BLOG idol - The Winners Show!
April 2nd, 2008 by Jim & EmWell the wait has ended as we announce the winners to the first ever BLOG idol contest!
It all started here with this promo clip:
17 entries where then whittled down to the following 5 finalists:
1) Rufus 2) Mooooog35 3) Dubai Guy 4) Simple Zack 5) Empress Nightshade
Which the flowers Founders voted on thick & fast.
So, (drum roll) , we have pleasure in announcing the winning FOUR:
(B) All round to our 4 new flowers founders - Your founders badges are being prepared right as we tip-tap away!
Feel free to head over to youtube and FAVE the clip and post a comment while you’re at it. All you have to do is search for BLOG idol and you’ll see the clip pop up, courtesy of flowers founder and design whiz Mike French!
All comments welcomed here, Simon Cowell & Sharon Ozbourne are optional!
Wow! Thank you so much guys!!! And great job to the rest of the contestants!
I’ll admit, I was extremely nervous watching this video. The sudden change of heart, 4 winners instead of 3, sounded great to me. The video shows Empress’s name on it before you even press play! That scared me.
Great video too by the way. At 1:10 a puppet thing with the headphones sings to the song. Hilarious!
I look forward to not only smelling the flowers, but sharing them with you all.
Congratulations Zack and the others
Welcome to the Flowers community. And let the party begin!
arvind’s last blog post..7 Tips to Stop Losing an Hour of your time EVERY Day
Thanks Arvind…cheers (B)
Well done Zack - sorry to stick you on the video last! Must have made it hard for you! Anyway cheers mate!
mike’s last blog post..BLOG idol : The Winners
You bet it did!! My palms were getting a little sweaty.
but I when I saw my name, I definitely had a wave of relaxation. Thanks Mike.
congrates…. Zack …..
Very pleased you made… it…
I am looking forward to reading your posts should be quite interesting.. and fun…
such exciting times…
aussiecynic’s last blog post..Tourists and backpackers Beware!
Thanks AC. Its gunna be some real good times. tons of group hugging and flower smelling to come…
not to mention the twister just got whole lot more interesting……
hey people in my time zone…. WOW…
I am ususally here on my own…..
hehehehehehe
aussiecynic’s last blog post..Tourists and backpackers Beware!
its 7:38pm here right now
Naughty girl! :p
shhh hubby’s not watching….. :p
aussiecynic’s last blog post..Canberra Roos Saved, But lost the Wallabies!
We’d best top up on baby oil supplies AC!
A party pack perhaps?
I think I should by stocks in the baby oil industry who are we going to endose????
aussiecynic’s last blog post..Canberra Roos Saved, But lost the Wallabies!
YAY to all the winners!!!
Taylor Blue’s last blog post..New Gossip Girl Spoilers!!!
interesting contest… is this yours alone?… hmmm very creative…
Embracing Health For Life’s last blog post..Natural Remedies From Honey
I have a headache the size of King Kong. But, even it’s hairy fist beating against my temples can’t stop me from jumping up and down inside with glee. THANK YOU, GSTF! I’m so honored to be amongst all of you. And yes, arvind…LET THE PARTY BEGIN!
Empress Nightshade’s last blog post..I’m REFUSING To Blog About Autism!
NO FARTING, PLEASE
Sorry, FF…no can promise.
Empress Nightshade’s last blog post..Fred Flintstone Has a Rap Sheet!
sorry that was ….
my my dog!
aussiecynic’s last blog post..Tourists and backpackers Beware!
Please no farting…it stinks in here as it is…
Those damn marigolds!
Taylor Blue’s last blog post..The First New New Kids On The Block Photo
Emp, you’ve got it, the initiation ceremony starts NOW!
Uh, oh! Should I be shaking in my booties?
Empress Nightshade’s last blog post..Fred Flintstone Has a Rap Sheet!
You want the good news or the bad news girl?
bad news? initiation? ….
Ah Zack.. you have no idea what you’ve got yourself into…
I’d tell you, but I gotta run.
Would someone mind initiate Zack to the “New Founders’ Initiation Ceremony”please..
I’ll take over when I get back.. In case they missed out on something you understand.
Bwaahaaahaaa! :[
Zack, what do you think? Shall we run now and hide or take this thing head on? I’m all for the later…as long as I get to stand behind you.
Empress Nightshade’s last blog post..If You Can’t Say It, SING It!
