Two weeks ago it was Istanbul pulling a last minute comeback to eliminate Paris in the Final Four but Istanbul couldn’t hold out against underdog Zermatt in the championship last week. Thanks Deniz for giving us a dramatic finish and congratulations Jen on making Zermatt, Switzerland this year’s winner. Jen, who writes the travel blog Two Kids And A Map will receive $50 for winning the contest and $50 more for being a subscriber throughout the tournament.
Contest Recap
It started with 56 teams and over the past 5 weeks your votes decided which cities would advance and which ones would be left behind. Zermatt was definitely the underdog from the beginning round when it squeaked by with a single vote. It was an exciting contest with many twists and turns, thank you everyone for participating, expect another travel tournament in 2011 at the same time of year.
- Zermatt is a small ski-resort town in the German-speaking section of the Switzerland located in the Alps.
- Last year’s winner was Sydney, Australia.
- Here’s a look at the entire tournament bracket.
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Above are the final results. Most of the votes for both cities came in during the last 15 minutes of voting, it was fun to watch, thanks again everyone who participated!
My Next Contest
I announced it to my bi-monthly newsletter subscribers recently that the prize for my next contest (coming this summer) would be a trip. I’ll be writing a bit more about it in the coming weeks and give more details. I hope you enjoyed the tournament and if you have any suggestions for upcoming contests I’d be happy to hear them.
[photo by: zizzybaloobah]
Ack! Whoah, Istanbul had it in the bag. What happened??! Sigh. I’m not a sore loser, congrats to Jen. 🙂
The number of votes in the last 15 minutes for both cities was really astonishing. A real race to the end.
I was sure Istanbul was going to ‘get it’!!!! Too bad!! Oh well- congratulations to Zermatt, Switzerland.
I thought so too, Istanbul had a strong lead the entire week up until the very end. Zermatt quietly made its way past everyone 🙂
Hurrah!
I don’t believe it! So what happened considering your blog has a Turkish following? Looks like more votes for the underdog..
My guess is that most people didn’t vote since Istanbul had a strong lead for most of the week plus everyone loves an underdog.
Congrats, Jen! :))
I had a good feeling about Zermatt right from the start.
😀 Seattle turned out to be it’s toughest challenger!
Oh, I missed the racing part though I was reading all your posts regularly.
Now that I am back from my backpacking trip, I should comment here regularly. 🙂
But anyway congratulations to the winner. Both places have their own attractions. Zermatt is a beautiful place and is called Mecca of mountaineering.
It was definitely a wild ride 🙂 Glad to hear from you as well!
I totally get why Zermatt won – it’s such a beautiful little ski-resort. We were there in 2004 and I hope to visit again eventually.
I’m late for more than a month for voting! My vote is for Istanbul, but oh well, next time 🙂
Yes, a bit too late, Istanbul could have used your vote! Ah well, there’s always next year. Hope you’ll enter a city too!