Shed Of The Year

[susanxx]

Just watched shed of the year and am more than puzzled about the 'great British public' that have voted for the winner in each category. Who are they and when did they vote because I would not have voted for the ones that won?

[Jomlett]

http://www.readersheds.co.uk/vote.cfm

[Jomlett]

The great British public had until midday on 29th May on the above website, to cast their vote on who they thought deserves the title of best Eco, Normal, Pub, Workshop & Studio, Unique, Cabin & Summerhouse, Garden Office,Historical and Budget shed.

The category winners will be revealed on the show and will then go head-to-head in a battle to become the overall winner selected by a panel of shed experts including the founder of the competition Uncle Wilco (Andrew Wilcox), last year’s overall winner Joel Bird, and George Clarke and his expert team; craftsman William Hardie, architect Laura Clark and industrial designer Max McMurdo. The winner will receive £1,000 courtesy of sponsors Cuprinol along with a wooden plaque, £100 worth of Cuprinol products and a giant crown for their shed.

[pastafreak]

Like last years series,this has caught me by surprise. When or how are we supposed to know who to vote for? There does not seem to be any advertising of it.

[Jomlett]

The competition is a Cuprinol promo and the voters are Cuprinol customers, apparently. This years competition for all the categories closed last month (their website, shown on the first post, is down as I write).

The big final next month doesn't appear to have any public voting at all. I could be wrong, though.

[Maydup]

I was prompted to vote by a friend who's shed was in the running. But even then , having dutifully voted for him, I didn't notice any of the categories other than his, nor the timescale leading. Up to the programme. All very low key.