YOBI.tv

YOBI.tv is the free online talent contest network. The site combines social networks, user-generated videos, and reality talent contests. YOBI.tv features talent based user-generated videos. Contestants compete for cash prizes as well as grand prizes that have included trips to the Grammy Awards, Sundance Film Festival and similar venues.

History

A Yobibyte is the largest binary prefix, and it is from this term that YOBI.tv gets its name. YOBI, LLC was founded by entrepreneur Dianne Victor of West Bloomfield, Michigan. The host of YOBI.tv is Audrina Patridge, most known for her primary role in the MTV reality series The Hills.

Contests

Other than Make the Cut, all contests run on a seasonal basis similar to TV show seasons.

Contest List

At present, YOBI.tv has five contest areas:

* Make the Cut - Vocal Talent Contest
* My Famous Summer Job - Hosting Contest
* YOBISing - Vocal Talent Contest
* YOBIFilm - Filmmaking Contest
* YOBILaugh - Comedy Contest
* YOBIPics - Photography Contest

Make the Cut

Make the Cut is a web series featuring an online vocal talent competition hosted and judged by American Idol's eighth season fifth place contestant Matt Giraud. This contest is a multi-round progressive elimination competition in which the winner will cut a recording at a studio in Metro Detroit and receive guidance from Matt Giraud and other industry professionals.

YOBI World

The philanthropy section of YOBI. It is the area for charity organizations and groups to be heard. Organizations can create profiles and blogs. Victor founded a nonprofit organization, One Village One World, to support economic development in impoverished African villages. Five percent of YOBI’s profits will go to support this organization.

Yoko Ono expressed interest in YOBI World after corresponding with YOBI, LLC owner Dianne Victor. Ono created a profile on YOBI World and added a YOBI World link to her Imagine Peace website.

YOBI Show

The show is hosted by Danielle Ryan and actor/activist Jeremy Sumpter known for the lead role in 2003's Peter Pan film and currently playing in the show, Friday Night Lights. The YOBI show typically features weekly winners, semifinalists, and finalists. The hosts also go over news regarding the website.

Features

• Entering Contests - Joining YOBI is free if one enters a contest or not. After joining, members can enter any of the contests with videos or photos they have created. No copyrighted material is allowed unless the member owns the copyright or has attained permission from the copyright holder.

• Voting/Prize Funds - Members act as judges and can vote on any contest entry. Vote counts are reset each week before and during the semifinals. YOBI members decide who the winners will be and how large their prizes will be. With each vote the prize funds increase. Prize funds start at $10,000 in each contest and members control how high the prize funds can grow through participation.

• Commenting - YOBI members can view and comment any entry.

• Profiles - All members can create personal profiles. Users can upload a photo, a bio in the about section, and upload a resume. When checking a user's profile one can find links to that user's contest entries, interests, blog posts, and vlogs. Users can also message or add members to their friends from profiles.