The Challenge Period is between April 1, 2026, 00:00 AM EST to April 22, 2026, 11:59 PM EST. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Open to legal residents of the corresponding Applicable Regions (Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City, and Vietnam) who are at least 18 years of age as of the start date of the Challenge Period. Enter by submitting a video as described in the terms between February 6, 2026, 00:00 AM EST to February 13, 2026, 11:59 PM EST. Winners will be selected based on specific criteria set out in the terms. Rewards:
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- Top 3 Winners The Top 3 Winners will be selected based on a combined evaluation of content quality and audience engagement, as determined by CapCut.
- 1st Place (1 winner): $10,000 USD
- 2nd Place (1 winner): $3,000 USD
- 3rd Place (1 winner): $1,000 USD
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- Audience Choice The Audience Choice winners will be selected solely based on audience engagement, measured by the total number of likes received during the Challenge Period.
- 10 winners: $100 USD each
Participants can receive at most one cash prize (Top 3 Winners or Audience Choice).
Note: If a reward, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, we reserve the right to substitute the reward with another reward of equal or greater value. The reward will be in US dollars (USD). The final amount may vary due to real-time exchange rates between the local currency and USD. We reserve the right to determine the final amount issued, with no further notice.
Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Entry Period.
Official Rules
Mission is void where prohibited. By entering, each Participant accepts and agrees to be bound by these Terms. Failure to comply with these Terms may result in disqualification.
CapCut proudly presents the CapCut Seedance 2.0 Video Challenge (this "Challenge"), a promotional competition where creators are challenged to create videos using CapCut's AI Video features powered by the Seedance 2.0 model, currently available through AI Video and AI Effects (the "Feature")! The Challenge will be held from February 6, 2026, 00:00 AM EST to February 13, 2026, 11:59 PM EST (the "Challenge Period"). Winning participants will be selected by a panel of judges from CapCut and one (1) independent judge in accordance with the Winner Selection section 5 below and rewarded accordingly.
This Challenge and all participants shall be subject to the terms and conditions set out below (these "Terms").
The Challenge is sponsored and administered by ByteDance Pte Ltd. or TikTok USDS Joint Venture, as applicable, the entity that offers the CapCut video-editing program (the "App") in the Applicable Regions ("Sponsor", "we", "us" or "our"), which is solely responsible for this Challenge. For the avoidance of doubt, this Challenge is neither sponsored by nor affiliated with Apple, TikTok, YouTube, X, or Instagram.
These Terms form a binding legal agreement between us and the participants of this Challenge (the "Participant" or "you"), and set forth terms and conditions for participating in the Challenge available on the application owned or controlled by us, including, without limitation, CapCut, our related websites, services, applications, products, and content owned or controlled by us.
These Terms are subject to, and shall also include the CapCut Terms of Service, CapCut Privacy Policy, and other policies on the App, as may be amended from time to time (together the "CapCut Policies"). In the event of any conflict between these Terms and the CapCut Terms of Service, these Terms shall prevail.
Any capitalized terms not defined in these Terms but defined in the CapCut Terms of Service have the meaning given to them in the CapCut Terms of Service
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- Eligible Participants
Only the following individuals will be eligible to participate in the Challenge:
- Individuals who are both (1) residents of the corresponding Applicable Regions and (2) at least 18 years of age or the age of majority in their country as of the start date of the Challenge.
Employees, officers, and contractors of CapCut, and their immediate family and/or household members, are not eligible to participate. Groups are not eligible to participate.
Violation of these Terms, the CapCut Policies, and/or any applicable law may result in disqualification from this Challenge and CapCut account suspension.
We reserve the right to disqualify any participant who does not comply with the CapCut Policies and/or any applicable laws.
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- How to Participate in the Challenge
Once a video is posted publicly and in compliance with the Tasks detailed above, it is referred to in these Terms as an "Entry." You may enter as many Entries as you want. Each device can only be used to participate with a maximum of three accounts, with the earliest binding time being considered.
Entries will be declared invalid if they are late, illegible, incomplete, damaged, or otherwise irregular. The sole determinant of time for the purposes of this Challenge, including receipt of a valid Entry, will be the platform on which the Entry is posted (i.e., TikTok, and/or X).
There are free trials of the Feature provided. No purchase or payment is necessary to participate or win, and a purchase or payment does not increase your chances of winning.
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- Submission Requirements
All Entries must meet all of the following requirements for submission purpose:
- Videos must be created in CapCut.
