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Cast a vote in the Touchdown Dance-Off contest

There’s really only two, sure-fire ways to win a vote-based video contest; you either have to cheat and vote for yourself over and over or else you need to be an Internet celebrity with a loyal fan base.  A few days ago I was reading over the details for the “Touch Down Dance-Off” contest sponsored by the snack food company Food Should Taste Good.  (yes, that is their name)  All you had to do to enter was film yourself doing a touchdown dance so I actually was considering shooting a submission.  But then I noticed that the entry in the lead in the online voting already had about 4,000 votes.   My gut reaction was that the guy who made that video must be cheating.  But I looked at his facebook page (the contest is run on facebook) and it turns out the filmmaker is an actual internet celebrity with a giant fan base.  So for once it looks like a vote-based contest is going to be won by a non cheater.

So I’m relived I didn’t try and enter this one.  But Longtime reader and friend of VCN Tim O. e-mailed me today and said he did enter the Touchdown Dance Off contest.  He said he knows first place is pretty much out of reach but he’s really close to 2nd place and that comes with a $1,000 prize.  Tim’s video is really funny and definitely worth checking out.  So follow the link and vote tim’s video!  http://apps.facebook.com/tenthousanddance/23171

Ice Cream and Cake (and cake)

It always warms my cockles to see a really great video win a big prize in a contest. Last week, Baskin Robbins announced the winners of their “Ice Cream and Cake” Dance video contest and my cockles couldn’t be any happier. The idea of the contest was that you were supposed to shoot a video of yourself dancing to the new (and apparently “Peanut butter Jelly Time” inspired) Ice Cream and Cake song.

There was a lot of cash at stake in this one: first place was $10K, second was $5K and third was $1K. Oh, and all the winners got some ice cream cakes too! First place got a thousand dollars worth. Damn….that’s a lot of frickin’ ice cream cake. But as you’ll see, I’m sure they can put it to good use. First place went to a video that was shot by like an entire dance academy of kids. Not only is it over the top and well-choreographed, the production quality is top notch. Whoever shot that was really smart. Instead of just setting the camera to shoot a wide shot of all the action they added tons of charisma and fun to the video by actually getting close-ups of the dancing kid’s faces.

You can see all three winning videos here:

The video that took third is one of the WEIRDEST video contest entries I have ever seen. It looks like it could be a comedy sketch shot for the Andy Milonakis show. Do yourself a favor and check it out. It’ll make you wonder how the heck those two people know each other. My question is, who knew it would be hilarious to film them having a baskin and robbins adventure together?

Bhangra Rocks!?

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Ok, this is a really, really, really obscure contest but the winning video amused me so I thought I’d post it. The contest was called “Bhangra Rocks!” What is Bhangra? The contest announcement on the Bhangra Rocks website explains it a bit:

“Bhangra – It is India’s quintessential dance form, that brings a smile on every face with the sheer melody of its beats and those footloose dance steps. Internationally recognized as the ultimate dance form of fun and enjoyment, we invite all you dance enthusiasts to shake a leg – bhangra style! Go as unique and creative as you can get. Go Bhangra on your favorite Punjabi track or on the latest number of your star hip-hopper. Bring on the beats, let your hair down and have someone record it while you enjoy to the desi (or not so desi) music.”

Though I was tempted to go bhangra on my favorite Punjabi track, I did not get around to submitting an entry for this one. Good thing too because these dudes would have blown me out of the water!

First Place. Prize: $500


Beardy’s Choice: This Butterfinger’s mine

In the previous post I wrote about “Butterfinger Phone App” which just won $25,000 in the Butterfinger video contest. Well I watched probably 80% of the posted entries and there’s one video that stood out above all others. This great video didn’t even make it to the finals, which was a real surprise. Anyway, if Beardy picked the winners this is the video I would have chosen. It’s called “This Butterfinger’s Mine” and I dare you not to hit the replay button after you watch it for the first time:



Hope you like that song because it’s gonna be stuck in your head alllll day long.

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