Chris Evans Breakfast Show Text Competition - Now Closed

*** THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED ***

Winners will be notified by 5pm on Thursday 17 November and will be announced in on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Friday 18th November.

Date: Saturday 17th June 2017
What’s happening: An evening of music, food and fun, headlined by Jeff Lynne’s ELO!

Terms and Conditions for BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans and BBC Children in Need Competition 2016

1. The competition will take place between 07.00am on 7 November 2016 through to 11:59am on 17 November 2016.

2. A question relating to BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans’ show will be read out on air along with three possible answers that the listeners can choose from.

3. The competition is open to all residents of the UK, aged 18 or over, except BBC or BBC Children in Need employees, anyone connected with the competition and their close relatives. Proof of age, identity and eligibility may be requested.

4. Entry to the competition is only by texting to the short code 84222. Text messages cost £5.00 (when you receive the bounce-back message referred below) plus your standard network message charge (based on your service provider rates). Each text message entry will result in a donation to BBC Children in Need of between £2.49 and £3.75 (depending on your mobile network operator). Please Note: you may enter as many times as you wish, up to a daily maximum of 6 entries per mobile phone number. For each entry, the donation will go through and all correct entries will go into the automatic random selection but there is a maximum of one prize per mobile phone number.

5. To answer the question, you will need to text the keyword “PARTY” followed by the option (a, b, or c) for the answer you select. Please make sure you key-in the short code and spell the keyword and the letter for your selected answer correctly.

6. If your keyword and short code are valid, and your text message is received within the specified times, you will be charged your standard network message charge and £5.00 via a bounce-back message. It may take some time for you to receive the bounce-back message. Please wait until you receive it.

7. If your keyword or short code are invalid, or your text message is received outside the specified times and dates, you may not receive a bounce-back but may still be charged your standard network message charge. You will not be charged the £5.00 entry fee and you will not be donating to BBC Children in Need.

8. The winner will be the first eligible entry, randomly selected; who are available by phone after the competition has closed. If a winner is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made, the BBC reserves the right to offer the prize to a runner up.

9. The prize consists of one pair of tickets (you and a friend) to attend BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans hosted event in June 2017 plus one night’s accommodation on the night of the event. This event will be a full day with entertainment, food and drink on offer.

10. The prize is as stated. There is no cash alternative and the prize cannot be sold or transferred in any circumstances.

11. Travel to the event, any accommodation (other than that listed in the prize description above) and any other cost will be solely at the entrant’s expense and the BBC and BBC Children in Need will not reimburse the winners for any such costs. For the avoidance of doubt no other costs or expenses will be covered by the BBC or BBC Children in Need.

12. BBC Children in Need’s decision as to the winners is final. No correspondence relating to the competition will be entered into.

13. Entrants must agree to take part in any post-competition publicity if required.

14. The BBC and/or BBC Children in Need reserves the right to disqualify any entries that breach these rules or are in any way fraudulent. The BBC and/or BBC Children in Need also reserves the right to cancel a competition at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, or if circumstances arise outside its control.

15. The BBC, BBC Children in Need, their sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem with any telephone network or line, system, server, provider or otherwise which may result in any entry being lost or not properly registered or recorded.

16. Your information will be collected by IMImobile (Europe) Limited on behalf of BBC Children in Need and will only be used to in order to run this competition and in order to help analyse our income. It will not be used for any other purposes. To find out more about how we will use your information, see our Privacy Policy or contact pudsey@bbc.co.uk.

17. To find out more about BBC Children in Need, or if you have questions about this service, please go to bbc.co.uk/pudsey or call the BBC Children in Need Helpdesk on 0345 609 0015 (Monday to Friday 9:00 – 17:00). Standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles will apply and calls may be included in your telecom provider’s call package.

18. The SMS service is provided by IMImobile (Europe) Limited If you have any queries regarding the service, please contact IMI Mobile at the following address: 1 Cliveden Office Village, Lancaster Road, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP12 3YZ or on the following Helpline Number – 01494 750 500 (standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles will apply).

19. BBC Children in Need is a registered charity, number 802052 (England & Wales) and SC039557 (Scotland).

20. This competition is operated by BBC Children in Need with additional broadcast promotion by the BBC. The applicable law is that of England and Wales.

21. This competition is subject to the BBC's code of conduct for competitions