A long overdue congratulations goes out to VCN reader Tim Oliphant and his wife for making it to the finals in the Ultimate Job in Ireland video contest.  Back in February, Tim won first place in the Louisiana Hot Sauce video contest with an especially good entry, so he seems to be on quite a roll.  Here’s the official description of the “Ultimate Job” contest:

“To celebrate the launch of Ireland’s most exciting destination wedding and honeymoon website, The Irish Times have teamed up with Runaway Bride and Groom to find the right candidate to do 6 months of research… researching the most romantic and ultimate wedding and honeymoon venues around the world – with their partner.

They are looking for the right person (and their partner) to research and test out the most romantic and ultimate wedding and honeymoon destinations all over the world and then report back with their verdict (on the place, not the partner!) to their boss, 4,000 miles away.”

For making it the finals, Tim and his wife got to travel to Ireland to compete against 9 other couple in a series of challenges to determine the winners of the big “job.”  Another couple wound up winning the grand prize but a free trip for 2 to Ireland is a pretty sweet consolation prize.  Here’s the video that got Tim and his wife to the finals:

Ultimate Job in Ireland Finalist.  Prize: Trip to Ireland.

And here are the folks who won the whole thing.  Remember, the tasks they had to perform in Ireland are what won them the grand prize.  This video is just what got them into the top ten.

Ultimate Job in Ireland Winners.  Prize: 6 months of travel and 20,000 Euros.

Wow, I just read that they shot that with a camera phone!  They just posted their first official video blog and it looks like the sponsors gave them an actual video camera to work with from here on out.