YouTube Hosting Wacky Wakeup Contest, Sorta

Nathan Weinberg is out today. He’ll be back tomorrow night. Till then, here’s a post he wrote yesterday. Yay…
Saw an ad on YouTube for this contest by Clean & Clear (some face cleanser company [what, I’m supposed to know makeup?]) asking YouTube users (girls only) to send in footage of their “wackiest wakeup”. Pretty much just post 15 seconds of a real or “recreated” memorable waking up moment to some contest website (why not YouTube?) and you can win an appearance in a Clean & Clear commercial, as well as a chance to “Appear on MTV to dish about a hit TV show”, and a 3-day/2-night trip to New York City.
Twenty second place winners get shower radio/CD players and assorted Clean & Clear products.
For some reason, the contest is advertised and hosted on YouTube, but the videos aren’t uploaded to it. How are you […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg