User blog comment:Sophia McLaren-Cobb/Hogwarts Song Contest - Inaugural 2037/@comment-24344137-20180310212441/@comment-7370064-20180310232053

I'll try an answer in a chronological order, just so it's easier to follow XD
 * The live audition round will go on for a week or so, and the live show will go on for exactly a week. I will try and make sure everyone participating is actually doing so, so that it's not held up too much.
 * No, it's voluntary. If a student doesn't want to participate IC, they don't have to :)
 * As things are rn, they wouldn't really know, until the word about the Live Audition Round goes out. HSC will also have a Witchagram (ty Nike for suggesting this some time ago) so hopefully there will be enough IC exposure.
 * It's brand new for that matter. The only ones who'd really know is solely the hosts XD