ASPIRING FILMMAKER FROM LOS ANGELES WINS $5,000 AND A TRIP TO PARIS TO MEET THE BAND
June 18, 2007 — Burbank, CA — The Red Hot Chili Peppers have selected the winner of the contest they held on video-sharing website YouTube asking fans to create the official video for "Charlie," a song from their multiple-Grammy winning, double-platinum album Stadium Arcadium. More than 2,600 fans joined the YouTube group set up for the contest, which ran from March 5th to April 20th.
Out of the 420 submissions uploaded by fans, Omri Cohen, a 25-year old aspiring filmmaker from Tarzana, CA, emerged triumphant. Cohen's winning clip is now Red Hot Chili Peppers' official video for "Charlie," and can be viewed at http://youtube.com/rhcptv, http://www.myspace.com/redhotchilipeppers and http://www.redhotchilipeppers.com. Cohen will receive a cash prize of $5,000, plus a trip to meet the band and see them perform live in Paris, France on July 6th.
"After watching dozen and dozens of admirable efforts, I finally saw a video for 'Charlie' that made me cry," says the band's lead singer Anthony Kiedis. "When I looked at my girlfriend, she was crying too. That's when I knew we had a winner."
The Red Hot Chili Peppers recently headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA, and are currently on tour in Europe.