Side by side Emp? What ya say? Lets do it.
^^ is this that bat
This is not that bat Zack, that is not even this bat.
This is that bat and that is this bat: :[
: [ close together.
Hum… As a founder, you gotta read every post and every comment Zack, to be on top of things you understand
Emma F. shared the emoticons with Bridget (Cheers Em) in a previous post. It is okay to read comments even when they are not addressed to you Zack, no one will tell
Talking about telling, did anyone tell you about the initiation ceremony yet? It’s very telling you know
what initiation ceremony? haven’t heard anything about it :[
hey chook I think they will learn very quickly…. hehehehehe… its suppose to be asecret….. :[ (b) {^)
aussiecynic’s last blog post..Tourists and backpackers Beware!
I know what it is, Zack…it’s to see if you can make one of these :[
Empress Nightshade’s last blog post..Fred Flintstone Has a Rap Sheet!
YEEEESSSS! After trying for hours, I finally got :[ Time to (B)
Empress Nightshade’s last blog post..Fred Flintstone Has a Rap Sheet!
Hey Zack
Don’t listen to Bridget re having to read every post. She has set very high standards for herself to do that, but it;s not a ‘rule’.
I knew it. I knew she was fibbing.
First lesson learned and on the first day, too. :$
Empress Nightshade’s last blog post..Fred Flintstone Has a Rap Sheet!
:$ this looks like jiggly puff
Aaaaaaw! You know about Jiggly Puff? DUDE…now I KNOW our friendship in on!
Empress Nightshade’s last blog post..Fred Flintstone Has a Rap Sheet!
IS on, rather.
Empress Nightshade’s last blog post..Fred Flintstone Has a Rap Sheet!
Ya girl. I used to play pokemon all the time back in the day.
Ok rule number two…
NO POKEMON…. oh God please… NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
3 sons here…..
no pokemon
no digemon
no tamagotchi’s
no cyber pets…
Oh please the nightmares are returning….
LOL
aussiecynic’s last blog post..Tourists and backpackers Beware!
hahahaha. i’ll restrict my pokemon talk to just jigglypuff
Zack, good to see you recognise a joke when you see it
: [ :[
Just testing if the bat things works!
arvind’s last blog post..7 Tips to Stop Losing an Hour of your time EVERY Day
It did! :[
arvind’s last blog post..7 Tips to Stop Losing an Hour of your time EVERY Day
Yeah Nightshade well done and welcome to the gang!
mike’s last blog post..BLOG idol : The Winners
Thank you, Mike!
I’ve gotta learn how to make the other symbols besides
and 
Someone wanna help me out?
Empress Nightshade’s last blog post..If You Can’t Say It, SING It!
haha Emp. put a parenthesis around a capital letter like (-B-) = (B)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K) (L) (M) (N) (O) (P) (Q) (R) (S) (T) (U) (V) (W) (X) (Y) (Z)
Thanks, Zack! If this works, then you are (Z)!
BTW, I’m linking arms with ya…LET’S DO IT!
Empress Nightshade’s last blog post..Fred Flintstone Has a Rap Sheet!
IT DIDN’T WORK! You’re still thumbs up, Zack.
Empress Nightshade’s last blog post..Fred Flintstone Has a Rap Sheet!
The letters that didn’t work don’t work. Thumbs up is a Y (Y)
I did the alphabet to see what would happen!!!!
The list from Deep is here:
http://www.gosmelltheflowers.com/IMAGES/smilies.jpg
the grey band on the left enlarges to give you the emoticons and the codes for them.
Em,
you are as just as sweet as…(looking at the list)…as sweet as (^) for putting Deep’s list up here for those of us who are struggling. Thank you! :$
Empress Nightshade’s last blog post..Fred Flintstone Has a Rap Sheet!
I agree!! my favorites are (*) , (@) purrrrrrrrrr and of course tea… or is it coffee (C)
Thanks deep
LOL - But we see not Bat, Zack?
:[ got it
Congratulations - 4 great (not good) new Founders.
I’ve really enjoyed watching this contest progress - Good call Jim and Em!
Congratulations to the new founders
I already know 5 (I think) founders and hope to get to know you all shortly
Bravo to the winners. One of you has Expat Inspirer to thank for ha!
Kewl, now us old timers can sit back and chill, and you guys get to do the hard work and entertain us! Bwaaahaaahaaa! Post! Post! Post!
