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UPDATE: This giveaway has ended and the winner is...

Susan Terral via Facebook

Congratulations to Susan!!

NOTE: We are giving away a LOST Complete Collection DVD Set via our podcast here:

http://the-odi.blogspot.com/2010/05/odi-lostcast-71-fan-questions-answered.html

UPDATE: This contest has ended. Congratulations to the following two winners:

Twitter Winner: @SkyyTweet (http://twitter.com/SkyyTweet)

Facebook Winner: Nick Silvestri

NOTE: The third copy will be given away via our podcast in the next week or so. Keep looking for updates because you will still have a chance to win one!

UPDATE: May 6th 2PM PST -- This contest has Ended --

Congratulations to Abby Vester who entered the contest via Facebook and has been selected as the winner of the Claire Bobble Head.

Thanks to all of you who entered and we will be doing more giveaways soon!

Celebrating the long-awaited final season of Lost on ABC, The Official Lost Magazine has a sensational prize up for grabs.

One lucky winner will win an authentic Lost season 5 script, signed by two cast members. The script is for the memorable episode Some Like It Hoth, and it carries the autographs of stars Francois Chau (Dr. Chang) and Sterling Beaumon (Young Benjamin Linus).

To be in with a chance of winning this exciting and unique prize, just enter your details here:

http://competitions.titanmagazines.com/lost-script-us/

With less than three months until the final episode of “Lost,” ABC celebrates the series' dedicated fans, providing them with the opportunity to become a part of "Lost" history. Sponsored by Kia Motors, the Ultimate “Lost” Fan Promo Contest gives fans the tools to express and share their passion for the groundbreaking hit drama series through the production of an original promo which will air on the ABC Television Network the week prior to the highly anticipated finale, airing on a special night, Sunday, May 23 (9:00-11:00 p.m.), preceded by a recap special from 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET, on ABC.

"For the past six years, the fans of 'Lost' have shown extreme passion and unwavering commitment. They've spent countless hours watching and re-watching episodes, and formulating their own theories about the island's mysteries," said Mike Benson and Marla Provencio, executive vice presidents, marketing, ABC Entertainment Group. "We invite the entire 'Lost' fan community to play an active part in the series' final season by participating in the 'Ultimate Fan Promo Contest' and look forward to celebrating their creativity and passion like never before."

Beginning this week, “Lost” fans can visit ABC.com to create and submit their own original 35-second promo. Entries will vie for the opportunity to be broadcast on-air in the week leading up to the final episode of “Lost.” In addition to having their promo televised, the Grand Prize winner will receive a trip to Los Angeles to attend the series’ special finale party.

ABC.com has made available a robust archive of pre-cleared “Lost” assets including video, still images, music, sound bites and special effects audio that fans can use to create their pieces. Additionally, the site is offering an online mash-up tool that can be used to create videos. Original promos can be uploaded to ABC.com through March 21, 2010. The top creative and original entries that promote the series’ finale will be evaluated by a special panel of judges, including “Lost” executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, as well as executives from ABC Entertainment. Once the top five videos are selected by the special panel, fans will be able to go to ABC.com April 19 through April 23 to cast their vote for the Grand Prize winner.

For complete details and official contest rules, visit http://abc.go.com/shows/lost/fan-promo-contest

ABC has a new contest for all of you talented video editing LOST fans.

The prize is your promo will actually air on ABC and I believe there is a chance to win a trip. Check out ABC.com for the details, but here is the promo thanks to SycloneFX

UPDATE: Sorry it took some time to announce the winner there were several entries that were duplicated and the premiere totally wiped out my time. However, congratulations to the lucky winner of the Ben Bobbledhead: @LOSTin77 (http://twitter.com/LOSTin77)

So all, we are ONLY one day way from the LOST Season 6 Premiere!!

To celebrate the love for LOST and as a thanks to all of you out there we have been doing several giveaways and here is the next giveaway!

Yup! That is right, I am giving away an EXCLUSIVE Comic Con Only and Sold-Out Ben Bobblehead! This bobblehead comes in it's very own Dharma Initiative box and has not been opened.

This is one of the coolest bobbleheads and whether you like them or not, it is definitely something you want to have for your collection.

All you have to do to enter is follow us @TheODI on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/theodi) and Tweet the following line:

I am following @TheODI to Win a #LOST Ben Bobblehead! See details here: http://twurl.nl/yb1vyk #TheODI

- You have to be following us in order to win because that is the only way we can contact you and verify
- One entry per Twitter ID please, any duplicate entries will not count
- One random winner will be announced after the giveaway ends.
- Any one can enter as long as it is legal to ship to you


Good luck and namaste.

