As part of GE's Healthymagination campaign, Howcast challenged the stars of YouTube to see who could get the most people watching creative, health-themed videos based on suggestions from their fans.
We are happy to announce that SMOSH is the winner of the
Healthymagination YouTube Physical Challenge!
Their videos based on your suggestions received 2.6 million views between February 12-28.
The prize? $10,000 donated in their name to Millennium Promise, a great charity dedicated to fighting poverty and improving living conditions around the world.
Huge thanks to everyone who posted a suggestion...your ideas were awesome! Thanks also to GE and to Millennium Promise for partnering with us on the competition.
And of course, a giant thank you to all of our amazing YouTube stars for the fantastic work they all did on the Challenge videos. The videos were hilarious and to date they've racked up over 7 million views!
Thanks to everyone who participated....you can still watch all the great videos and catch up on all the great Physical Challenge moments at youtube.com/howcast.
Meet the Challengers
Alphacat
Iman, also known as 'Alphacat', has become reknown online for his musical parody's of pop music and pop culture. Iman gets his comedic inspiration from life and observational humor and lives by a creed of "Work Hard, Play Hard." View All Videos by Alphacat
I am a cupcake loving, book reading, video making ball of happiness! My passion is acting, and I am addicted to the internet. Wanna be friends?? ;) View All Videos by Brittani Louise Taylor
iJustine is an internet addict, video producer, blogger and lover of all things technology. She’s best known for creating humorous sketch videos and music video parodies on YouTube... View All Videos by iJustine
Kevin H. Nalty is the only career marketer who also is one of the most prolific online-video creators. Known on YouTube as “Nalts,” he has created hundreds of videos viewed throughout more than 160 million times... View All Videos by Nalts
Rhett&Link are a North Carolina-based comedy duo consisting of life-long best friends, Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. The self-proclaimed "Internetainers" are best known for their musical comedy and crazy local commercials. View All Videos by Rhett & Link
Smosh is the comedy duo of Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox. The two Sacramento natives have been making funny videos since 2005. View All Videos by Smosh