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The Havana Club Recipe Hub competition was not only the first online voting video cocktail competition we've run, I believe it was the first of its type in the world. The competition comprised 186 video entries, 245,222 video views (at the time of writing and not including additional views on other platforms such as YouTube and Instagram) and a €22,600 prize fund. So who won?

Before announcing the winners, I'd like to assure all that both Pernod Ricard (the Promoter) and Difford's Guide (the Organizer) are committed to ensuring this was a fair competition. To guard against specious and mendacious votes, all votes were verified as genuine by an automated program before being counted using industry standard known fingerprints of fraudulent voting. To ensure fairness, this application was applied to all votes for all competitors and no one competitor was singled out.

The winning videos are those which have received the highest number of points (not necessarily votes). Points are calculated by the star rating out-of-five each voter awarded a video. The minimum rating was 1 star and this equals 1 point. The maximum rating was 5+ stars which equals 10 points.

Without further ado...the winners are:

1st place and the winner of €1,000
Ruslan Gafurov: Russian Country Pina Colada

2nd place, winning €600
Bryan Bonifacio: Pina Cohiball

3rd place, winner €400
Simón Alberti: Thai Mule

The 100 other winners, each receiving €200 are (in alphabetical order):
Andrei Prib: Cherry Daiquiri
Alex Valdes Fernandez: Royal Queen
Alexandra Doronina: Havana Club Jasmine Mojito
Alexey Ivanov: Mai Tai Clan
Ali Dayub: Cuba Libre La Tropical
Alson Tian: Pandan Colada
Ana Maria Aveleyra Garcia: Daiquiri mexa
Anastasiya Tkachenko: Strawberry Daiquiri
Andrey Luybimov: mom's girlfrend's daiquiri
Anna Cyprian Princena: Años Mojito
Anton Groshikhin: Black Daiquiri
Antonio Claverie: El presidente
Aquiles Moya lescar: Bad boy president
Carlos Alberto Ramos Correa: Havana 7 Home
Cedrick Foley: Nature's Triumph
Dagoberto Jesus Morejón: Earth Daiquiri
Daniel Arévalo Arenas: El truco Final
Daniel Najen: Pina colada
Daniel Stepien: Summer Punch Spritz
Daniil Palnikov: Daiquiri
Darren Yeo: Daiquiri Riff
David Cisneros: Tropical Cancha
David Sara Sara Sara Sara: Remake tai
Denis Del Castillo San Martin: Mojito de Maracuya
Dmitry Agletdinov: Havana Club Daiquiri frozen banana coconut
Dumitrache Andrei-Codrut: Havana Club Especial Mai Tai
Eduardo Urbina: Perfect Mai Tai
Egor Rzhavtsev: Havana Club Art Pina Colada
Elizabeth Gordillo Herrera: canchanchara
Ernest Reid: The Jam Packed Daiq
Felipe Esparza Santos: Mojito de la huerta
Francis Cosgrove: Havana Club Pin-ana Colada
Gabriel Bressane: Classic Daiquiri
Gabriel Rodrigo Gaytan: Seven Colada
Georgina Barbachano García: Carpe Diem Cancha
Gerard Joseph Dela Torre Medrano: La Chiva
Gleb Komarovski: Fiel
Héctor Gimeno García: The Smoked Mojito
Ibai Idoeta: El Presidente
Ilya Borodinski: Frozen Celery Daiquiri
Ilya Velikanov: Havana Club Cuba Libre Version 2.0
Ivan Usov: Shape of you
Jaime Fernandez: Mojito De Tamarindo Fermentado
Jed Bruce: Canadian Cancha
Jesús Chávez Bolaños: Mojito mosquitero
JiaWei Bai: Frozen Monochrome Daiquiri
Jimmy Luis Fonseca: Cuba Libre! Martini
Joel Antonio Alonso Paulin: Escape Colada
Joel Pons: Havana Club Charismatic Daiquiri
Julia Stolyarova: Sweet Cherry Daiquiri
Julio Jimenez Garcia: CocoChánchara
Julissa Flores: Mojito Ito
Katerina Kolybskaya: Yellow Daiquiri
Kirill Vorontsov: Spicy mai Tai
Kirill Mogdalov: El Presidente "Evolution"
Konstantine Beresnev: Ice Cream Daiquiri
Liana Nurieva: Ruby sunset
Lianette Suarez: CanchaMaruja
Liliya Khasanova: Infused Presidente
Lucy Ellis: Piña Cubana
Manuel Sciaudone: Ke-Colada!
Marek Čáp: El Presidente
Margarita Gurova: Peppermint Daiquiri
Maria Liliana Soria Giovannini: Daiquiri Del Mediterraneo
Mariana Santiago: Mojito Habana Vintage
Mario Mena: Eureka_ncha (Eurekancha)
Maxim Kuznetsov: Mango Mojito
Maxim Yagolnik: Daiquiri
Mel John Chavez: Perfect Cone
Melanie Da Conceicao: Un cubano en Jerez
Melisa Belen Avila Arancibia: La Presidenta
Miguel Martínez Purriños: Urban
Mike Shum: Bubble Tea Frozen Daiquiri
Muhammad Razali Bin Rosli: Kahaya Colada
Nathalia Perez Chavarria: Cuban Strawberry Ginger
Nereida Touzon Carrera: Tiki Mai Camagüey cuba
Niculcea Ovidiu: Havana Club N(a)utty Mai Tai
Ninon Fauvarque: Sweet Afternoon
Oleg Bezverkhii: Cocoa Colada
Oleg Larkin: May Thai on the Volga
Olya Sabanina: Travel Freedom
Omar Emmanuel Barrera Arellano: Havana Verde
Pavel Rastorguev: Club Piña Banna Colada
Rishat Vildanov: Sorrel mojito
Semen Zaremba: Havana Club Cancha от Заремба Семёна
Sergey Kudelevich: Passion fruit Pina colada
Sergey Pavlenko: Havana Club Dandelion Cancha
Stanislav Nishanov: Devil Berry Daiquiri
Sylas Rocha: Fresh pina colada
Thomas Peigne: Havana Club Panela Daiquiri "Paniri"
Vadim Minaev: Extra Coco Pina Colada
Valentýna Frýdová: CheCuba
Vanja Timotijevic: Pirate Mojito
Vladimir Borisov: Pineapple Daiquiri
Vladimir Redkin: Club Pina Colada #8
Xchel Santiago Rivero: Tlaxcalatl Colada
Yana Aidarova: Isabel El Presidente
Yasiel A. Campos Jardón: Daiquiri 7 home
Yazmin Lizeth Cedillo Buendia: Love Colada
Yehor Tkachenko: the Shining

In addition, Pernod Ricard have selected three Instagram winners:
@olyasabanina
@darrenyeoz
@ivanusov_bartender

All winners will receive an email on Thursday 25 June with information on their prize. Congratulations to all!

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