- Videos must be uploaded to X with requirements as specified in section 2.c above.
- Videos must follow all applicable laws, all Capcut Policies, and all policies published on the platform or platforms where the Entry is published.
- You represent and warrant that each Entry you submit must be original to you and exclusively created and owned by you (or include content that is in the public domain), and you must have all rights, licenses and authorizations necessary to all content within the Entry, including written permission from anyone appearing in the Entry (if under 18 or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, written permission from their parents or legal guardians) required to grant the licenses specified herein to CapCut and the platform on which your Entry is published.
- Entries cannot be set to private within 60 days after the end of the Challenge.
Any Entry deemed by CapCut to be in violation of the above, or that is otherwise inappropriate, will be disqualified by CapCut.
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- How to opt out of and re-enter the Challenge
If you no longer wish to participate in the Challenge after you have submitted an Entry, you can opt out of the Challenge by removing your video from X.
Once you opt out, your Entry(ies) will be disqualified and ineligible for rewards associated with the Challenge.
After you opt out, you can re-enter the Challenge by performing the Tasks again during the Challenge Period.
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- Winner selection
Winning videos will be selected by a panel of judges who are employees of CapCut, based on subjective and objective criteria as listed below:
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- Rewards Conditions
You acknowledge and agree that you are not entitled to any monetary payment for your participation in the Challenge.
Rewards cannot be transferred to other CapCut users, and are not otherwise exchangeable, assignable, substitutable nor replaceable.
We are not responsible for a potential winner's inability or unwillingness to accept or use a Reward for any reason.
No substitutions, redemptions for cash or money equivalents are allowed for Rewards, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute any stated Reward or any component thereof with another Reward of equal or greater value in the event of non-availability.
If you are subject to any taxes (including any penalties or interest thereon) and expenses imposed by any jurisdiction in relation to a Reward, subject to any unwaivable local consumer law rights you may benefit from, you will be responsible for the payment of such taxes (including any related penalties or interest) to the relevant tax authority.
We reserve the right to correct any unintended error and/or to disqualify any participant or Entry which does not comply with CapCut Policies and/or any applicable laws at any stage of the Challenge including after determination and announcement of winners.
We reserve the right to suspend, postpone or cease the Challenge at any time for any reason without prior notification.
Our decisions will be final and binding in all matters relating to this Challenge, including interpretation of these Terms, selection of the winners, and awarding of the Rewards. In addition, you acknowledge and agree that we have the sole discretion to disqualify any Participant who is sufficiently acquainted with any person or entity connected with the development, administration, judging or other exploitation of this Challenge such that their participation in the Challenge could potentially create the appearance of unfairness or impropriety.
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- Notification and Receipt of Rewards
All winners will be announced via CapCut's TikTok and X official accounts, no later than 11:00 AM EST on February 20, 2026.
Cash rewards will be distributed within thirty (30) business days after the announcement.
Cash Distribution
Winning notifications will be sent to winners via TikTok and/or X direct messages from CapCut's official accounts on the platform. Once we get in touch with you, we’ll need you to provide your basic information so we can issue your the cash reward.
Winners must follow the directions in their notification (if any) to claim the reward, which may include signing an authorization letter and providing necessary IP license documentation and/or showing proof of being an authorized account holder. We reserve the right to disqualify any participant and/or entry at our sole and absolute discretion. If any potential winner cannot be contacted and confirmed as a winner as above, or in the event that any reward is not successfully claimed, the reward may be forfeited and an alternative potential winner may be selected at the sponsor's sole discretion. We are not responsible for any unsuccessful reward claims or any failed attempts to contact a potential winner.
We are obliged to make public or available information proving that a valid identification of the winners and delivery of the reward has taken place. To this end, we will share the links to the Entry and region of the winners with anyone who contacts us within one month of the end of the Challenge Period to inquire about this matter. By participating in the Challenge, you grant us consent to do so. If you object to your links to the Entry and region being made public in this way, please contact us. Please note that this information may need to be shared with the relevant regulatory bodies upon their request.
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- Personal Data
We will only process your personal data during your participation in this Challenge including your CapCut username, CapCut UID, TikTok username, X username, Views counts, hashtag and video information of TikTok, and / or X, payment information, shipping information insofar as you have authorised or granted us access to for purposes related to the execution and administration of the Challenge in accordance with our CapCut Privacy Policy and these Terms. You may exercise your data protection rights by contacting us at https://www.capcut.com/us-privacy for U.S. users or https://www.capcut.com/privacy-requests for all other users.
