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Other: Nightwish: Video Contest – We Have A Winner!

Posted on Sunday, April 29 @ 13:15:00 UTC by nightowl

Two months ago, Nuclear Blast Records started a video contest for the second Nightwish single "The Crow, The Owl And The Dove" - out of their top seller Imaginaerum.

About 200 creative fans uploaded their unique creations up on YouTube – and the results were simply unbelievable! The band members, their management and label were totally flashed by the different clips, the great ideas and the amazing results any participant showed. Tuomas Holopainen comments: "We were overwhelmed about the effort people had put into making these videos, wow! This truly caught us by surprise. Wonderful job everyone!"

It wasn't easy to choose a winner, as everyone would have deserved a prize!

Anyway, the whole band, members of their Management KingFoo and their label Nuclear Blast have decided. The winner is Pedro José Antunes Hipólito Calvo from Portugal!

His beautiful clip simply touched our heart. "The winner has a beautiful thought behind the video and is truly sympathetic and touching in its naivety," says Holopainen.

Pedro will receive a special award, free access to any Nightwish concerts on this tour, a meet and greet with the band and lots of merchandise items.

The 2nd prize goes to: Daniel McCarthy from England
The 3rd prize goes to: Wolfgang Stefan Jungwirth from Austria

And since Nuclear Blast were all so impressed, they decided to also add more prizes for a 4th and 5th place:

The 4th prize goes to: Jennifer Klug from Canada
The 5th prize goes to: Elizabeth Cooper from Australia

You can watch the clips here:

1st place: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyY5QMf41dk
2nd place: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpb2Eguiup0
3rd place: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4G-Md_vFKY
4th place: www.youtube.com/watch?v=igtI_c3KYv4
5th place: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0D3iVCda3c

[Source: Nuclear Blast]

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