Keeping the date, the street and free on screen for the whole reel was the right instinct.

What this entry didThe round's facts stay on a translucent card over photographs for the whole piece, with word-lit captions and a Star 97.7 mark. This claim arrived after the stated close of 5:00pm Eastern on 2 October (the linked X post is timed 5:26pm), so it was read but was outside the round.

To win the next one

1
The town is Ellsworth, Maine
The card reads 'ELLSWORTH, MAIN'. Check the place name in every frame; it is the fact people act on.
2
Check every act name against the lineup page
Three act names are misspelled on screen. https://zaostock.com/artists spells each one; copy them from there.
3
End on the site, and link the file
No sampled frame shows zaostock.com, and the claim links only the X post. The round asked for a direct download of the video file, and for the last frame to show the address.

Next: the recap round

Closes 5pm Eastern, Sunday 11 October

One vertical recap of ZAOstock itself, 90 seconds or under, cut from the six public stream recordings of the day, with the acts' own music and every act you show named as zaostock.com/artists spells it.

It goes live when Zaal casts it, and the board at https://poidhz.com lists it within the hour. Download the recordings early: Twitch keeps them about a week.

What bounty eight was judged on

Vertical, 1080x1920, 90 seconds or under, a video file that posts to Instagram with no further editing.
Star 97.7 named on screen in text, long enough to read, because a reel plays muted first.
ZAOstock, Saturday October 3 and Ellsworth Maine readable early, and the last frame showing zaostock.com long enough to type.
Captions burned in, word for word, and the session's own voices with no library music over speech.
One idea carried through, rather than six minutes squeezed into ninety seconds, with the hosts vouching for the day.

Keeping the date, the street and free on screen for the whole reel was the right instinct.

To win the next one

The town is Ellsworth, Maine

Check every act name against the lineup page

End on the site, and link the file

Next: the recap round

What bounty eight was judged on