Public voting for this year's Doodle 4 Google has opened.
75 drawings are in contention to have their doodle on the home page of the search engine.
They have been chosen from a record 5,000 entries.
The panel of judges includes Ireland and Leinster rugby star Jamie Heaslip, legendary artist and TV presenter Don Conroy, artist and IADT Dun Laoghaire lecturer Cora Cummins and Niamh Sharkey, author and Creator and Executive Producer of Disney Junior’s animated series, Henry Hugglemonster.
The five most popular doodles, one from each age category, will go forward to the Grand final where the overall winner will be chosen by the official Google doodle team based in Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California.
The winning doodler will have their drawing featured on the Google.ie homepage for a day in April. They will also receive a €5,000 scholarship towards their third-level studies, a Chromebook laptop, and a €10,000 technology grant for their school.
Ronan Harris, VP, Sales and Operations at Google, said “The level of entries to this year’s competition was astounding and it gave our judging panel a tough job to do. I really enjoyed seeing what ‘My Perfect Day’ meant to the entrants and everyone should be very proud of their doodles. Now it’s up to the public to get involved and help choose this year’s winner."
For more information and to vote for the winning doodles go to: www.google.ie/doodle4google
