“Idol” Contests via Google Video
Here’s something celebrity-wannabes might be interested in: Google Idol. This is a set of contests that involve Google Video as its multimedia platform.
Gidol is a new online competition for the many talented (and not so talented) people out there who have been waiting for their moment of fame. The competition places publicly submitted videos from Google Video in a head-to-head knockout tournament of 4 heats and 2 semi finals leading up to the grand final when a winner is announced.
Winners are selected by popularity–the site asks the audience to vote for their favorite music videos or webcam videos (all played via Google Video, of course). To me, this is a precursor of how TV will be in the future, with the onset of IPTV. I envision television to be more interactive, not only by taking in feedback from watchers via external mechanisms such as email, telephone, or letters. I’m hoping that once all TV is coursed through some form of Internet connection, television sets and networks would accept live feedback from the audience itself, right as the show is running!
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