The Dog House Contest: Winners, Wolves and Pigs

Publié le 26 avril 2010 par Bpotier
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Viewers Choice
This category  rewards the house that gathered the most votes from our viewers on the Be. Blog. More than 20 votes were collected and distributed amongst our nominees as follows:

The Winner with 7 votes is: Mike, Sandy and their Daughters
The Houses Trinity
This category rewards the first three houses being submitted, each winning a spicy gift that will be delivered via Post mail. These awards are going to:
 House n°1: Ela
House n°2: Arno, Vero and Simon
 House n°3: Isabelle, Didier, Antoine and Pauline

While Ela made it again, we're glad to see new competitors joining the Trinity race.
Best House Details
This category rewards the house having the best in show details and accessories. The nominees are:
  • Annie and Daniel
  • Sabrina
  • Ludo, Mimie, Marie and Pierre
  • Mike, Sandy, Manon and Coralie
And the winner is:
Sabrina for matching the house to Vincent's outfit and sharing accessorising tips

Best Construction
This category rewards the house with the best build quality. More than just Cut and Glue skills, we've been looking at how well the house was built, how well the accessories were attached, the paint and colors applied, etc. The nominees are:
  • Annie and Daniel
  • Sabrina
  • Mike, Sandy, Manon and Coralie
  • Martyna and Bolek
And the winner is:
Mike, Sandy and their Daughters


Best Accompanying Message
This category rewards the best message sent along with the house submission. We have to say contestants were not as prolific as for the Moving Truck contest but we still received two major art pieces, one made of text, the other made of images. The Nominees are: 
  • Mike, Sandy, Melissa, Manon and Coralie for their fairy tale chapter
  • Ludo, Mimie, Marie and Pierre for the video of their creative process
  • Sabrina

Ludo, Mimie, Marie and Pierre for a second chapter of what will surely become a great movie one day

Best Photography
This category rewards the best truck shots and pictures that have been sent to us. The Nominees are
  • Estelle, Johann and Ilona
  • Us on behalf of Arno, Véro and Simon (yes they've sent the house flat and we glued it and took the picture :)
  • Mike, Sandy, Manon and Coralie
  • Martyna and Bolek
And the Winner is:
Martyna and Bolek for finding a sunny spot that Vincent would so love

Best Scenery
This category rewards the best surroundings and backgrounds set up for the truck pictures. The Nominees are:
  • Jocelyne and Serge
  • Estelle, Johann and Ilona
  • Ludo, Mimie, Marie and Pierre
  • Cathy, Kris, Mathilde, Mathys, Chléo, Leandre and Jade

And the Winner is:
Cathy, Kris, Mathilde, Mathys, Chléo, Leandre and Jade for a great palace - like scenery (have you spotted the fountain ?)

The Best House
As we've been receiving houses, we noticed that the use of wood and references to the 3 little pigs tale have been very very popular amongst our contestants, some even going to the extent of destroying their place mats to get the required materials.
Once again, it was very difficult to find a winner and the fact that Vincent had his word in it has not made it easier. As you can see, he took an active part in the process and we needed a week in Budapest, Hungary to come with a definitive list of winners.
Arriving in the first position in your votes, being nominated in 4 categories and winning 1 Award, this house has impressed us with the quality of its built, the materials used, the additional decoration and the fairy tale it came with. Yes, we believe they do deserve the Golden Crown ...
Mike, Sandy and their Daughters

Congratulations, you shall receive your diploma and  surprise gift very soon.
As a conclusion, we would like to thank you all for participating in this new contest and helping Vincent getting a house on its own. Your participation and enthusiasm is a great reward for the time an energy we invest in organising these contests. Soon we'll be publishing the overview of tickets per participants and sharing with you some more details about what will the Kingdom tickets be used for. Stay tuned.
The final quote from Charles Caleb Colton:
True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost
or as summarized by Princess Aneta whenever Vincent or I go a bit crazy:
Everybody's healthy !?