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26/06/2009 by
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Viral Friday: Hot Babes Test Drive Bras

Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 5 most popular viral videos, commercials, games or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread.
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This weeks Viral Friday #1 position goes to Hot Babes Test Drive Bras. Ultimo, Britain’s leading underwear brand, and theme park Alton Towers Resort have teamed up to test if the Ultimo bras could withstand the G-forces on the different roller coasters. The runner up spot is for JibJab with He’s Barack Obama. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Barack Obama and he has come to save the day! Banksy Versus Bristol Museum completes this week’s top 3. British graffiti artist Banksy obtained fame with his social critical art. After years of exhibiting his art in forbidden public places he now for the first time shows his works in a museum: Banksy vs Bristol Museum.

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1. Hot Babes Test Drive Bras

Ultimo, Britain’s leading underwear brand, and theme park Alton Towers Resort have teamed up to test if the Ultimo bras could withstand the G-forces on the different roller coasters, including Rita Queen of Speed and Spinball Whizzer, and to produce an underwear advisory guide. A variety of Ultimo bras were put to the test to check they kept everything in tact – after news spread that girls are having nasty mishaps on the rides this summer. “Many women across the UK wear ill-fitting bras, which can not only cause discomfort and long-term health problems, but also accidental exposure at inappropriate times,” said Ultimo’s MD Michelle Mone. The video of the bra test got over 430,000 views on YouTube since it was uploaded on June 15.

2. JibJab: He’s Barack Obama!

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Barack Obama and he has come to save the day! JibJab, created and founded in 1999 by Gregg and Evan Spiridellis, puts the rock in Barack with a new, over-the-top JibJab original satire, that debuted in front of the President himself last Friday at the 65th Annual Radio & Television Correspondents Dinner! JibJab also made a blog posting on how the video was made, including extra pictures and videos.
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3. Banksy Versus Bristol Museum

British graffiti artist Banksy obtained fame with his social critical art. He shocked all of England with his paintings and even broke into the London and Bristol Zoo to portray his works there. After years of exhibiting his art in forbidden public places, Banksy, who’s real identity is still unknown, now for the first time shows his works in a museum: Banksy vs Bristol Museum.

The news and the accompanying film, which shows how Banksy ‘secretly’ takes over the museum, fast spread online. Within two weeks, over 300,000 people watched the film on YouTube alone. British blogs discuss ‘Banksy vs Bristol’ and many respond with great enthusiasm, while others wonder if he selling out on portraying his provoking works of art in forbidden places. In a rare statement, the artist himself says: “The people in Bristol have always been very good to me – I decided the best way to show my appreciation was by putting a bunch of old toilets and some live chicken nuggets in their museum… This is the first show I’ve ever done where taxpayers’ money is being used to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off.”

4. Mtn Dew Game Fuel: Choose Your Side

Mountain Dew (or Mtn Dew), the soft drink manufactured and distributed by PepsiCo, celebrates the launch of their Game Fuel beverages with this commercial. As you may notice, Mountain Dew teamed up with Blizzard Entertainment, the creators of World of Warcraft, to create awareness among gamers. “Choose your Side” at the special website warcraft.com/dew (only if you’re from the US, so keep that in mind while registering). The “Choose your Side” commercial got over 270,000 views, 540 ratings and 584 text comments on YouTube since June 14th.

5. Layar: Mobile Augmented Reality Browser

Layar is the world’s first mobile augmented reality browser and it premiers in the Netherlands. Layar is developed by SPRX Mobile and displays real time digital information on top of reality in the camera screen of the mobile phone. Layar is derived from location based services and works on mobile phones that include a camera, GPS and a compass. Layar is first available for handsets with the Android operating system (the G1 and HTC Magic). The introduction video got over 217,000 views since June 15 and sites like RWW, Engadget and TechCrunch wrote about Layar. Want to know the latest about Layar? Follow @layarmobile. Want to congratulate the team behind Layar? Follow @rhymo and/or @claireboo.