UPDATE: 12AM 1/30 Here are the three lucky winners! Congratulations to all three, please email me at mrtheodi@gmail.com for more details.

1) Twitter Winner: @MsFlipper (Lisa)
2) Facebook Winner: Debby Branham
3) Comment Winner: ShameAboutRay who had the comment below:

Lost has helped me get through 6 of the toughest years of my life. In many ways my journey has mirrored what the survivors of 815 have endured on the island. Although my island was an illness that felt at times like a gargantuan smoke monster bearing down on me, I have been able to fight it off and am a survivor. I can not explain to anyone how comforting watching LOST has been to me, being stuck in my own polar bear cage separated from everyone else. Oddly enough I never thought I would ever consider a TV show comforting but there you have it Brotha. I can tell you as a person of science, I honestly have found some faith, and it wasn't wasy.

NOTE: User Dylanparran has a very cool comment and if true and if they can produce a picture then Vozzek said they will be a BONUS WINNER for really having this setup.

Okay, this might be really bad, I don't know - But, I'm 16 and live with my parents, and I've turned the attack in the house into the computer room from the Swan station! My folks don't even know! Every time they go out, I work on it a little more. All I need now is some cupboards for the machines and a computer keyboard with the words "Execute" written on it.

I have everything! A computer with desk, replica of the original and the roof tiles, everything!

UPDATE: 5PM PST The Giveaway is now closed and we will announce the winners soon!

LOST ABC Sweepstakes Message in the Bottle Pics Revealed

Thanks to our friends SL-LOST and DarkUFO for these pics.

NOTE: The description of the clip and sneak peek can be found in the spoilers section of the sit eby clicking on the LOST Spoilers Tab at the top of the site.

UPDATED: The giveaway has now ended and congratulations go to:

@Flyboypatrick


Thanks to all that entered. We have more giveaways coming soon!

Hey All,
As most of you know by now, CafePress has partnered with ABC and LOST to allow fans to create their own LOST gear with out the fear of copyright issues!

To celebrate the good news, the folks at CafePress are giving one lucky reader of The ODI a T-Shirt of their choice! Yup, you get to pick ANY LOST related T-Shirt from the CafePress site (http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/losttv)!

You have TWO ways you can win, you can do one or the other or BOTH!

1) Follow @Lostess (http://twitter.com/lostees) and @TheODI (http://twitter.com/TheODI) on Twitter and then post the following line on your Twitter account:

Just entered to win a #LOST T-Shirt!! Just follow @TheODI and @Lostees retweet. Details Here: http://twurl.nl/e1btxz #TheODI

NOTE: Only one Tweet per account will be eligible

2) Leave a comment below telling us what shirt you like and why.

NOTE: You have to be logged in with a name in order to be eligible. If you post as guest your entry will NOT count because we can not confirm who posted as a guest. If you make a mistake that is ok, you can sign in and repost your comment.


It is that simple! If you complete both tasks you will have TWO chances at winning a LOST T-Shirt of your choice!

You can check out all the other merchandise here: LOST on CafePress

UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed and the winner has been chosen. The winner is: @ShaggySteve

http://twitter.com/Shaggysteve

Congrats to @Shaggysteve for winning and thanks to all of you for entering. We have more opportunities for you to win over the next 10 days including our next giveaway that will be posted soon!

UPDATE: 1PM PST 1/20 10 Hours still left to signup! You must enter by 11PM PST today.

Hey All,
Thanks for those of you that joined the Facebook Fan Page to push us over the magical 815 number.

As promised I will run a few LOST Giveaways that will last the next two weeks until the Season 6 Finale!

First up is a rare Official LOST Season 6 Pin based on the Promo Poster and image that was revealed at Comic Con. I got this pin when it was handed out at the D23 (Disney) Expo and I am not sure if they have given them out any where else?

Well either way this is your chance to own this rare and cool little pin! The giveaway is open to anyone as long as we can legally ship it to you.

All you have to do is follow @TheODI on Twitter (http://twitter.com/TheODI) and post the following:

Just entered to win an Official #LOST Season 6 Pin. Just follow @TheODI and retweet. Details Here: http://twurl.nl/v8ugb4 #TheODI

You have up until Wednesday January 20th at 11PM PST to enter. Good luck and make sure you keep checking back for other giveaways!

UPDATE: With 900 Fans now following, the giveaway will begin soon! Thanks to all of you that are now following! :)

UPDATE: Already 4 new members so, only 33 more to go!