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- License
By participating in the Challenge, you acknowledge that your Entry(ies) and the documents and information submitted to and in connection with the Challenge are subject to the CapCut Terms of Service and include, without limitation, our rights of use and display your Entries for the purposes of administering and promoting the Challenge.
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- Abuse of the Challenge
We reserve the right to disqualify you from the Challenge or to withhold any Rewards if any submitted content violates or infringes upon any third party’s rights of publicity, privacy, intellectual property, or other rights.
We reserve the right to disqualify you from the Challenge, or to not award any Rewards, if we have reasonable grounds to believe that you:
- have tampered with or attempted to tamper with the process or the operation of the Challenge;
- have breached these Terms;
- have committed acts with the intent to annoy or harass any other person;
- have engaged in any activity which is not in the spirit of the Challenge that attempts to inappropriately manipulate your chances of being awarded Rewards including artificially increasing or paying to increase video views; and/or
- have made any misrepresentations in respect of, abused or employed, any illegal or criminal activity (including fraud) in connection with the Challenge.
- have submitted content violates or infringes on any third party's rights of publicity, privacy, intellectual property or other rights
Tasks performed by agents or those automatically generated by a computer, or other automatic methods will not be eligible and will not be counted.
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- Limitation of Our Liability and Indemnification
To the extent permitted by applicable law, we are not responsible for any event of "force majeure" (including, without limitation, natural disasters, activities of government agencies, cyberattacks, pandemics, and system failures which may in any way interfere with or impede the Challenge or result in loss, damage or disappointment suffered by you as a result of your participation in (or inability to join) the Challenge.
Insofar as permitted by law, we will not assume any responsibility or liability for any inaccurate or failed electronic data transmission, technical faults, failed entries nor any inaccessibility or unavailability of the internet, CapCut, or any third-party platform.
The Challenge and the Rewards are provided for personal, non-commercial use only and we shall not be liable for any commercial loss.
We will not be responsible for lost, late, damaged, defaced, incomplete, stolen, illegible, indiscernible, mutilated, illegally obtained, or misdirected Entries, for any computer, online, software, hardware or technical malfunctions, or for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Challenge, or announcement of the Rewards and/or all Challenge-related materials.
By entering this Challenge, Participant agrees that it forever discharges, releases, holds harmless, and will indemnify and defend, Sponsor and each of its parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and each of their directors, officers, employees, and agents (collectively, “Released Parties”) from any and all liability, claims, losses, damages, causes of action, suits, and demands of any kind (including, without limitation, any violation of personal right such as right of publicity or privacy, and claims of intellectual property infringement) (“Claims”) arising from or in connection with the Challenge, however caused. Additionally, Participant agrees to indemnify Released Parties from and against any Claims.
We assume no responsibility or liability in the event that a Challenge cannot be conducted as planned for any reason, including those reasons beyond our control.
We cannot guarantee that the promotion of any Entries in connection with any Rewards will result in increased views or use of videos, or in any other results whatsoever.
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- General
If any of these clauses are found to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable then that clause shall be deleted from these Terms and the remaining clauses shall remain full in force and effect.
Other than as expressly set out in these Terms, we do not make any promises or commitments about the Challenge, such as the specific function of the Challenge, or its reliability, availability, or ability to meet your needs.
Participants shall not assign, sell, transfer, delegate or otherwise dispose of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, these Terms or any or its rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. Sponsor may assign these Terms in their entirety without your consent, to Sponsor's affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of Sponsor's assets.
These Terms will be governed by the applicable laws and disputes will be subject to the jurisdiction specified in the CapCut Terms of Service in your jurisdiction.
All intellectual property, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned by Sponsor and/or its affiliates. All rights are reserved.
We reserve the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate any Challenge, in whole or in part, and/or modify, amend or suspend any Challenge, and/or these Terms in any way, at any time, for any reason without prior notice.
All Challenges are subject to applicable federal, state, territorial provincial and local laws and regulations. These Terms are subject to change without notice in order to comply with any applicable laws or the policy of any other entity having jurisdiction over Sponsor. Your continued participation in the Challenge after such changes to these Terms have become effective will be deemed your acceptance of the modified Terms.
For questions related to the Challenge or If you want to report a video which violates CapCut Policies, you may contact CapCut Customer Service via support@us.capcut.com for U.S. users and capcut.support@bytedance.com for all other users.