I blogged yesterday about some of the fabulous wins I had from creative competitions in 2011, but of course I don't win EVERY competition I enter – that would be boring! Here I'm looking back at some of my favourite losing entries from the last twelve months...
One of my favourites comps last year was the Cadbury Spots v Stripes Double Challenge - you had to make a video of yourself doing two things at once, one of which had to be a sport. I did Karate/Chopping:
One of my favourites comps last year was the Cadbury Spots v Stripes Double Challenge - you had to make a video of yourself doing two things at once, one of which had to be a sport. I did Karate/Chopping:
I also filmed and edited another daft entry for my friend Lisa, 'Wash Cycle'. We had to finish in the top ten to get judged and unfortunately didn't get enough votes, but 'Karate Chopping' is still a favourite of Ryland's so it was definitely worth doing. I was delighted when a friend of mine Evelyn bagged the £5000 top prize though!
Other losing entries were my frightening 'Snout Pout' for the Wicked Pig competition - it was nice to see SuperLucky reader Viv win the top prize of a holiday in this comp!
...and though my day spent in a banana suit for the TopFruit comp didn't win me £500, another of my blog fans Jen won the cash (all Jen's winnings go towards her charity work so a very worthy winner!):
I loved the Maris Wine 'Green Dinner Party' competition, and we made a broad bean risotto especially for the photo. We didn't win - but another SuperLucky reader Lucy won the wine-tasting trip to France!
There were a whole host of comps to celebrate the Royal Wedding, so I donned my wedding dress and posed for random photos at our local street party. I didn't win a thing with my photos, but we had a right good laugh.
In Summer Pink Lady launched a weekly photo comp to win lovely prizes, and with a bit of Facebook badgering we managed to convince them that the voting element was a bad idea after the first week. Winners were picked at random and I didn't win, but I still love this photo and I'm sure I'll be able to recycle it for a future Pink Lady comp.
Heinz Tomato Ketchup ran their 'secret ingredient' recipe competition with a different meal to cook every month - my friend Emily bagged a trip to Sorrento with her lovely lasagne; I entered this one for the spaghetti bolognese comp, Ryland thought it was hilarious.
We made a video for the Frank's Red Hot competition too - this competition had some seriously good entries! When Ryland is grumpy this film of Daddy is guaranteed to put a smile on his face...
Ryland, Nana and I had fun making and decorating our Olympic diving team gingerbread men for the Co-op's bake off, although dunking them in green jelly didn't prove as successful as I'd hoped! Fingers crossed I can recycle this for a few Olympic-themed comps this year...
Argos ran a great comp on Facebook where you could upload a photo every day featuring the new Argos catalogue and their favourite won vouchers. I made a few losing entries, but this helter skelter one was my favourite.
To end the year I dressed up a an elf to sing the new Toys R Us ad - the winner of a £500 shopping spree was drawn at random, but there were very few entries for such a great prize!
With creative competitions like this, I never feel too disappointed if I don't win because I've still got a great photo or video to entertain the family with - and it's a bonus if one of my comping friends or blog fans picks up the prize.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of you embarrassing yourself in photos and video comps this year - so get out your fancy dress costumes and I'll see you on Facebook!