With the new Facebook fanpage nearing the special number of 815, I am planning a giveaway.

So help us get to 815 followers and the sooner we get there the sooner we will do the giveaway!

Right now we are at 778 so we just 37 people and we will start a giveaway. You can sign up by using the widget on the top right side of the sidebar of visit the following link to check out the fan page:

http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/The-ODI/218568113366?ref=ts

ABC is running a new contest where the 815 fans will win a chance to see the first few minutes of Season 6 and cool Message in a Bottle!

Here are screencaps of the contest. All you have to do is go to the ABC link below and answer the six trivia questions.

NOTE: I think this is for US residents only, sorry to our international friends and fans, but at least you get to see the questions below.

http://abc.go.com/shows/lost/final-season-sweepstakes

(Click to Enlarge)

UPDATED: The winner of the LOST Season 5 DVD Giveaway is Twitter user @Echobase77

Congratulations to Anna in Indiana for winning the Season 5 DVD Set and for everyone else that entered!! More LOST giveaways will be coming soon!

We are currently running a similar giveaway for the Heroes Season 3 DVD Set here:

http://heroesspoilers-odi.blogspot.com/2009/12/heroes-season-3-dvd-set-giveaway.html

UPDATE: Tonight at MIDNIGHT PST is your last chance to enter this giveaway!

Hey All,
Thanks to the good folks at Buena Vista DVD who have provided us with a LOST Season 5 DVD Set for an exclusive giveaway for the readers of The ODI!!

You have one week to enter this giveaway and it will end December 2nd 12 AM PST with the winner being announced at some point on December 2nd. This is your opportunity to be one of the FIRST people with this set because it will be released in the US on December 8th.

Here is all you have to do for your chance to win:

1) Follow @TheODI on twitter. (http://twitter.com/theodi)
2) Then simply tweet the following text EXACTLY as below:

Just entered to win a LOST Season 5 DVD Set. Just follow @TheODI and retweet. Details Here --> http://is.gd/53bo7 #TheODI

At the end of the week 1 person will be selected randomly and will be sent the LOST Season5 DVD. Obviously the more you retweet the above line the better your chances are. (You can tweet it as much as you like)

NOTE: This contest is open to people anywhere in the world and is free to enter (as long as it is legal for me to ship to you). However, please keep in mind this is a Region 1 Coded DVD for North America (US/Canada).

As many of you know, one day LOST and Heroes will end and so the goal with the TV Spoilers page was to be able to still provide you all with the same great spoilers and news coverage for your other favorite shows.

Yes we are considering to potentially make a stand alone page for other shows and/or even a podcast, but for now we have decided to post all spoilers for other shows in the TV Spoilers Section of the site.

We do not cover every show, mainly because the time to actually cover and post this information is just not there. However, we might be able to start covering at least 1-2 more shows.

To see what shows we cover already just use the Drop Down Menu on the top of the site. There are numbers after each show and that is how many posts per show, so a show with a higher number means we are already covering it! :)

So please submit up to 3 other shows you would like us to cover on a regular basis by using the submit button at the top of the page.

Based on the submissions that are sent in, the top 2 shows with the most submissions will be added to the site. If you pick one of the winning shows you will be entered into a drawing for $25 iTunes gift card!! So not only will your show be covered by the site but you also have a chance to win a gift card!!

There are ONLY two requirements to have a chance to win the gift card.

Requirements to Qualify for a chance to win a $25 iTunes Gift Card:

1) Submit up to 3 shows you would like see covered here on TV Spoilers

- You must use a VALID Email address. If you do not use a valid email address then I will not be able to contact the winner and you will be disqualified.

2) Validate via Twitter: All you need to do is let all your friends on Twitter know. So follow @TheODI on Twitter and post the Tweet below. Copy and paste this line on your Twitter account:

Just entered to win a $25 iTunes Gift Card! Just follow @TheODI and see details here ---> http://is.gd/4Av6o #TheODI

NOTE: The winner will be picked at random and will be announced on Sunday November 1st.

**UPDATED** 8/3 1:40PM PST - Tina B and Lisa: you have until Wednesday to reply to the winner's email to receive your code, otherwise two additional winners will be announced.

Hey All,
Earlier today our TV: Explained iPhone App Giveaway contest ended and we can now announce the winners who were selected randomly.

Congratulations to the winners and you all will be getting a confirmation email. Once you get the confirmation email, please email us back (mrtheodi@gmail.com) to get your iPhone App code.

Once again thank you to all of you who entered the contest. Please keep your eyes open for future contests!

