Je vous invite vous aussi à découvrir l’Australie et le Queensland. Comment me demanderez- vous ?? Simplement en participant à ce nouveau jeu concours ! Bon courage à toutes et à tous et à très vite.

Today, it’s the Earth Day. Earth Day was created on April 22 1970. The American Senator Gaylord Nelson wanted the students to be involved in the environement.

More than 500 millions people in 184 countries are celebrating this event.

Hi! As you can see, there is a french flag at the top of the blog. This flag directs you to the french version of Ben For Best Job. Indeed, from now on, BenForBestJob.com will only be in English. The french version is available here : BenForBestJob.com/fr

Salut à tous ! Comme vous pouvez le voir, il y a un drapeau français dans la partie supérieure du blog. Si vous cliquez sur ce drapeau, il vous dirigera vers la version française de ce blog. En effet, à partir de maintenant, BenForBestJob.com sera entièrement en anglais. La version française est disponible à cette adresse : BenForBestJob.com/fr

Last weekend, I was in Belgium to see my brother and his new baby born. Here are some cool pictures I took in a zoo.

Update : Top 11 will now be Top 16
They decided to extend the short list from 10 to 15 - plus the Wild Card winner Clare.

What a suspense. Will I be part of the top 16?
At this time, I think TQ has already chosen the 15 finalists. Rather than just wait for a good or a bad news, I wanted to share this unique moment with some friends and media tonight at home. Let’s celebrate this adventure together: party night!

Today, I received my “Ben For Best Job business cards”. I now need to share them!

I really want to thank you all. Even if the competition is not finished yet, your votes and support put me in the 5th place in votes (out of 50 candidates!) and this is quite an achievement. I especially want to thank , my family, my girlfriend Maud, my friends, my coworkers, my volleyball club, Ecully’s bridge and Beaujolais golf clubs, and last but not least, all my Facebook fans!

Clare from Taïwan won the Wild Card with some 150,000 votes! Wow! She is the first candidate selected to go to Hamilton Island for the final selection. However, 10 other (within the 50) candidates will be chosen by Tourism Queensland on April 2. I’m crossing fingers, even if luck has not much influence!! Then, the 11 candidates will meet on Hamilton Island during 2+ days to take interviews and group activities. Results will be announced on May 6.

To give you an idea on how strong your support was, here are some key figures:

• 68 003 views of my application video (youtube + wat)
• 48 249 absolute unique visitors on my blog (100 000+ page displays!)
• 16 340 votes on the official site (5th/50 candidates)
• 772 fans on my official Facebook page (183 comments!)
  
• 202 comments on my blog BenForBestJob.com
• 200+ support e-mails received
• 2 additional support groups on Facebook, created by people I did not know (506 members) - thanks Sylvie et Frédérique

If you wish to see all my media coverage (TV, press, radio, internet…), click here.