First of all a huge thank you everyone who entered the slightly different style competition this year, it was the first one with video entries and it has been a great pleasure watching the diverse mix come in and this is reflected in the ten finalists below.

These ten videos are all fabulous in their different ways and there were also some very creative and interesting entries that just missed out on the shortlist.

Prescot presented their excellent video with a very well informed and compelling verbal presentation and walked away with the grand prize of £10k of Christmas Lights – a huge well done to them. Chippenham likewise gave a wonderful presentation and are the well deserved runners up. The other eight finalists don’t leave empty handed and have all been given a cheque for £1k of Christmas Lights. We’ll be on tenterhooks to see what they do with their prizes!

A huge thank you to Blachere for once again providing these amazing prize packages and a special thank you to Westside BID for hosting this year’s finale in the funky PopWorld in Birmingham and to Mike Olley (Westside BID Manager), Wendy Benson (Durham County Council) and Ronnie Brown (Blachere Illumination) for being this year’s judges.

We do hope all those who entered or didn’t quite have time to do so will try again next year when we’ll be back with another great prize package.

Have a look at the ten fab finalists below: