Hey Gap Year fans,
As you can see, there’s no new video today – we thought we’d give you all a little break after the excitement of yesterday’s big finale. We’ll be back with some very special highlights packages on Friday, but in the meantime let’s take a little look into how the big prize was won.
The final points to be added to the Popularity Leaderboard were awarded as part of the Yes Man video challenge. HQ told the travellers that we’d be awarding one point for each of the ten mini challenges that they completed, plus five bonus points if they managed all ten. Additionally, there would be three bonus points for whoever got the highest number of people to participate in a group hug.
So here’s how the Leaderboard stood before the Yes Man results were added:
1) Roxy – 37 points
2) Lewis – 34 points
3) Amy – 28 points
4) Andre – 19 points
5=) Cara – 15 points
5=) Dave – 15 points
Roxy was three points clear of Lewis at the top, with a big gap between third-placed Amy and the rest. But how did the travellers fare in the Yes Man challenge?
Amy – 9 challenges
Andre – 9 challenges
Cara – 8 challenges
Dave – 5 challenges
Lewis – 10 challenges (+5 bonus for finishing all ten)
Roxy – 9 challenges (+3 bonus for biggest group hug)
Losing those eyebrows really paid off for Lewis, but Roxy’s spectacular group hug effort kept it as close as possible. The final results:
1=) ROXY – 49 points
1=) LEWIS – 49 points
2) Amy – 37 points
3) Andre – 28 points
4) Cara – 23 points
5) Dave – 20 points
Wow. The eyebrows (and subsequent bonus) pulled Lewis level! This meant that the title of the Most Popular Gap Year Traveller 2008 was
TIED between
ROXY and
LEWIS!
Congratulations to both of you, and an extra congratulations to Lewis for being awarded the prize fund by his fellow travellers. If you’ve not already seen how the travellers made their decision, you can watch the video here:
http://www.bebo.com/watch/8169882202
Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for the first of our extra special highlights packages! There’ll be tears …
HQ