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Budgietom
10-01-2008, 08:19 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen! :D Welcome to the SEMI-FINALS of Talk Budgies Next Top Model Season 3 :D After all these weeks of the competiton and months of planning, we are so excited to deliver to you this week's thread :D

This week we will reveal who is in the semi-finals, the twist is announced and you will all find out the challenge :D Heaps to get through :)

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Before I continue, I have to tell you all something :)

I was supposed to leave on holidays a few days ago, but it was post-poned because of commitments. I am leaving in a few hours, and I get back on Sunday or monday, so I won't be posting until then :) The judges will answer your questions and Pippin's Mom will post up the pictures for the contestants as she
did last week :)

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Before I announce the twist, it's time for the ELIMINATIONS! :evil:

All our eliminations on the show are judged by our fabulous, marvellous and beautiful/handsome (for cliff :D) judges PIPPIN'S MOM, SOFTIE AND CLIFF123! :D Thank you again judges! You guys are the best! :D

After all these weeks, we unfortunately have to say goodbye to another two contestants :(

Our first contestant, who no longer can compete in the TB finals is....

Dannii and Alfie :(

Our second contestant who can no longer compete in the TB finals is....

lamagdalena and Dolce :(

We are so very sorry to you both :( It must be so hard to have come so far and be so close to the title and get evicted :( Thankyou for being amazing contestants :( We have been so lucky to have great, cooperative contestants like you two :)

But now, unfortunately your time here has come to an end :( Please say your goodbyes, pack your bags and leave this competition immediately :( A cab is waiting outside ;)

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Now for the twist that you've all been waiting for :D

Now we are so close to the finals of this competition, so we thought we'd step it up a notch. First of all ONLY ONE CONTESTANT WILL BE ELIMINATED THIS WEEK so there will be two left over for the finals :) Finally, this week we don't JUST want the perfect shot :p We want TWO of them :evil: so contestants, this week you guys have to send in two photos for the challenge, not one :evil:

Good luck! :D

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Below are the OFFICIAL Talk Budgies Next Top Model rules! They are posted each week to remind you all how the competition is run. Read them carefully

RULES:
Contestents have 5 days from thursday to monday to PM me a picture of their budgie posing for the challenge (there will be a new one each week).

Judges will then have the remaining 2 days to PM me their nominations on who should go for that week. The budgie with the most nominations will be out. Contestents who don't PM me their picture by the end of the time constraints will automatically be out.

PIPPIN'S MOM will post the contestents pictures on the thread as soon as she get them, via PM. I will announce who is out at the start of each week.

NOTE that evicted contestent cannot win the competition anymore. But don't let it spoil your fun of posting pictures though. The only thing is that as an ex-conestant you will not be chosen anymore to be a contestent once again.
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The trumph card: So basically, if you're budgie is not co-operating with you for the challenge and you don't know what to do, you can use your trumph card. The trumph card is "Budgies have feelings" so you need to take a photo of your budgie expressing emotion and send it in instead of the challenge.

Rules of trumphcard:
Can only be used ONCE during the entire contest.
PM The trumph card can be used for all rounds except the final.
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The following contestants are left on the show (in no particular order):

1. acudogmama
2. Pitchii
3. birdy_buddy1

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Congratulations contestants for making it so far :D Out of the dozens of entries we received at the start of the competition, we chose only 10 then from there two of you have been completeing challenge after challenge whilst one of you beat the rest and won the free entry card as a member of the public :D Well done to all of you!

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Enough of my time-wasting :o :p It is time to announce this weeks challenge. It is Budgie Bedtime! So contestants, send in TWO photos of your budgie sleeping and send them in to Pippin's Mom who will post them on this thread :) I imagine a trumph card or two will be used this week :)

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Here are this weeks entries. Pippin's Mom and I will post them as we receive them :) :

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/88/dsc0161ea2.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4388/dsc0185wc5.jpg

Pitchii- Pitchii

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3028/2904913796_cac18d6979.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3283/2904050415_396f21615e.jpg

Mouse- acudogmama

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg184/birdybuddy1/IMG_2221.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg184/birdybuddy1/IMG_1883-2.jpg

Tango- birdybuddy1
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Good luck contestants and for those of you who stil want to send in pictures of your budgie, please do! :D As I said before, I will be from holidays on sunday or monday so our judges will answer your questions :)

Oh and just a hint for the Finale's challenge :) fullmetalgirl and I thought of it a few months ago and loved the idea! :D I won't say much only that it isn't hard at all, it's just fun :)
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Before we go, we'd like to thank our sponsor (Dave) for the prize. The winner of TBNTM will receive 25 karma points, bragging rights and the title of having "Talk Budgies Next Top Model" :D :D :D Prizes like these will start any budgie models career :D :D

Talk to you all soon! :D

HAPPY SNAPPING!

