Everyone knows I love competitions, contests and giveaways. Winning prizes is the ultimate experience for me. I love the adrenaline rush of receiving that phone call or email about the grand prize.
Some people take it even further – they enter crazy competitions on television and online that will win them more than just a small prize: they could win an entire wedding. Imagine savings the tens of thousands of dollars and instead getting a fully-paid wedding… or meeting the man of your dreams in a wedding competition or show.
I thought it would be fun to go through some of the craziest wedding contests and competitions out there. Here they are!
The Bachelor & The Bachelorette
What’s really mind-blowing to me about this show is that people are literally competing to get married. The end-deal is that the bachelor or bachelorette is supposed to propose to the ‘winner’, a winner who has seen her new man or woman be with other people throughout the whole experience. Let’s leave that aside… it’s absolutely insane that a game like this ends in a proposal and a potential wedding and marriage. Some participants have managed to build a wonderful marriage, but most have not reached that stage. You can see here – it’s fun to look through and see where the couples are now.
Contest for a Venue
The winner’s wedding at Lake Lanier Islands Resort
In 2012, the Lake Lanier Islands Resort wanted to get more bookings and get their venue’s name out there. So they ran a Dream Wedding Contest to give one lucky couple the chance to win their perfect wedding!
The contest was tough and took place in 6 stages. Voters voted couples off until one last couple remained. Then voters could vote for wedding transportation, flowers, cake, the location of rehearsal dinner and the honeymoon suite. All voters were entered into yet another sweepstakes for a 2 night stay at the resort. It was a wildly popular contest that brought extra booking and $30,000 in revenues to the resort.
Maybe this will inspire my dream venue Anoush.com to open their own similar contest? (*hint hint*) 🙂 I would be up for entering a contest in exchange for winning a wedding in their banquet halls in Glendale, CA. Believe it or not, that’s where my boyfriend and I met!
Four Weddings
Four Weddings was one of those reality shows I couldn’t help but watch… I watched the UK version but because of its success there, they created the same one in the US. I just really enjoy the softer cattiness of it. The drama, the competition, the unnecessarily snotty comments: it’s just great reality TV.
So what’s the competition here? Four brides are picked and they must attend each other’s wedding. In the end, they need to vote on which one was the best wedding. The winner gets a fully paid dream honeymoon.
The damage is minimal… a few cameras and extra guests at your wedding. And in exchange, you could win an amazing honeymoon. Worth it!
Don’t Tell the Bride
Would you let your groom make ALL the important wedding decisions? In Don’t Tell the Bride, that’s exactly what happens. The groom is in charge and the bride… well, she can’t know about any of the decisions taken by the groom. And that means ALL decisions including the wedding dress, the venue and the wedding cake. The entire wedding is a surprise to the bride.
So what attracts couples to take part in such a risky show? A fully paid wedding (or at least $20,000 of it). It’s brilliantly funny but I do feel for the poor bride. They torment her by sharing small hints about the groom’s decisions, usually making it look like a dooms-day scenario, like suggesting he picked out a horrible dress.
What is your favorite wedding competition or contest? Share below!
Are you a musician looking to make extra revenue? Look no further, you need to join TuneCore!
Among their many services, they have just opened a new service for their musician members – MerchLink.
What is MerchLink?
MerchLink offers you the option to easily create merchandise to advertise your band and give your fans what they want. Select a product, customize the colors and printing options, upload a picture or logo and pow – just like that, you have your cool new merchandise to sell at concerts and venues.
Pick among shirts, hoodies, hats, drinkware, backpacks, bags and many more options. Everything is good quality and bound to look great with your pics and logos plastered all over them. Plus, when your fans buy them, not only do you make some extra revenue, they are promoting you as well!
There is no advertisement like genuine fans showcasing their love for your music to everyone. Check out MerchLink here!
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As if we haven’t already been impressed by TuneCore, we just checked out this infographic and were amazed by the revenue potential TuneCore offers it’s musicians. The crazy thing is that any musician can join TuneCore and work towards success with their partnership. Just look at the numbers – 10.6 billion downloads and streams since 2006, accompanied by a $471.5 million dollars in artists’ revenue – staggering numbers!
In the past quarter alone (aka past 3 months), TuneCore artists have amassed a total of $32.7 million in revenue. That’s because TuneCore helps artists get their music out there, gain new fans, and make royalties with placement of their music in TV, commercials, film and more.
Are you a musician looking to be successful in your career? Don’t wait any longer – check out what TuneCore can do for you and be part of those revenue numbers!
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We can never get enough of TuneCore and their amazing services. Their offers keep improving and expanding, and this new service is one of their best so far.
When your music and music video is on Youtube, you should be earning money! YouTube places ads in videos, and you can earn a percentage of that revenue. That’s where TuneCore’s YouTube Money comes in: they will do all the heavy lifting for you. Join the service by paying an affordable $25 setup fee, and TuneCore will start collecting your owed revenue from YouTube for you, regardless of whether it’s current or future sound recordings.
It’s that easy!
This is how YouTube places ads. Ads = potential revenue for you!
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We love TuneCore here because we’ve seen just how helpful they are to independent musicians and bands who are trying to become successful in their art. As we covered TuneCore more and more, we also saw increases in their many services, read about musicians who made it big, and learned about how member musicians are increasing their revenue thanks to TuneCore’s many services.
Now, we get to see it in real numbers! Check out the infographic below to see just how well TuneCore’s hip hop artists have done and how much revenue has increased year by year. We’re so impressed by their efforts and successes! Keep it up Tunecore & member artists! 🙂
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