Entries must follow these rules to earn prizes. This weeks prizes: 22 STEEM up for grabs! This will be broken down as follows:
1st place 10 STEEM
2nd Place 5 STEEM
3rd place 3 STEEM
4th place 2 STEEM
Bonus - This week the best performance entry that is NOT singing or playing an instrument will be awarded 2STEEM! Lets get some more variety in the contest guys!
The winners of the contest will be announced the following Tuesday.
What qualifies as a talent???
Singing, Dancing, Playing a musical instrument, Acrobatics, Skating, Magician, Ventriloquist, Acting, Martial Arts, Comedy Act, Beat-Boxing, Shadow dancing and many more!
Every 12 weeks all of the winners from those 12 weeks will battle it out to see who will be the quarterly Steemit Talent Contest winner. At the end of the year the 4 semi final winners will compete to win the title of Steemit Talent Contest Season 1 Champion!
Im looking forward to receiving your entries this week! Your host