Budgietom and fullmetalgirl :)

Kip.The.Great
10-01-2008, 08:38 AM
Wow, exciting! :D
Sorry to hear Alfie, and Dolce are leaving. :(
Also, confused, the twist is, two photos? :P

Speedy
10-01-2008, 08:38 AM
Dannii and Alfie & lamagdalena and Dolce :(:(:( I am so sad to see you go! You guys are all great, Alfie & Dolce you truly are stars, feel free to post lots and lots of photo's of your future success on the covers of magazines :D

On another note I am REALLY looking forward to seeing photo's of that little Mouse man :XD: He is truly a stunner!

clifff123
10-01-2008, 09:31 AM
Another tough week trying to decide who to evict!!
Sorry to see Alfie and Dolce leave.
Congratulations to acudogmama, Pitchii and birdy_buddy1, making it to the semi-finals.
Looking forward to Budgie Bedtime pictures

birdybuddy1
10-01-2008, 09:54 AM
Awwwww.... I an so sorry for Danii and lamagdalena. :( You guys were great! :) I thought for sure this would have been my first and last round. :o

Congrats to pitchi and acudogmama! :D

question: so, it doesn't have to be night time, as long as they're sleeping? Oooooo this is tricky! can we send in one sleeping pic and one trumph card?

Pippin's mom
10-01-2008, 12:21 PM
Alfie & Dolce I'm so sad to see you go!:( You are both shining stars of Talk Budgies and I'm sure this is just the beginning for both of you beautiful Budgies!:)

HaHa~ the twists are always so surprising!:rolleyes:

Congrats to Tango, Mouse, and Pitchii! :party2:

Sleeping pics are always a challange in my opinion so good thing you have a little extra time.;) Remember focus on the challange, be creative, props are fine, and have fun!:D Watch those blooper pics they could actually be winners!

Looking forward to seeing the cute little bed time Budgies! Best to all of you!:D

I think either challange photos or trump card, but not one of each.:)

lamagdalena
10-01-2008, 12:41 PM
so close and yet so far away :( :( :(

good luck to the remaining contestants!!

Dannii
10-01-2008, 01:01 PM
Aww, Alfie will be sad to go but this week came as no surprise, I’m surprised we got this far! :)
Thanks guys, this has been wicked :D and good luck to all remaining contestants!!!

clifff123
10-01-2008, 04:06 PM
I done stuck it!!

birdybuddy1
10-01-2008, 06:14 PM
Sleeping pics are always a challange in my opinion so good thing you have a little extra time.;)

Oh, good! When Is the dead line?

aka.pody
10-01-2008, 08:42 PM
Alfie and Dolce, we're so sorry to see you go. :( Maybe next time.

softie
10-01-2008, 10:56 PM
I am so sorry to see you two go, Alfie and Dolce! :( You guys are so beautiful and talented, don't let this bring you down! Aim for the gold! :D :D :D

Congratulations to our Top 3!! Mouse, Pitchii, and Tango, you guys have made it very far, be proud! :D

Oooooh sleepy sleep budgies :) I can't wait to see what you guys come up with :)

Be challenged, creative, and have fun! :clown:

acudogmama
10-01-2008, 11:05 PM
Oh~! The thread is up early~!

Alfie and Dolce, you were both great contestants~! It's always sad to see budgies go... i hope we get to see your *bedtime* photos still...

Congrats to the other remaining contestants~! YaY Pitchii and Birdybuddy~!

I can't believe we've made it this far~! Mouse is so excited~!!!

Budgie Bedtime sounds simple... but it's actually kind of hard~! You can't just set up a shot, you have to catch the budgie in the act~!

But.... I LoVe sleeping pictures~!!! They are some of my most favorite of them all~! I have like a million pictures of my dog sleeping. I think they are some of the cutest photos~! And sleeping birds- does it get any sweeter than that~?!

Can't wait to see everyone's photos.

What a twist.... TWO entries~?!

I better tire little Mouse out... so i can catch him catching some Z's~! LoL~!

