
The final 10
The jury has spoken and now we have 10 finalists in the Betsafe Driver competition. One of these 10 will win a driver’s seat in our Porsche Panamera and will get to participate in the Gumball 3000 of 2010, from London to New York.

These are the 10 finalists
Our servers has been very busy taking care of all the motivations we have received from you guys over att http://gumball.betsafe.com. The jury has then been thinking, quietly as well as loud, and discussing a lot about which five that should go through to the final. Their final decision has now been made. These are the 10 finalists that are struggling to win the desired spot behind the Panamera wheel. The winner will be decided this week. Stay tuned!
Andrew Jackson, http://gumball.betsafe.com/entry/andrew-jackson/

Andrew has put a lot of efforts in to the production of his video. He has also shown a lot of commitment to the competition itself and shown a great attitude. He has been creative in many ways, not only with creating the video but also with how to promote himself, his video and the Betsafe competition.
Thomas, Ole Vestergaard, http://gumball.betsafe.com/entry/thomas-ole-vestergaard/

This dane has shown great skill in promoting his video. He has gotten himself into several articles where he has promoted himself (at first as the challenger to the leader who at the time were Ivar from Norway). He has also created fan pages and been active on Facebook to promote his video and entry. Very active within the car community and seems to have loads of experience behind the wheels.
Mr JJ, http://gumball.betsafe.com/entry/mr-jj/

Another creative soul that made a video that went right in to the jury’s hearts. “Kind of makes you happy” someone said right away. Mr JJ has also been creative by ie. registering his own domain that went right to his entry.
Official Betsafe Driver, http://gumball.betsafe.com/entry/official-betsafe-driver/

An early entry that put the bar high when it comes to creativity, certainly one of the best videos. Brian who made the entry has also shown much interest in the competition and been very active all through the competition. How about making Tony Hawk tweet a link to give him votes – pretty awesome.
Ben Gott, http://gumball.betsafe.com/entry/ben-gott/
Ben made his own Betsafe shirt. We can only imagine how he sat at home struggling to make it. Ben also made an outside video BEFORE we added the possibility to upload videos. This means he sat in his car, with a wifi connection and recorded it live. Not to mention the great number of votes he has managed to collect. Powerful and cool video.
Johan, http://gumball.betsafe.com/entry/johan/

Johan ran like a rocket up the leaderboard as he used some link juice from his own video site and constantly pushed his video each day. A different approach on the video and fun to watch. We are not sure what’s up with the hat, but this was the most popular hat in all videos. In fact 5 videos featured this kind of hat.
Paul Barszcz, http://gumball.betsafe.com/entry/paul-barszcz/

Paul has made tremendous efforts and put loads of energy in to get his video in to the top 2. For a long time he was in an superior lead, only to be knocked down just before the end. Paul has engaged the whole car community of Montreal to spread his word and it has certainly payed off. Impressive skills in spreding the social media message.
Ivar Bruvoll Vamråk, http://gumball.betsafe.com/entry/ivar-bruvoll-vamrak/

Ivar must be considered the pioneer of this competition. Ivar pushed the envelope and set an example that everyone else who wanted to win had to follow. Ivar has been on several websites, on Norweigan radio and in newspapers promoting his mission. Ivar also has a Facebook Fan Page with almost 1000 members at the moment.
Bobby Green, http://gumball.betsafe.com/entry/bobby-green/

Bobby is an editor over at the car site bilfeber.se. Bobby has BIG experience in driving a lot of cars and apparently has many friends who want him to drive in the Gumball 3000 for Betsafe.com. His car imitation is “all in” and we like it. Also featuring the most popular hat in the contest.
Gumball or Bust, http://gumball.betsafe.com/entry/gumball_or_bust/

Gumball or Bust has made a great video and collected hordes of votes. The video itself provides the Gumball feeling exactly as it should be. Partying, crazyness and creativity. Gumball or Bust has also made more videos during the competition to show his dedication and interest. Much appreciated.