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65 Kooky Competitions

From Bottom Barring Contests to Bird Dance-Offs

— March 29, 2010 — Naughty
People love to compete, but when you aren’t athletically or intellectually gifted you might end up competing in one of these kooky competitions. I’m warning you now, stuff is about to get weird.

I bet you’ve never entered into a scientist dance-off before. That’s just a small sample of what’s in store from these kooky competitions.

Implications - As you're looking through this collection of kooky competitions, revert back to your childhood and think of all the goofy games you partook in. Maybe they weren't official, but they definitely were not normal. Nicky nicky nine door? Spin the bottle? Seven minutes in heaven? Not a single one of the three are normal activities, but dollars to donuts you or someone you know has participated in one or all three of them. I know have. Enjoy these kooky competitions and let me know what's weirder -- my childhood or these.
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Social Contest Site with Celebrity Flair
Social Contest Site with Celebrity Flair
ibeatyou.com
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Contests for Chic Bloggers
Contests for Chic Bloggers
Stylelist.com & Bluefly's 'America's Most Stylish Blogger Contest'
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C4DCafe Speaker Design Contest
C4DCafe Speaker Design Contest
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Miss Landmine Contest
Miss Landmine Contest
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Hydrating Branding Competitions
Hydrating Branding Competitions
The Vitaminwater Contest Lets You Win Cash for New Flavors
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Competition Bashing
Competition Bashing
Mac Yoga Ad Defames Vista
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Scientist Dance-Offs
Scientist Dance-Offs
'Dance Your PhD Contest'
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$250,000 For Innovative Applications
$250,000 For Innovative Applications
Facebook Contest
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Crowdsourced HD Video
Crowdsourced HD Video
‘The Story Beyond the Still' Contest by Canon & Vimeo Looks for
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Crowdsourced Snack Ads
Crowdsourced Snack Ads
The Doritos 'King of Ads' Commercial Contest Gives Consumers Control
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50th Annual World Press Photo Contest
50th Annual World Press Photo Contest
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Halloween YouTube Contest
Halloween YouTube Contest
Miss Horrorfest 2007
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Bird Dance-Offs
Bird Dance-Offs
World's First Avian Dance Competition
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PetSmart Howl-O Ween Photo Contest
PetSmart Howl-O Ween Photo Contest
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Pork Pageantry
Pork Pageantry
China's Guangdong Province Holds Pig Beauty Pageant
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Online Karaoke Contest
Online Karaoke Contest
TalentRun
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Winner of Peugeot Design Contest
Winner of Peugeot Design Contest
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Inventing Your Own Potato Chips
Inventing Your Own Potato Chips
Walker's Flavour Contest
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Reality Pageantry
Reality Pageantry
Revamped 2009 Miss America Contest Disappointed, Despite Hype
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Puma Re-Bike Contest
Puma Re-Bike Contest
$200 To Reflect Magazine Personalities
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Car Singing Auditions
Car Singing Auditions
The Sony Nav-U Contest Wants You to Belt it Out
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Flaunting Ugly Couches
Flaunting Ugly Couches
The 'Surefit Slip Covers' Contest
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Competition Crushing
Competition Crushing
"Get a Mac" Attacks Vista Ad Budget
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Paris Hilton Obituary Competition for Children
Paris Hilton Obituary Competition for Children
The World is Messed Up
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Tomb Raider Streets
Tomb Raider Streets
The Lara Croft Street in England Unlocks the Lara Croft Nude Code
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Weird Events
Weird Events
The Famous Frog-Jumping Contest
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Giant Urban Artvertising Contest
Giant Urban Artvertising Contest
Diesel Wall
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Pint-Sized Photo Competitions
Pint-Sized Photo Competitions
IFC's 'Dress Your Kid/Pet Like a Rock Star' Contest
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International Solar Power Home Contest For Students
International Solar Power Home Contest For Students
Solar Decathlon 2007
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Comic-Con Contest Fails
Comic-Con Contest Fails
EA's 'Sin to Win' Promo for "Dante's Inferno' Crosses the Line
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Show us Your Trend Hunter (CONTEST)
Show us Your Trend Hunter (CONTEST)
TH Celebrating 100 Million Views
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Cali Dog Surfing Competition
Cali Dog Surfing Competition
Pets Get Gnarly For A Cause
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Bizarre Photoshop Contests
Bizarre Photoshop Contests
Fudge and Sprinkles on Everything Contest is More Funny than Appetizing
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Interactive Fitness Campaigns
Interactive Fitness Campaigns
The Puma Spinstar Contest Keeps You Fit and Fashionable
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Fashion Face Off 2.0
Fashion Face Off 2.0
Street Clash Global Street Style Competition
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All-Star Public Support
All-Star Public Support
Celebs and Fans Rally Behind Rihanna at NBA Slam Dunk Contest
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Movie Mashup Contests
Movie Mashup Contests
The Mate a Movie Photoshop Contest is Every Film Buff's Fantasy
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All-Star Show Design Contest
All-Star Show Design Contest
Converse Chuck Taylor MyChucks Competition
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Heinous Mustache Contests
Heinous Mustache Contests
Movember Canadian Club Whisky Contest Pays Money for Ugly
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Curious Costume Contests
Curious Costume Contests
Billy Mays Hallow-Clean Contest is Put on by His Own Son
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DIY Shoe Challenges
DIY Shoe Challenges
Aldo Contest Gives Opportunity to Aspiring Shoe Designers
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Crowdsourced Cougar Contests
Crowdsourced Cougar Contests
TMZ Cougar Contest Yields a Pack of Prowling Panthers
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Stiff Competition For PhotoShop
Stiff Competition For PhotoShop
FotoFlexer Free Online Photo Editing
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Concept Car Contest on Facebook
Concept Car Contest on Facebook
Mazda Design Challenge
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Design a Doc
Design a Doc
Dr Martens FREEDM Contest
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Finnish Competition for the iPhone
Finnish Competition for the iPhone
Nokia 71e
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Nude Nuclear Protests
Nude Nuclear Protests
‘The Environmentals' Stage Clothes-Free Activism Contest
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Morbid Crowdsourced Competitions
Morbid Crowdsourced Competitions
Funeral Company Promotes Harley Hearse with Moniker Contest
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Holy Pageants
Holy Pageants
"Miss Sister 2008" Catholic Beauty Contest
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Skyscraper Competition
Skyscraper Competition
eVolo Symbiotic Interlock Vertically Interconnected City
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Ugly Necklace Competitions
Ugly Necklace Competitions
8th Annual Contest Honouring Hideous Jewelry
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You as a Lingerie Model
You as a Lingerie Model
Victoria's Secret Contest Starts to Find Their Next Model
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Superstar Photoshop Contests
Superstar Photoshop Contests
Join Britney Spears' Circus
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Brainy Beauty Pageants
Brainy Beauty Pageants
Nuclear Energy Hotties Enter Russia's "Miss Atom" Contest
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Controversial Photoshopping
Controversial Photoshopping
Modified Tom Cruise Contest
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Fascinating Photo Competitions
Fascinating Photo Competitions
The International Photography Contest 2009 is Bananas
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Competitive Bed Jumping
Competitive Bed Jumping
SuiteJump Contest
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Transgender Pageantry
Transgender Pageantry
Amazing Philippine Beauties Contest (UPDATE)
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International Skin Art Competitions
International Skin Art Competitions
Stockholm Body Painting Contest
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Bottom-Baring Contests
Bottom-Baring Contests
The American Apparel Best Bottom Contest is Competively Cheeky
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