Usually contests that request some form of CGM (Consumer Generated Media) such as a picture, video or essay, garner a far fewer entries than a contest that asks the entrant to submit a simple form.

We Canadians are passionate about our hockey.  The Canada’s Hockey Anthem Challenge received more than 14,000 entries!  They had to have over 100 judges from Canada’s music industry narrow the selection down to five semi-finalists.

Each night, starting September 29^th, The Hour will feature one of the semi-finalists.  Then on October 4^th we get to vote on our favourite.  That will narrow the selection down to two finalists.  On October 9^th we get to vote for the winner.

After reviewing the rules there is no prize for voting (unless new rules are uploaded October 4^th) but knowing how passionate we are about hockey, we Canadians will happily vote anyway.

(I am really interested to see how this one turns out, considering the original fiasco that required the CBC to obtain a new anthem in the first place.)