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The "Why Chicago" Video Contest
Congratulations to our Winners!
Thank you to all who participated!

We have asked you to tell us why Chicago should be chosen to host the 2016 Olympics and Paralympic Games and you responded!  The public voted and chose the videos they thought did the best job telling the world why Chicago should be chosen to host the Games in 2016.

Congratulations to the Grand prize and second place winners and thank you to everyone who participated!
 
Click here to check out the winning videos!


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Prizes

Voter Prize: Win a trip for six to the United States Olympic Committee's (USOC) headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to see the USOC's world-class training facilities, watch Olympians and Olympic hopefuls train and participate in a U.S. Olympic sport experience!
 
Submission Prizes: Five finalists will be selected based on a combination of popular vote and the following criteria determined by a panel of judges: originality, creativity, relevance to the "Why Chicago" theme and production quality. All five videos will be featured on the NBC 5 Chicago Today show starting December 1.

Submission Grand prize: Trip for two to Vancouver for a behind the scenes tour of the preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Submission Second Prize: $5,000 worth of video production equipment of your choice to create your next video with your favorite technology!

How To Enter

The submission period has ended. Register to vote here!

If you have already registered and signed in Click here to vote!

Also be sure to read the official contest rules.


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