The winners are....

1) Tina B. (@warp65) - CONFIRMED
2) Lisa (@nnaasil)- CONFIRMED
3) Dina (@dinaj) - CONFIRMED
4) CJ Sonic (@cjsonic) - CONFIRMED
5) Lyly Ford (@lylyford) - CONTACTED
6) Determined Observer (@IcnObserve) - CONFIRMED
7) Brian S. (@semnutz) - CONFIRMED
8) Michael (@atlscgrad) - CONFIRMED
9) Nick D. (@abracadabraca) - CONFIRMED
10) Keagan W. (@Sicknight0125) - CONFIRMED

Hey All,
Earlier today, a new iPhone app dedicated to TV Shows was released and one of the three shows featured is LOST!

Here is a description of the App according to creators:

TV Explained: Lost is a brand new, innovative App for understanding what is going on in your favorite TV show. The App explains scene by scene what is going on, what is a flashback, what point of time the scene is set in, as well as revealing some of the hidden messages.

The creators of the App have decided to exclusively giveaway 10 Apps to the readers of The ODI and DarkUFO!!

All you have to do is be a follower of BOTH @TheODI and @DarkUFO Twitter Accounts and then fill in the contest entry form below. You have one week to sign up and next week July 29th at 12PM PST, 10 random winners will be selected and then be informed.

So make sure you follow us on Twitter and enter the information correctly.

Thanks to Henry with Island Wall for making this contest possible.

NOTE: Below the contest form is a video of the app in action.

DISCLAIMER: TheODI and DarkUFO are simply running the contest and have no financial ties with this product. The value of the app is $2.99.

Click Here to View Press Release

Hey All,
My good friend DarkUFO is running a contest where you can win a copy of the latest LOST book that has been released. The book is called "The Myth of LOST" and is about how the show can be related to experiences in our every day lives.

Well the contest is open to everyone and it does not cost anything. All you have to do is use the form below to sign up. Now there is one small catch and that is you have to be a member of our SpoilerTV Forums. If you are already a member then all you do is fill in the info below and if you are not a member then the simple instructions are below!!

NOTE: This is a new software and it worked well for a Heroes contest we just ran. If this also works out good, then you can look forward to more contests and giveaways!!

Here are the details:

As some of you may have seen recently, there is a new Lost book just out called "The Myth of Lost: Solving the Mysteries and Understanding the Wisdom". The author of the book,Marc Oromaner, has kindly offered to giveaway a copy of the book to 1 lucky reader.

We also thought that we would use this opportunity to try out some new software that, hopefully, we'll be using more and more for future giveaways and prizes.

The Rules are very simple.
1) 1 Random Winner will be selected from all the entries received.
2) You need to have a Profile with at least 5 posts and an Avatar in our Forums (Don't worry you can create a profile for free)
3) Only 1 entry per profile. Duplicate entries will be deleted.
4) Please ensure that the email you submit is the same as you registered on the Forum so that we can contact you if you are selected as a winner.
5) You must put the link to your profile in the Forum Profile Link in the form below.
6) The Winner will be drawn on 24th November.
(Note: We'll be running more of these giveaways each month so make sure you get yourself a forum account so that you can enter future giveaways)

Related Links: Amazon Page | Press Release | Sell Sheet

Hey Losties,

How have you all been doing!? I know we are a couple of weeks into the long hiatus, but as promised we will do our best to continue to bring you any news about the show, appearances/interviews by the stars, and any thing else fun.

Well the folks over at SeenOn.com, run the ABC TV Store and our friend Brittany informed us that they have a LOST Promotional Giveaway going on right now!! They are giving away a $100 LOST prize package to their members and there is NO purchase necessary in order to qualify or enter.

All you have to do is sign up to their site or if you are already a member just log into your account and you are entered into the chance at getting the prize package!! I already signed-up, so I keeping my fingers crossed!!

What is included in the package...!? Here is the breakdown:

LOST camouflage thermal, an Apollo hat, Dharma pins, and a LOST mug.

I personally like the Apollo Logo hat, but those Dharma Logo pins look pretty sweet.

If you are interested just check out the details at the following link and sign up today, because the cut-off to sign up is this Wednesday June 11th.

http://www.seenon.com/giveaway/

NOTE: This contest is for US Residents only. Sorry international fans. We will have some future things for you all, so keep checking back.

The ABC TV Store has a huge selection of LOST Gear and is one of the best places to find all things LOST, so check out the store as well.

Stay tuned for more fun, contests and giveaways!!

Namaste.