And The Week Eight Winner Is…

Project Blog is an ongoing competition for bloggers. Every week, blogtestants from all over the blog-o-sphere compete in blogging challenges. The top blogger wins a special prize and the blogger with the lowest score is eliminated. There are prizes for readers too!

In this past two-week challenge, blogtestants were asked to give us some pictures in their posts. Bloggers were judged on how well they drew us into their posts and their blogs with their pictures. You can find a list of their entries here.

You guys voted to pick the reader’s favorites, who get points, which are added to the judges’ scores to create a final score for each player. Project Blog Judges are Beth (the winner of the Reality on Bravo “Create your own Reality Show” contest), April (a freelance writer and the blogger for Life as a Christian Woman), and myself.

Imagine, if you will, that the bloggers are lined up on a virtual runway, because it’s time to announce the winner! There was some stiff competition this week (as there always is), but the person with the highest score is….

Congratulations, Winnie. You and your blog, Watching the View, win week eight of Project Blog! This week, the competition was super-close again, with Mark landing in second place. Your scores were actually tied, which means YOU THE READERS cast the deciding vote! Good job, Winnie, on a post that really caught the attention of your readers, encouraging them to come out and vote for you.

This week, sadly, there will not be an elimination. Why do I say “sadly”? Isn’t that a good thing? Well, no – in this case it is not. One of our fan favorites in this competition, Kate (formerly of Babylune), had to drop out of the competition after network management did not agree with one of her posting ideas. Sigh. It’s a horribly sad situation, and I personally feel as though Kate was unjustly ousted. WE LOVE YOU KATE! Kate isn’t continuing her blog anywhere, so she can’t go on with the competition, but we really do wish her the best.

On a lighter note, we’re down to THREE! On Monday, I’ll announce the final prize and on Wednesday, I’ll post the final weekly challenge before our top two bloggers BATTLE IT OUT for the BIG PRIZE!