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STACEY: TODAY, DRAKE’S 40TH ANNUAL BEAUTIFUL BULLDOG CONTEST WENT ON IN ALL ITS GLORY. STEVE: IT JUST TOOK PLACE ON FACEBOOK. ����vlog SPORTS DIRECTOR SCOTT REISTER REPORTS NOW ON THE DRAMATIC FINISH. SCOTT: THIS HAS BEEN HUGE HIT WITH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF CLICKS. IT WENT DOWN TO THE WIRE BETWEEN HAZEL, WHO WAS UP BY LESS THAN A FEW PERCENTAGE POINTS WITH MINUTES TO GO BUT SOMEHOW HULK, , THREE-YEAR-OLD ENGLISH BULLDOG RALLIED TO CLAIM THE CROWN. 50.1 TO 49.9 REENACT THE VICTORY DANCE FOR ME. HOW EXCITING WAS IT? >> WE WERE JUMPING UP AND DOWN PAYMENT OUR DOGS WERE LOOKING AT US LIKE WE WERE CRAZY. SCOTT: JUSTINE AND HEATH JOHNSON AND HULK ARE FROM JEWELL, FOR -- HE JUST HAS THE CUTEST BULLDOG FACE. HE IS A TRUE BULLDOG. SCOTT: USUALLY EVERYONE GATHERS AT THE KNAPP CENTER TO COMPETE, BUT THIS YEAR? >> WE COULD WAIT AND SEE WHEN RELAYS WEEK WAS GOING TO MOVE OR WE COULD DESIGN SOMETHING TH PEOPLE CAN WATCH AT A TIME WHEN THEY ARE AT HOME AND AND NEED A COUPLE OF DOGS TO LOOK AT THAT CAN MAKE SOME HAPPY. SCOTT: LAST WEEK, THE ENTRY POOL WAS WHITTLED DOWN FROM OVER 150 TO 32 BULLDOGS. IT WAS HEAD TO HEAD MATCHUPS ON FACEBOOK. ROUND BY ROUND, UNTIL THE FANCY FOUR, THEN THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND WHICH ENDED TUESDAY AFTERNOON, IN THRILLING FASHION. [LAUGHTER] >> IT WAS CRAZY. SCOTT: IRONICALLY, HAVING ONLINE VOTING GOT MORE EYEBALLS ON THE EVENT THAN EVER BEFORE. THE FINAL ROUND ENDED WITH NEARLY 17,000 VOTES. THE TOTAL VOTING FOR ALL THE ROUNDS WAS 84,00 AND NOW HULK WILL GET TO BE THIS YEAR’S DRAKE RELAYS MASCOT AND -- WHEN IT GETS RESCHEDULED. STEVE: WHILE THE VIRTUAL BEAUTIFUL BULLDOG CONTEST WAS A BIG HIT DRAK