Dear fanpopper,

I am really glad that we completed FGT 2014 so nicely, there came some problems in finishing this but we crossed the hurdles together and honestly I couldn’t have done this without your helps. We saw some amazing and breathe taking entries in this FGT but only 4 entries made it to the Grande Finale.
Still you all are winners as you guys are brave enough to participate and show your talent to the world.

Some facts about Fanpop’s Got Talent
2014

1.This FGT was biggest FGT of all. This year 40+ fans registered and 30+ entries were submitted which is a big thing.
2.80+fans voted in Drawing and Digital Art Quarter Finals. And 60+ fans votes in fan fiction Quarter finals.
3. 137 fans votes in Grande pick and choose the winner as well as runner ups.
4. This was the first time winner were choose by direct voting, as earlier votes were took through PMs as we all know it’s hard and time consuming work and not much people PM their votes I thought it would be better to make a pick based on comments for choosing the winner.
5. It was the first time that FGT had volunteers and judges who had to do work. As earlier judges collected votes, but this time it was different as there were too many entries and fans couldn’t read all the posts, so we gave them the best of best and let them decide the winner.
6. It was first time that categories were divide and each category had different volunteer and judges.
7. This FGT was Fan fic’s FGT (not because it won or else) as 10+ fics were submitted which is a large number.
8. Second place in order of submitted big number of submission comes drawing and digital art category.
9. Its first FGT were a haiku directly went to the finals.
10. It is first FGT were only one participant submitted her song.
That’s all and I am really proud to thank those who helped (judges and volunteers aren’t included as I already mentioned them in other article)me a lot in running FGT :-
◘ papa
◘ cliff
◘ dave
◘michael
◘HaleyDewit (for giving ideas)
◘ sini12 (she helped me in promotion)
◘ karinabrony (for helping me to check whether anyone is cheating or not)

<i> Now it’s time to reveal the winner and runner ups.
Winner : nerdbuster2
She won with 45% of vote and 23 comments; her drawing really gained a lot of popularity and admiration. Congrats to her
1st Runner Up: florajames
She is 1st runner up with 24% and 14 comments. Her song was really incredible and she got amazing comments too.
2nd Runner Up: Princess-Flora
Her fan fiction Blown Away really impressed everyone, and it was so nicely worded that it made to the finals and got this place. She got 16 % of vote and 9 comments

snsdlover4ever really did amazing job, she got 17% of vote and 8 comments.

Here is sort interview with winner nerdbuster2
Q.1 How are you feeling after winning Fanpop's Got Talent 2014?

The first thing I thought was *what the hell?* I guess xD coz there are so many other talented people on fanpop... and I thought I wouldn'tdeserve it compared to the work other people here put into their entries... but also I am so happy that and thank everyone who voted for my work because it really does give me inspiration to do more and get better at it ^^

Q2. Since when you are makig drawings? Do you make digital art works?

I've drawn ever since I was tiny ^_^ I love drawing coz I can put anything on that sheet of paper I want :3 I also visit extra art classes at school and use a special drawing book to help me :)
Well, I do sometimes do digital art works but they are all so rubbish :P I don't have much patience for computers so doing something so detailedon one would drive me *totally crazy* xD I did once design a logo for a company a friend's dad is establishing but that is the only thing I ever done that looked any good :)

Q3.What's your favorite talent excluding drawing? And did you wanted to participate in another section?

*MUSIC!* I love music more than anything else but unfortunately there wasn't a section for music, only singing and dancing and trust me, no one wants to see me dance and especially not not hear me sing :P so I admired the singing entry and congratulate her for her great voice ^_^ I play piano and guitar and I guess that's my other talent.. but as I said there is no section for music...
I also like to write.... but I'm not so good at fan fictions and stuff like that so I wouldn't have participated in that section ^^

Q4. How you came to know about this contest and what was your first reaction towards this?

Well, I kinda joined the club a while ago but couldn't really figure out what it was for :P I found out about the contest through Sini I think... wall post ^^ I had a look and read about what it was and thought to myself 'Why not give it a try? Can't do any worse than lose!'

Q5. Did you participate in earlier FGTs?

Nope, I didn't join Fanpop until last June :D

Q6. Whom you found a good contender in Drawing and Digital Art Category? And whose entry was your favorite?

I think my two top favourites were IngridPresley and karinabrony :) I quite liked the characters they both chose and I thought theirs were the best ^^ I congratulate them too for their awesome drawings :D and I thought -AaY_V- digital art work was amazing! ^__^ so well done to him too!!!
Q7. What's your favorite fan fiction entry in this FGT?
oh that's a hard one now I gotta think... I'm a big fan of Animefan66's writing so I guess I have to say his entry was my favourite ^^ *well done Kasey* <3 I have to say I didn't read all of the others because I haven't really had much time lately, but I remember 'The Pirate-King's execution' and 'The dark mansion' they were great too so well done to them :3

Q8. What's your favorite Haiku entry in FGT 2014?
hmm... I think I only read snsdlover4ever's Haiku entry... so I can't really say it was the best or it would be unfair towards the other haiku entries as I didn't read them all. but well done to snsdlover4ever because she did a great job :D

Q9. When you joined Fanpop? And what do you think of this site?
I joined last year in June not long after my birthday... I actually have *no idea* how I found it... guess I was looking up about Johnny Depp again lol but I guess I must have come across his club somehow and just joined - I guess that's how it happened xD and I have to say it's great I never made so many awesome friends ^_^ I love it here it's like a second home I can come to whenever I feel like it :D because I can be who I am and am not judged the same way other people around me judge me... and I guess everyone feels that way, and that's why I like it :D

Q1O. Would you like to tell or suggest something to next year’s contestants?
oh god me giving advice? O.o haha ok whether anyone will listen or not is another thing :P I would tell you guys to keep at what you're good at and never give up when things don't go so well... everyone has a talent and once they've found it they can get better and even those who think they are not so good: you are! You do your best and that's what counts! competitions aren't about winning (even though winning gives you a great feeling of course lol jk) they are about having fun and showing off how good you are at something! even when someone is 'better' than you or gets more votes doesn't mean they are better.... it's just someone else's opinion and none of that counts so stay awesome and do your best all the time ^_^ (gosh now I hope you guys really do listen took me a lot of effort not to write something silly just then and that's all true what I wrote trust me!)

Q11. Anything else you wanna say to our fans?
yes: you are all awesome!!!! I want every single one of you to stay as you are because I love you all! you're such great friends and I don't ever want that to change! and I'm sorry if I bored you all to death with this you're probably all asleep by now but I hope you're not xD have a great day fanpoppers, friends, bros and sisters :D