Wrong thread cardist, but it does bring up my point quite well.
I don't really like the 'guess the xxx' style contests, seems like random chance isn't a good method. I loved the fake tutorial ones though, amazing idea, some funny, entertaining videos come from that. I can't imagine it's much fun sorting through post after post of numbers though.
A first time contest might be fun, either your first time performing in general, or first time performing a certain effect, but definitely showing a performance for someone, not the camera.