Doodle 4 Google – "I love football"

Judging and Prizes

Judging process

• Stage 1: One National Winner per country

  A panel of local Google employees will evaluate all entries. The entries with the top ten scores will be posted and the public will be asked to vote for their favorite doodle amongst the ten. The doodle with the greatest number of public votes will be named the National Winner.

  National winner prize:

  • The national winning doodle will be displayed on Google's homepage for that country.
  • The national winner will win a laptop as well as a framed copy of his/her doodle.
  • The national winners from each participating country will be displayed on the Doodle 4 Google – Love Football contest web site.

• Stage 2: One International Winner

  The public will be invited to vote for their favourite doodle from all the national winners, to choose the global winner.

  Global winner prize:

  • The global winning doodle will be displayed on the Google homepage globally for 24 hours on 11th July 2010.
  • The winner will win a holiday to South Africa offered by South Africa Tourism Board (the trip is for 4 people including one adult, for nine nights, and includes international flights, domestic transportation and accommodation).

  Runner-up prize:

  • The runner-up will win 2 VIP tickets to a Premiere League football match in the UK offered by Sports New Media, including international flights, domestic transportation and accommodation in the city where the match takes place.

Judging criteria

A judging panel of Googler's in each participating country will evaluate the doodle entries based on the following criteria:

• Artistic merit – based on drawing skills and use of colour.
• Creativity – based on the representation of the I love football theme and use of the Google logo.
• "I love football" communication – how well the artist’s concept of the theme is expressed.
• Supporting title and statement – how well the artist explains his/her love of football.
• The doodle must not show any representation, logo or symbol of a specific country or a team or a sporting event such as: All football team's badges, any country flags, any football tournaments symbols or logos. (Such doodles will be disqualified to compete).