Who Is The MySpace Sponsored Nip/Tuck Viral Video Contest Winner?

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Before we get to the contest item, i wanted to pass on the news about a scheduled personal appearance for Nip/Tuck's Julian McMahon.

This week Virgin Blue launches it's trans-Pacific offshoot V Australia.



Rachel Griffiths and Julian McMahon are scheduled to appear at rollout parties this week in Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA.

Mr.McMahon [Doctor Christian Troy of FX'Golden Globe winning Nip/Tuck], a native of Sydney, is to attend a dinner with 150 guests hosted by Boeing in Seattle on Thursday February 5 2009. At the moment, i don't have information on a specific venue for the dinner. As always i will update if possible. Boeing has announced layoffs numbering in the thousands, but even in the wake of such sobering news, if there's anyone who can lift a crowd's spirits it would definitely be Mr.McMahon.

Ms.Griffiths, [Sarah Whedon of ABC's Brothers & Sisters, and Brenda Chenowith of HBO's Golden Globe winning 6 Feet Under], a native of Melbourne is to attend a 500 guest cocktail party at L.A.'s Flight Path Museum on Friday February 6 2009.

V Australia's fare-paying services from Sydney are to begin Friday February 27 2009. This is a revised date from December 2008, due to a machinist's strike at Boeing's Seattle WA plant.

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Now, on to our contest item: December 2008, The FX Network, Nip/Tuck, and Myspace, sponsored a contest, the grand prize being a trip to the set of Nip/Tuck and the opportunity to interview Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon.




Nip/Tuck Contest Official Rules ~ NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN

Now i would not be worthy of the description Nip/Tuck fan if i had not entered this contest. Since nothing in the rules precluded me from participating, of course i sent in a vid. my video was not chosen as the winner. Naturally i was bummed about that. But what really has me steamed is the fact that according to the official contest rules, the winner was to be announced "on or about January 23, 2009". Here we are at February 2, 2009 and i have not found any information regarding the name of the winner or where their video may be seen. i have checked virtually every page on MySpace to no avail. i have Googled, and perused every search option available within the world wide web and have come up with zilch from all avenues. Creative Zing Promotion Group is the contest administrator. i sent a SASE to them last week, but they have not yet responded. e-mailed them today at MySpace, awaiting reply.

Why am i steamed some of you may be wondering---firstly i wanted to congratulate the person who was the lucky contestant. And not for nothing, i'd like to see the work the judging panel felt was superior to all other entries [yes including mine]. Also in lieu of me interviewing the stars of Nip/Tuck, i would like to have interviewed whomever had won, and get them to share the happy details of their time on the set, and in general give In A Lather's vistors the dish on their day at McNamara/Troy.

A poster on one of the forums i visit gave the name of the person who'd won, but as i cannot confirm that information as accurate from the contest's sponsors or administrators i would prefer not to publicize until i have vetted. This is not to say that i don't trust the word of the person who provided the name, but, it is my habit to "trust, but verify". i have seen that contestant's video and it's good, although as i said to the person who provided the link, ego prevents me from saying their vid is better than mine . Until the sponsors and/or administrators of the contest provide substantive info, i guess i'll have to bide my time as far as posting the winner's vid and name.

Oh for anyone who'd like to see my entry for the contest, here ya go:



PS: my other videos at MySpace may be found here: sookie's vids at MySpace

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Thank you to fellow MySpace and niptuckforum subscriber Tania for pointing me in the direction of the winner of the Nip/Tuck Viral Video Contest. And, true to my word, now that the information has been vetted, i am posting the winning video and the name of it's star.

Her name is EricaG. Congrats Erica.

i still have beef with the contest's sponsors/administrators because they only posted MsG's photo with the announcement of her win for 5 days [i missed it, and wonder how many other MySpace subscribers did], while the announcement for the contest itself is still up. imho, Erica's name and winning video should be up and running on the MySpace Channel page front and center alongside the contest announcement so her new fans [of which i am now one] can easily see her vid.

O.K. enough of my venting, here's winner Erica's Nip/Tuck Viral Video:

Nip Tuck Viral Video Submission