Pitchii☆
10-02-2008, 12:04 AM
ooh what a surprise to see this already up when I logged in this morning! Even a bigger surprise to still be in!! Sorry to see Alfie and Dolce go though :( Keep posting photos you guys!

sleeping budgies..... this will be hard. Pitchii is super excited that we're home and is bouncing around the place like a maniac :D Plus whenever I try to take sleeping pics she wakes up... super sensitive girl!! :D Got the tripod set up, have put on some sleepy classical music... still not working.. might have to try hypnosis... 'you are getting sleepy......' :P

Leel
10-02-2008, 12:25 AM
This will be cute won't it maybe I'll go in the next one...

Pippin's mom
10-03-2008, 02:48 AM
Emily~the extra time was because the thread was put up a day early.:)

I 'm about to post the first entries I received tonight! So cute!:D

naburu
10-03-2008, 02:55 AM
Although he is recently deceased, I thought I'd still share some recent sleep photos.

Obadiah "Obi" Dastous RIP Little One
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l262/Miss_Maroon/budgies/103_4862.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l262/Miss_Maroon/budgies/103_4720.jpg

Pippin's mom
10-03-2008, 03:45 AM
Aww..he was so beautiful..sweet photos.:)

Brown9944
10-03-2008, 04:41 AM
Oooo....Good luck finalists!
It's probably good I'm not in this round...I can NEVER manage to get pics of my birds sleeping :(

softie
10-03-2008, 07:07 AM
Pitchii, your photos are beautiful! :D

Annie... I am so sorry to hear about Obi :( *HUGS* May you rest in peace forever little Obi

Keet1976
10-03-2008, 08:28 AM
Poor Pitchii has pin feathers!

birdybuddy1
10-03-2008, 09:52 AM
Emily~the extra time was because the thread was put up a day early.:)

I 'm about to post the first entries I received tonight! So cute!:D

Yes, I realized after I posted it was a silly question! :p Thanks. :)

AngelWings
10-03-2008, 01:33 PM
OMG Pitchii is just the cutest little thing! :D
look at that sleeping face!! :eek: too perfect :)

lamagdalena
10-03-2008, 03:46 PM
what stunning photos!!! what camera do you use Pitchii? the details and photos look SO VIVID!!

birdybuddy1
10-03-2008, 06:43 PM
Why is there only 1 picture of Pitchi now?

By the way, ADORABLE photo! You did that quick!

acudogmama
10-03-2008, 09:34 PM
I still see 2 photos for Pitchii, Emily (birdybuddy1)~ :)

Pitchii is a DOLL~! I LoVe her~! She looks like a little angel...

I sent Mouse's entries in this morning, but i see that they are still not up~ I guess Pippin's Mom hasn't had a chance to upload them to the thread yet.
I hope she got them....

I p-mailed you this morning Julea... if you didn't get it, let me know~!

I can't wait to see handsome Tango's sleeping photos too~!!

Pippin's mom
10-03-2008, 09:50 PM
Mouse is now posted.:)

AngelWings
10-03-2008, 09:55 PM
OMG my heart is just torn between Mouse & Pitchii!!

birdybuddy1
10-03-2008, 10:12 PM
Uh -oh! I gotta get snappin! :eek: The deadline is Sunday, right?

Oh my gosh! Both of your pictures are incredible! :) *freaking out* :P

Pippin's mom
10-03-2008, 10:16 PM
Uh -oh! I gotta get snappin! :eek: The deadline is Sunday, right?

Oh my gosh! Both of your pictures are incredible! :) *freaking out* :P

Good news..you actually have until Monday!:)

birdybuddy1
10-04-2008, 12:31 AM
Oh good! I'll try tomorrow! :D

softie
10-04-2008, 01:54 AM
Beautiful entries so far! I can feel my heart melt, they're just too adorable! :D

absolutangel
10-04-2008, 06:52 AM
Wow, I really don't envy the judges, all 4 pics posted so far are so stunning. I wouldn't be able to decide.

Keet1976
10-04-2008, 09:54 AM
The sleeping pictures are so heart melting!

birdybuddy1
10-04-2008, 01:24 PM
Arghhhh... Tango! GO to sleep! :P

I taught him this kissing trick, so now whenever he sees me he runs over and tries to get to my lips! He knows he'll get a treat. :D

But it makes it kinda hard to get a sleeping pic! :rolleyes:

softie
10-05-2008, 12:08 AM
Hehe Tangos just too excited about the competition to go to sleep! I do hope that he cooperates soon, I know he'll be stunning :)

I can't believe it's already coming to Week 7... it feels like Week 1 was.. only a week ago! :D

AngelWings
10-05-2008, 12:21 AM
I feel so bad for the judges right now :XD:
i would so not be able to choose one. I'm already torn between mouse and pitchii now if i see tango's picture my heart will be torn into three :eek:

Pitchii☆
10-05-2008, 02:05 AM
awww mouse is just too adorable!! That is so amazing that you can get a shot of him sleeping on your hand. I think Pitchii sleeps with one eye open because she can sense the camera before I've even turned it on hehe.

