Backpacker Buzz

Congratulations to Dan Habershon-Butcher from Bristol, England who has been selected as the winner in Hostelling International's Blog the Games contest!

The competition was tight and the final two came down to a final three at the last second when two videos had identical vote counts at the contest's cut-off on Wednesday.

Dan's one-minute video came in first in the final round of voting and went before judges along with entries from Brendan Kergin and Caroline DeBlois. Judges were impressed by Dan's passion for Canada and winter sports, as well as his excellent video-editing skills.

Dan wins return airfare to Vancouver, five nights at HI-Vancouver Central during the Olympics, $500, a new camcorder and a five-day ski trip to HI-Banff Alpine Centre. He'll be posting video-blogs to Backpacker Buzz about the fun going on in Vancouver's streets during the Winter Olympics.

Stay tuned to Backpacker Buzz for more about Dan and his trip to Canada in February. Subscribe to the RSS feed or become a fan of Blog the Games on Facebook for updates.

Watch all 10 finalist videos.

Thanks to all entrants and voters for a great contest! Stay tuned for more awesome contests from HI in the future.