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ABC and the "Lost" team are sticking to their promise not to air any footage from the final season before it premieres Feb. 2. But if you're lucky, you might see a bit of the premiere ahead of time.The show is running a sweepstakes in advance of the season premiere in which people can win a valuable prize: A peek at the debut a few days before it airs. OK, so maybe there's not a ton of monetary value in that, but to a "Lost" obsessive, it's gold.
It works like this: Go to the show's sweepstakes site and answer six questions about the series (you'll have to register with ABC.com first, if you're not already). The site is accepting one entry per e-mail address through Jan. 17. ABC will choose 815 winners from the submissions and mail them a "message in a bottle" containing a USB drive that "resembles ... Desmond Hume's fail-safe key." The drive contains a video that includes scenes from last season's finale, "The Incident," plus a sneak peek at the new season.
Winners will receive their packages on Friday, Jan. 29, four days before the premiere.
The sweepstakes site, once again, is lostthefinalseasonsweepstakes.com.
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Couple quick notes and a quick caveat:
1) Answering the six questions is pretty easy -- if you get them wrong, you get a chance to answer them again. And, the page tells you which ones you got wrong.
2) The prize is a Darma Initiative key like the one Desmond used to stop the world from coming to an end and it comes in an actual bottle (although I understand that it's not going to be glass wine bottle, something about liability if people had to break glass to get the thing out). But it's a pretty cool keepsake, even after the opening scene is all over Pirate Bay and Youtube.
Caveat: While I have some inside info from the work my team did on developing the sweepstakes site, I'm still not sure what all is going to be on that USB key, but my impression is that it's going to be pretty damn cool. I'm wishing I could qualify for the damn thing (I hate it when we work on projects that I actually am a fan of... It's like a kid in a candy shop WITH NO MONEY!!!)
Can't sign in to the site. Keeps saying account info is incorrect, yet when I try to register again, oh THEN it says I'm a member. Good job, ABC! You frickin idiots.
If you ask me Lost cannot end fast enough. It is positively the worst show on TV. The worst part about it is ABC makes it like it is such a great show.
I wouldn't want to see it early! I'm excited to see it at the same time as everyone else - water cooler fodder, and all that!
We're blogging our way through the 5th season of Lost right now in prep for the 6th - check us out at http://themothchase.wordpress.com
Good thing no one asking you Tim. Fucktard
It's ok Tim, there's a few million people who do watch and continue to enjoy it.