Saturday Night Live Spoof Song Wins Voscar Award for Best Viral Campaign

Saturday Night Live Spoof Song Wins Voscar Award for Best Viral Campaign

LONDON, January 22/PRNewswire/ -- A spoof rap song, created by members and writers of the American sketch show Saturday Night Live, was voted by London Bloggers as the overall favourite viral video at the first-ever Voscars ceremony (Virgin Mobile Oscars).

The winning video, featuring Justin Timberlake, Molly Simms and Jamie Lynn Sigler, can be seen on YouTube.

Created by Virgin Mobile, the Voscars ceremony was held at the Curzon Cinema in Mayfair. It brought together thirty of the UK's top bloggers, social media commentators and journalists to vote for their top 30 viral marketing campaigns.

Please note that the winner and runner-up video are intended for a mature audience. To view these videos on YouTube, enter the viral name in the search field.

          The top thirty were, in order:          Rank     Viral                                        URL       1   In My Pants                 2   Diesel's xXx SFW p0rn x          3   Cat Man Do                 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ffwDYo00Q      4   Investing in Wind Energy   http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cQbl1c63Ofo      5   BBC BinLaden Tape          http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O66LehVnnIY      6   Barack Roll                http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=65I0HNvTDH4      7   Unexpected Performance     http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RgZuHlDuulk      8   Where the Hell is Matt?    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bNF_P281Uu4      9   TFL's Cyclist Awareness    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pTv4yD6BKlA      10  Marmite Breastfeeding Ad  http:/.www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoRcU0Ul7tU      11  Thriller on the Tube       http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X6EDAZ3crdY      12  Berocca Fish               http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6El9-65P4xA      13  Wassup Obama               http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-hQMMz6FfD4      14  Hamster on a Piano         http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tRzTfgds0UI      15  Obama and Ellen            http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RsWpvkLCvu4      16  Quicksilver Surfing        http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6xfBNxNds0Q      17  Jeans Jumping              http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pShf2VuAu_Q      18  Banned Snickers Commercial           featuring Mr. T            http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hi4DEdUmA6A      19  Manowar                    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bxRvEDvmAbk      20  Little Gordon              http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xsnVvXkDnqM      21  The Phone Call             http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2JyfBFz9X54      22  Sydney Harbour             http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KF257SzHIVI      23  Shop at Home Camera        http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5woNs9WRE      24  Sneezing Panda             http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FzRH3iTQPrk      25  Bike Hero                  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NlMYWuGUZlM      26  One-take Thriller          http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=i1YFPjPs-gI      27  Allah Made Me Funny        http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D5ZBbH7vV4E      28  Jim Carrey on Ice       http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqm-A43AnUI&NR      29  Rick Roll                  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0      30  Do the Green Thing         http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=G2FueFv5eDo  

The Voscars also saw the premiere of the '30 Peas' viral campaign, now available to view online at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_E21KVL9Ew0. The video was filmed using stop-motion animation and features thirty peas doing everything from dancing to climbing mountains. The theme, 'it's amazing what 30 peas can do', is based on Virgin Mobile's new data tariff that provides customers with unlimited web access for a fixed cost of only 30p per day. More information is available at http://www.virginmobilepeople.com/30p/.

Simon Dornan, head of PR at Virgin Mobile, comments: "Online marketing campaigns aren't just an afterthought any more; they have become as important as any TV advert or price promotion. We created the Voscars panel to showcase their success and allow the online community to vote for the best.

"Our congratulations go to everyone involved in the winning video and to all those in the top 30. They were all incredibly creative examples of online marketing and I know it wasn't easy for the group to pick a winner."

Editor's notes:

About Virgin Mobile

Launched in 1999, Virgin Mobile is the UK's largest mobile virtual network operator and uses T-Mobile's network. With 4.4 million customers, Virgin Mobile is part of Virgin Media and the group is the first to be able to offer 'quadruple play' to customers: mobile and fixed line telephony, broadband internet and television. In the UK, Virgin Mobile phones are available direct on +44(0)845-6000-600, on the web at http;//www.virginmobile.co.uk or on the high street at approximately 5,000 outlets including Virgin Mobile Stores, zavvi, The Carphone Warehouse, Phones 4 U, Currys, Currys.digital, Comet, Tesco, Asda, John Lewis, Argos, Woolworths, web retailers Dial-a-phone plus hundreds of independent mobile phone dealers, and available via Littlewoods Shop Direct Home Shopping, Grattan and Empire home shopping channels.

Virgin Mobile employs approximately 1,700 staff at three sites, Trowbridge, London and Daventry, and has an outsourced customer service centre operated by approximately 200 staff in Middlesbrough.

Virgin Mobile was voted 22nd in the Best Workplaces in the UK Financial Times survey for 2006, and is once again in the top 50 in 2007. Virgin Mobile was honoured at Management Today's Most Admired Companies Awards 2006, being voted the best company for the Ability to Attract, Develop and Retain Top Talent.

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Source: Virgin Mobile

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