Last week ‘Hobbit in 5’ producer Daniel McNicoll announced a contest where we asked you, the fans, to send us your most memorable Tolkien Christmas story. We now have the winners and their stories! Take a look!

1st Place: Andrew Brown: Almost every year my family and friends get me something Lord of the Rings related for Christmas. Here’s a picture of my Christmas collection. I hope there are certain Blu-rays in store for me this year! Continue reading “Hobbit in 5 Contest Winners Announced”

In what must be the easiest convention scavenger hunt contest ever, TheOneRing.net and the gang at ‘Hobbit in 5’ bring you ‘Spot Simone’. The rules? Easy! Be on the lookout for our lovely and talented Host Simone Boyce and snap your photo with her. Tweet it out using the hashtag #Spotsimonenycc and don’t forget to include us using ‘@theoneringnet’ and you’re in to win! What’s up for grabs? A selection of LOTR posters and other goodies from the WBShop (WBShop.com) and some other really great secret prizes!

So be on the lookout for our ‘Hobbit in 5’ host, Simone, while she’s geeking out with the rest of you, they’re even planning a special location shoot of this week’s ‘Hobbit in 5’ at the convention! So like the graphic says ‘Spot, Snap, Tweet and Win!’.

TheOneRing.net staffers got together in the new TORn Video Chatroom and put together a fun little contest entry, but only the most popular video will win! Head over to the Facebook contest page and vote for some fellow Ringers with the video “One Group To Rule Them All.” The prize is a new Macbook Air which will help TORn continue doing weekly shows and the various convention presentations. Thanks for the support, and keep a look out for more exciting video chats soon! Vote!

1,000 lined up, 480 got in, 57,000 watched online at TheOneRing.net/live!

TheOneRing.net kicked off San Diego Comic Con 2011 with the very first panel of the convention, Thursday 10 a.m. in room 7AB. Over 1,500 people lined up to secure one of only 480 seats in the room! Hosted by Larry D. Curtis (MrCere) and Cliff Broadway (Quickbeam), with special guest Daniel Falconer of Weta and our friends at Warner Brothers, TheOneRing.net previewed all the Hobbit actors in character and demoed a voiceover clip from Benedict Cumberpatch, the voice of Smaug doing a reading. TORn also announced its fan event surrounding two Sideshow/Weta Gandalf statues that fans in the U.S. and Europe can participate in. (Fandalf@TheOneRing.net) Each fan at the panel was then invited to an exclusively War In The North event and prizes were awarded from Badali Jewelry.

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