Only once have I been able to catch her sleeping in my hand, but it's not such a great angle anyway - looks like I'm squeezing her!! :D
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5975/sn360094vd4.jpg

Pitchii☆
10-05-2008, 02:09 AM
what stunning photos!!! what camera do you use Pitchii? the details and photos look SO VIVID!!

Thanks! It's my new baby - a Nikon D40. Thankfully Pitchii is not totally freaked out by it :P


Poor Pitchii has pin feathers!
Yes her molt is never ending, poor little girl!!

Pippin's mom
10-05-2008, 03:26 AM
Go night-night Tango.:)

birdybuddy1
10-05-2008, 03:08 PM
I think I might have to use a trumph card! :eek:! Tango will shut his eyes, but not actually tuck his head. I'll have one more try today, then make a decision.

Pippin's mom
10-05-2008, 09:15 PM
He doesn't have to tuck his head.:)

lamagdalena
10-06-2008, 05:49 PM
I have only seen Dior sleep with his head tucked back once. Everybody else sleeps in different positions. Yoshi sleeps with her head hanging really low :)

Budgietom
10-06-2008, 06:05 PM
Hello everyone! :D

I am back! :D

We just came back from holidays a few hours ago. I had a fantastic time! :D It was beatiful weather and some of my friends came up with me so we had a blast :D

I brought my ipod touch and managed to get internet access from up there so I have been watching this thread :) Unfrotunately my battery was too low so I couldn't post a message here :rolleyes:

WOW I love all the photos so far. Pitchii and Mouse are absolutely ADORABLE! :loveeyes: Emily could we please get your photos within the next few hours. The judges need all the time they can get to make sure they make the right decision about who will make it to the finals :)

Thankyou to Softie and Cliff for monitoring this thread! You two are the best! :D And a special thanks to Pippin's Mom :) Thankyou for uploading all the contestant photos and helping everyone out this week. Your help is truly appreciated :)

Next thread for the finals will be out on Wednesday US time, Thursday AUS time as usual :)

Talk to you all soon! :)

birdybuddy1
10-06-2008, 06:51 PM
I sent them to Julea last night, and she said she would upload them. I don't know why they're not here. Can i send them to you, Philip, in case she's not online in time for the deadline?

Budgietom
10-06-2008, 08:02 PM
I just posted Bidrybuddy's entries of Tango up now :) That means that all entries are now in :)

It is now up to our judges to decide which budgie will leave and which two budgies will continue on into the finals in the hope of becoming Talk Budgies Next Top Model :D

As I said earlier, the Finale thread will be up at normal time. Wednesday US time and Thursday AUS time :)

softie
10-06-2008, 08:27 PM
Oh my! This week is going to be tough! :eek:

Great entries, all of you! :D

Budgietom
10-06-2008, 08:28 PM
LOL I know. I am soooooooooo glad I'm not judging :D

clifff123
10-06-2008, 09:10 PM
Phillip, Pitchii 1st picture not showing?? Thanks in advance


FORGET IT, I SEE IT NOW!!

Budgietom
10-06-2008, 09:27 PM
LOL kk, I'm glad you can see it :D If you have any problems with the pictures, just tell me and I'll PM them to you :)

Pippin's mom
10-07-2008, 12:31 AM
Welcome back Phillip!:D

Emily I'm so sorry!:( I had it on my mind to get Tango's pictures up then I got sidetracked and thought I had.:o Thanks for getting them up Phillip!

This is going to be very tough to judge!:P

birdybuddy1
10-07-2008, 12:50 AM
heehee, it's totally alright! I would definitely do something like that! :p

Budgietom
10-07-2008, 02:03 AM
Welcome back Phillip!:D


Thanks! :D

softie
10-07-2008, 09:50 AM
Okay, I thought I would give in a little insight to what the judge's panel looks like.

We've started discussing on our nominations on eviction. It's very tough for all three of us, and we're almost replying on the other to make the decision (It's that hard!) :P

What I have noticed throughout the competition was that the entries were good, but the bloopers were better.

I don't mean to make any of you three panic, but since the Finals are coming up very VERY soon, I thought I would mention it. I do check the bloopers thread quite often to see your other photos that didn't make it to the entry, and sometimes, I'm a little more impressed with those photos than the ones entered.

