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Here are the top 10 contests of October in regards to registrations, submissions and sweepstakes.

Top 10 Registrations
1. WPRO-FM’s Baby Idol
2. KASA’s Gertrude Zachary’s Jewelry Next Model
3. WHO-HD’s Thanksgiving Day Giveaway
4. Our State‘s Shopping Spree at Crabtree Valley Mall
5. KBXX-FM’s Pose for the Cure
6. WQSB-FM’s Player of the Week
7. Newsday‘s Sands Wedding Giveaway
8. CityTv.com’s CityLine Audience Weekly Contest
9. WIL-FM’s Reba Idol
10. ABC 15′s Fiesta Bowl Queen & Court

Top 10 Submissions
1. WEEK-TV’s Chuck’s Big Toro
2. Opelika-Auburn News‘s Readers’ Choice
3. Our State‘s Fall Photo Contest
4. WPRO-FM’s Baby Idol
5. Cape Cod Media Group’s Name our Mascot
6. Fort Mill Times‘ Top of the Times Award
7. Journal Sentinel‘s Know This Pro
8. KTVL’s See Ellen Live
9. KTVU’s Ticket Tuesday
10. The News Journal‘s Delaware Auto Show

Top 10 Sweepstakes
1. Creative Crafts Group’s Fabric for Life
2. Long Island Press‘ Best of LI
3. Hot 1015′s Hot Cash Call
4. WRC-TV’s Fandemonium
5. Toronto Sun‘s The Wonders of Asia Now
6. Where Traveler‘s 75th Anniversary New York Sweepstakes
7. Our State‘s Win a Handcrafted Rocking Chair
8. Toronto Sun‘s Fabulous 40 Birthday Game
9. WJBK’s Dream Team
10. WTVR’s Win Nintendo 3DS

We recently hosted one of our partner’s favorite webinars (okay, it’s one of our favorites, too) – 30 Contest Ideas in 30 Minutes. During this webinar, Julie Foley, our Director of Affiliate Success & Matt Coen, our President, reveals the top 30 contest categories run on UPICKEM in the past year. Each category comes complete with several examples for you to get your contest-building creative juices flowing to help build out your year-long contest calendar.

If you weren’t able to attend the live session, watch a recording in our resource center.

Be sure to check out all the contests mentioned in our webinar.

KISS-FM asked listeners to upload a video of their acapella versions of one of two songs: “One Last Cry” by Brian McKnight or “Sweet Thing” by Chaka Khan. All entries get a chance to win $25,000 and a chance to open for Jill Scott & Anthony Hamilton. Not only does this contest look incredible, it generated excellent participation from the station’s audience. Great work!

Best Burger in Town from The Suburban (Saint Laurent, Quebec) is a unique video contest. Burger joints around town entered a video promoting their delectable burgers and readers voted for their favorites. Plus, every time readers vote, they are entered for a chance to win a gift certificate from a participating restaurant. What a clever idea!

WJW-TV (Cleveland, OH) promotes the I-X Indoor Amusement Park‘s stay in their town by running this video contest. Viewers submit a video of themselves singing the park’s catchy jingle for a chance to win 3 stellar prizes – grand prize is a VIP party for 20 to the park. Browse through the adorable entries, but I’m giving you fair warning, this jingle has been stuck in my head for 4 days.

To see more successful video contests, click here.

College basketball fans across the country are gearing up for their absolute favorite time of the year – the March playoff tournament. If you are one of these folks, ask yourself, “what could be better than watching the game from my 60-inch tv?” The answer? Attending the tournament! Well, the Big Ten Network gives fans a chance to do just that with this oh, so, clever video contest. To enter, fans submit a video of their best Gus Johnson-esque announcer bit and top 3 attend the tournament and compete for the grand prize. A very engaging, unique idea for a custom sports contest – great work!