The story in the Catonsville Times about Luke Roberts, winner of our Season 2 YOBISing singing contest, contains a golden nugget of networking information.

With his friends’ help, Roberts sent e-mails to family, friends and community listserves, hung banners and passed out fliers at school and even made T-shirts for people to wear asking for votes.

The tactics worked. He advanced to the semi-finals, then the finals, in which contestants with the lowest votes were eliminated over the course of seven weeks until only Roberts remained as the winner.

Read “UMBC student-musician wins on-line contest” at the explorebaltimorecounty.com website.

Luke collected $18,000 cash along with a trip for two to Los Angeles, a pair of VIP tickets to the 2011 Grammy Awards, and a pair of VIP celebrity Grammy after-party passes for his YOBISing win.

Congrats again Luke!

Congratulations to our Set 1 Week 2 winners!

These contestants will compete against the other Set 1 weekly winners in the first round of the contest Semifinals, which will take place from August 2 – August 8.

The YOBISing singing contest Semifinalists are:
Zaren, davidjamesmartinez, and MichelleMelonie

The YOBIFilm film making contest Semifinalists are:
StatusQuo, MayhemXPOmega13, and corja

The YOBILaugh comedy contest Semifinalists are:
GStreicher, bricabrac, and Sirchir

The YOBIPics photography contest Semifinalists are:
Overfocused, amandamedina, and iamsalvy

Best wishes and good luck to all!

Congratulations to our Set 1 Week 1 winners!

These contestants will compete against the other Set 1 weekly winners in the first round of the contest Semifinals, which will take place from August 2 – August 8.

The YOBISing singing contest Semifinalists are:
stealurface, Cacity87, and KariFleskes

The YOBIFilm film making contest Semifinalists are:
Virux, LanceThePants, and ArtSpear

The YOBILaugh comedy contest Semifinalists are:
jackdani, Greedy, and RocketSausage

The YOBIPics photography contest Semifinalists are:
GregoryThomas, kmattson118, and ashsmannequin

Best wishes and good luck to all!

Luke Roberts, winner of the Season 2 YOBISing singing contest, is in the Laurel Leader.

This spring a few hundred thousand online supporters heard Luke, a 20-year-old Laurel resident, sing without his instruments. The immense following helped Luke win the second season of YOBISing, an international online singing contest, that ended May 26.

“It was a huge rush,” he said. “I was so excited and pumped I couldn’t believe it.”

Read the entire article “Band Brother Sings His Way to Top Prize” on the explorehoward.com website.

Believe it, Luke!

$18,000 cash, a trip for two to LA, VIP tickets to the 2011 Grammy Awards, and VIP tickets to the celebrity after party are yours for winning our YOBISing singing competition!

Congratulations and continued best wishes from all of us here at YOBI.tv, the Talent Network!

YOBI.tv is happy to announce the opening of our Season 3 online talent contests!


A video upload of original songs serves as your talent audition into our YOBISing singing contest.

A video upload of original short films serves as your talent audition in our YOBIFilm short film contest.

A video upload of original comedy sketches serves as your talent audition in our YOBILaugh comedy contest.

An image upload of original photos serves as your talent audition into our YOBIPics photography contest.


Audrina Patridge returns to YOBI.tv to host Season 3, which promises to be even bigger and better than Seasons 1 and 2 — in which YOBI.tv awarded over $200,000 in cash and prizes to talented individuals all across the globe!

The new YOBI.tv online contest format gives our members more chances to audition for votes before a global audience and to advance into the later contest rounds.

New winners are selected by the talented members of the YOBI.tv community each and every week. Someone is going to win. Why not you?

Good luck and best wishes to all!

Mom always said what goes around, comes around, and yet again Mom is right on the money: “Spam I Am,” the ebook spoof of Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham that Allan and I created a while back, has been spammed!

Have a happy Friday!

YOBI.tv is happy to announce our YOBI.tv Season 2 Winners!

Luke Roberts won:

~ $18,000

~ trip for 2 to Los Angeles

~ VIP tickets to the 2011 Grammy Awards

~ VIP tickets to a Celebrity Awards After-Party

Radek Sienski won:

~ $12,000

~ a trip for 2 to Toronto

~ VIP tickets to the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival

~ VIP tickets to a Celebrity Festival After-Party

Keaton Andrew won:

~ $12,000

~ a trip for 2 to New York

~ VIP tickets to a NYC talk show

~ museum passes

~ $1,000 camera store gift card

David Bussell won:

~ $10,500

~ a trip for 2 to San Diego

~ VIP tickets for Comic Con

~ VIP tickets for a Celebrity Premiere After-Party

Congratulations to all of our Season 2 winners!