By now, I assume that you (Pitchii, acudogmama, birdybuddy1) now know the full extent of expressing the challenge in your photos. And this week, all of you executed the challenge so well! :D

So now that that factor is out of the way, we're going to need a little more than just the challenge. We're going to need that little extra spark in the photo that makes us go wild. Think about which photos you are choosing out of your entire shoot and why you are choosing those to become your entry(ies).

:)

birdybuddy1
10-07-2008, 09:54 AM
Wait... so you mean we can still change our entries? or are you sating that this week we did choose the right photos? Oh...... I am so nervous! :o :XD:

softie
10-07-2008, 09:57 AM
Well, no, since the entries are all put in, I don't think you can change them :o

I was basically just giving a little advice to next week. Whoever that does make it to the Top 2 are going to have to choose their photos wisely and carefully. There's no doubt that all three of you are really stepping it up and turning it up a notch, but unfortunately, those photos are sometimes appearing in the bloopers threads. Which is a shame. :(

birdybuddy1
10-07-2008, 05:51 PM
Ohhh... yeah, its hard to know which ones to choose! :(

I know that you want interaction with the challenge, so I tried to do that.

Ex: I picked one with Tango on one foot as opposed to both feet.

Budgietom
10-07-2008, 05:58 PM
Well said Aaralyn, thanks! :D

I completely agree with you. I sometimes see blooper photos that are better than the entry/ies. One which I remember in particular was of Mouse 2 rounds ago in the car. One of the bloopers was WAAYYYY better than the entry, but luckily acudogmama scraped through :)

Good luck contestants! :) The judges must really be having a hard time choosing a budgie to go. I usually receive their eviction by now, but I haven't it. The suspense is KILLING ME! :D

Pippin's mom
10-07-2008, 06:07 PM
I agree with Aaralyn. I always visit the blooper thread and I'm seeing winning photos in there every week!:eek: I know that it must be so hard when you are trying to select your photos for the actual entry trying to keep our tips in mind and trying to choose just the right one..it would be hard for me.

We judges are having a really hard call this week.:S Maybe the judges should be able to have one trump card that we can turn in one time only to change the weeks challange.LOL!

birdybuddy1
10-07-2008, 06:12 PM
I agree with Aaralyn. I always visit the blooper thread and I'm seeing winning photos in there every week!:eek: I know that it must be so hard when you are trying to select your photos for the actual entry trying to keep our tips in mind and trying to choose just the right one..it would be hard for me.

We judges are having a really hard call this week.:S Maybe the judges should be able to have one trump card that we can turn in one time only to change the weeks challange.LOL!

Ooooo! That would be fun! If no one got evicted, and we had another round! :D

Budgietom
10-07-2008, 06:40 PM
Hahaha LOL :D

Pippin's mom
10-07-2008, 07:24 PM
Hahaha LOL :D

So he just laughs us off!:p Boy I'm telling you these exotic macho producers..they're all the same!

Budgietom
10-07-2008, 07:30 PM
LOL, yep we all are :D :D You talk to one, you talk to them all :D Especially if they are Brazillian like me :p

birdybuddy1
10-07-2008, 07:33 PM
You people don't take me seriously! *pouting* :ugh10: JK LOL :P

Budgietom
10-07-2008, 07:42 PM
Aww, there there...

birdybuddy1
10-07-2008, 07:45 PM
Thanks, *snif, snif* that made me feel a lot better! :p

Budgietom
10-07-2008, 08:19 PM
Would you like a box of tissues? :p

birdybuddy1
10-07-2008, 09:04 PM
I think that would be nice... but shipping would be a little costly! :( :XD:

Budgietom
10-07-2008, 09:16 PM
LOL thats true :D I'll give you a box of tissues in spirit :D

Budgietom
10-08-2008, 05:48 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen :D :D :D

I have just received the judges decision! :eek: The next thread will be out in less than 12 hours, so make sure to check back often. The next thread will be the LAST one! :eek: It is the Finale :D And the two who have made it through will love the challenge :) It is just a fun challenge, nothing too hard :)

birdybuddy1
10-08-2008, 06:03 PM
EEEEeeeeee! Ohhhhhhh geeeez! :eek: I can hardly wait! Will it be announced tonight?

Good luck to both of you, Pitchi and Acudogmama! :)

lamagdalena
10-08-2008, 06:07 PM
:) how exciting!!!! Good luck to ALL 3 contestants!!! You all deserve to win :D

Budgietom
10-08-2008, 06:27 PM
The Finale thread IS UP! :D :D I posted it a little earlier as I am busy today and may not have time to post it. Go check it out! :D