Today is Monday, October 8th which means the 2012-2013 Crash the Super Bowl contest is officially open and accepting entries. As of right you have just 40 days to shoot, edit and upload your Doritos commercials. I’m sure that most of you are already working on your ideas but before you start filming, you should take some time to do a little research. If you want to win the Crash the Super Bowl contest you need to understand what types of ads make the finals. Doritos used to have all the past Crash the Super Bowl winners posted to a single youtube channel but for some dumb reason, those official videos have all been taken down. So if you want to see all the winning ads you’re going to have to hunt for them all over youtube. Or you could just scroll down because I did the hunting for you! Links to every Doritos finalist from the past 6 years are below. I would have just embedded the videos but 30 embedded youtube videos in one post pretty much would crash my site. So each ad is represented by a screenshot. To watch the actual commercials, click on the images:
2011-2012 Doritos Finalists:
Man’s Best Friend by Jonathan Friedman of Virginia Beach, VA.
-Aired During the Super Bowl. WINNER: Million dollar USA Today ad meter bonus
Man’s Best Friend
Sling Baby by Kevin T. Willson of Los Angeles, CA.
-Aired During the Super Bowl. WINNER: Million dollar Facebook ad meter bonus
Sling Baby
Bird of Prey by Joby Harris of Los Angeles, CA.
Bird of Prey
Dog Park by Tyler Dixon of Liegh, UT.
Dog Park
Hot Wild Girls by Brad Scott of Denver, CO.
Hot Wild Girls
2010-2011 Doritos Finalists:
Pug Attack by JR Burningham of Burbank, CA.
-Aired during the Super Bowl. WINNER: Million dollar USA Today ad meter bonus.
Pug Attack
The Best Part by Tyler Dixon of Lehi, Utah.
-Aired during the Super Bowl.
The Best Part
Adam and Eve by Stephen Schuster of Topanga, CA.
Adam and Eve
Birthday Wish by Heather Kasprzak of Los Angeles, CA.
Birthday Wish
House Sitting by Tynesha Williams of Santa Monica, CA.
-Aired during the Super Bowl. WINNER: $400,000 ad meter bonus
House Sitting
2009-2010 Finalists:
Underdog by William Kyle Gerardi of Cary, NC.
-Aired during the Super Bowl. WINNER: $600,000 Ad Meter bonus.
Underdog
Snack Attack Samurai by Ben Krueger of Minneapolis, MN.
-Aired during the Super Bowl.
Snack Attack Samurai
The Smackout by Brendan Hayward of Santa Monica, CA.
The Smackout
Casket by Kevin Wilson of Whittier, CA.
-Aired during the Super Bowl.
Casket
House Rules by Joelle De Jesus of Los Angeles, CA.
-Aired during the Super Bowl.
House Rules
Kids These Days by Nick Dimondi of Cary, NC.
Kids These Days
2008-2009 Finalists:
Free Doritos by Joe Herbert of Batesville, IN.
-Aired during the Super Bowl. WINNER: Million dollar USA Today Ad meter bonus.
Free Doritos
New Flavor Pitch by Oren Brimer of New York, NY.
New Flavor Pitch
Power of the Crunch by Eric Heimbold of Venice, CA.
-Also aired During the Super bowl.
The Power of the Crunch
The Chase by Chris Roberts of Burbank, CA.
The Chase
Too Delicious by Michael Goubeaux of Los Angeles, CA.
Too Delicious
— 2007-2008: No Commercial contest —
2006-2007 Finalists:
1. Live the Flavor by Five Points Productions of Cary, NC.
-WINNER: Aired during the Super Bowl.
Live the Flavor
Check Out Girl by Kristin C. Dehnert of Los Angeles, CA.
-Also aired during the 2007 Super Bowl.
Checkout Girl
Mouse Trap by Billy Federighi of Beverly Hills, CA.
-Aired the next year during the 2008 Super Bowl.
Mousetrap
Chip Lover’s Dream by Jared Cicon of Claremont, CA.
A Chip Lover’s Dream
Duct Tape by Joe Herbert of Batesville, IN.
Duct Tape
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The take away from this list is if you want to win, you need a dog. 3 winners in a row have had dogs so they’re just going to pick more dog videos again this year. Guess I should head to petco and pick up my new “actor.”
Hi Beardy,
Would you be into critiquing a script idea possibly for a donation towards your production?
Matt, I’d be happy to do something like that. I’ll send you an e-mail so we can talk.
Just so you know, I also won the $400,000 ad meter bonus in 2011
Oh yeah you did! Thanks for the correction, Tynesha. I just updated the post.