Moog, as Gareth says, you win some you lose some. Better luck (and less toilet humour and porn!!) next time!
Sorry, Bridge…that’s what Moog’s do best.
Tiggers bounce.
Fat people eat.
I write about crap and pornography.
It’s what I know.
It’s what I do.
Asking me to stop writing about that would be like asking a necrophiliac to stop banging dead people.
Congrats to the other 4!
mooooog35’s last blog post..Mary Magdalene makes a Spicy Meatball!
Well done for getting to the final Mooooog
mike’s last blog post..BLOG idol : The Winners
Hum. Necrophiliac. New word for Bridget!
Writing down n-e-c-r-o-p-h-i-a-l-i-c
Right there with malarky, ha!
Hey ya Mooooooog…
I am sorry you missed out…
well done for making it through…..
and commiseration mate..
aussiecynic’s last blog post..Tourists and backpackers Beware!
Dude, you don’t write about “crap and pornography”. Not exclusively anyway. There’s all that nut munching and drinking too …
I’ve added you to my blah-g roll. This last post o’ yours made me laugh in that way that only an Irreverent Reverend could. *sshhh –that’s one of my hidden blah-gs*
Enewai — Kudo’s to you for staying true to yourself, and that bizarre, effed up sense of humor you possess.
I have a feeling the founders were all duking it out:
Founders A & B: “Rufus sucks. She calls herself a “garden ho” for crissake! If you’re going to make her a founder, we’re leaving!”
Founder Z: “Fine. Go ahead. Leave. Then we’ll have an extra spot for the guy who writes crap and pornography.”
Founders A & B: :::whispering amongst selves::: “FINE. One of us is leaving.”
See Moog? That’s how it went down.
Rufus’s last blog post..Blowing His Trust Fund
not quite rufus…..
oh my…. this is going to fun….
aussiecynic’s last blog post..Tourists and backpackers Beware!
lol re putting your feet up Bridget. You will have to be on your toes now there are 4 new Founders to get to know more!
All 5 of the people who got to the final had what it takes to be Founders (in my opinion!) it was fortunate that there were 4 places by the end of Blog Idol. There were only 2 vacancies when it was conceived.
Dubai Guy is honoured to become one of the founders of GSTF. Hope I can learn & also positively contribute to the various debates which go on here. Thank you guys
Dubai Guy’s last blog post..Blog Idol
Well done Dubai Guy - I’m really looking forward to what you will bring to Flowers. We will be the better for you.
mike’s last blog post..BLOG idol : The Winners
DG, everything nice you bring reflects well on Bridget, so bring lots of nice things ok?
If you mess up, you’re on your own mate! :p
:[
yippeeeeee
dubai guy….. way to go….
I am so looking forward to your insights….
aussiecynic’s last blog post..Tourists and backpackers Beware!
Thank you friends. Hope I can stand up to your expectations
Dubai Guy’s last blog post..Go! Smell The Flowers
No pressure DG!
Congratulations Dubai Guy. I look forward to learning more about your world and culture
arvind’s last blog post..7 Tips to Stop Losing an Hour of your time EVERY Day
Elton, come sing a song for the winners!!!
Elton! Elton! Elton!
Break out the drinks flowers smellers it’s party time at flowers tonight. We will be toasting the winners, playing naked twister with plently of group hugs for everyone!
There you go a smile each Flowers winners!
mike’s last blog post..BLOG idol : The Winners
O and if you are seeing a horrible grey camera where the video is- then that’s because YOUtube sometimes takes a while to process the image - it should appear soon - not every site is as fast as Flowers!
mike’s last blog post..BLOG idol : The Winners
Arh there you go
mike’s last blog post..BLOG idol : The Winners
hey MIke…
Just wanted to WAY TO GO!
Told you you are :8
aussiecynic’s last blog post..Tourists and backpackers Beware!
thats was suppose to be cool! lol
aussiecynic’s last blog post..Tourists and backpackers Beware!
Nice videos guys! Very well-made.. I’m impressed (even though I hate Pop Idol!)
Mabrook Dubai Guy and all the others that went through
BuJ’s last blog post..Food for Thought
Allah yebarek feek. Thank you BuJ for your good wishes
Dubai Guy’s last blog post..Go! Smell The Flowers
Welcome back Buj - great to see you smelling here again!