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The Divine Dozen
have booked their passage on the voyage of a lifetime as contestants
onboard the Ark.
"More than 1,000 people enquired
about the game, so our finalists are a determined bunch," explains
game administrator Clare Rishbeth. "We auditioned the best 30 holy
heavyweights in an online chatroom. Daniel rubbed vitual shoulders with
Mary who fluttered her eyelashes at Simon Peter who discussed mothers-in-law
with Moses who tried to edge away from Jezebel who was dismissing Esther's
beauty regime. The real game looks like being even more entertaining
and intriguing."
The final 12 contestants, who live in the UK, US and Canada, will be playing
the following Bible characters onboard the Ark...
Esther
Eve
Job
John the Baptist
Joseph
Martha
Mary Magdalene
Moses
Nebuchadnezzar
Paul
Samson
Simon Peter
The divine dozen dazzled The Ark's judges by battling their way through
every situation thrown at them an unholy combination of Miss World
contests and cookery programmes. And it will be much the same on board
The Ark except this time the contestants will be on board a 3D
boat as cartoon characters, moving from room to room and communicating
through speech bubbles.
Click here to see screenshots from inside
the Ark.
"We asked each contestant to write up an imaginary diary entry for
their character's birthday," said Clare Rishbeth. "The entries
indicate we've discovered an unruly, amorous, accident prone and, quite
honestly, unhinged bunch of characters the kind you would dread
being stuck in a lift with."
Nebuchadnezzar: "The Hittite ambassador had the temerity to suggest
that we might want to give up a bit of our border to his sovereign. On
my birthday, too! We will send him back to his beloved emperor, entrail
by entrail."
Jonah: "I know I'm a total failure. Mary Magdalene tries to cheer
me up. 'No, Jonah,' she says. 'You're a GREAT prophet of doom. Every time
you say "Repent" in that magnificent voice of yours, it gives
me chills.' But then she tells me the next five minutes are gonna cost
$20."
Martha: "Oh well, I'll occupy myself mending holes in Lazarus's graveclothes
very poorly made. Suppose they don't expect you to use them more
than once."
Joseph: "Woke up. Sang happy birthday to me, gorgeously, backed by
a choir of 100 children singing 'la'"
"The real people behind each Bible character will not be revealed
until they are made to walk the plank or win the contest,"
explained Clare Rishbeth. "Esther, Job and the rest are now living
in blacked-out rooms sealed with duct tape and plastic sheeting in order
to prepare mentally, physically and spiritually for the voyage ahead!"
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