- "I’m honored to have been chosen and to announce that Comedy Central has launched a new contest that will allow one lucky winner to be a part of the Mutant Robots Team. The winner will help in the chosen creation of a brand-new middleweight Bot built by me. They will be trained in the art of Battle and get to compete in the in BattleBots Season 5.0. Comedy Central will also give you $5 Grand and pay for the trip. Make no mistake!!!, the winner will have to start in the Prelims and work at the shot for the Big Nut just like the rest of us!!!!! So what are you waiting for? Support BattleBots and Mutant Robots by entering and letting me know what design you think would do the best. Good Luck and we will see you in May!"
- — Donald Hutson on his website
The It's Your Battle Sweepstakes was a one-time contest held during Season 4.0 of Comedy Central BattleBots.
It was a competition held by the network where fans would suggest their own robot designs to former Giant Nut winner Donald Hutson, responsible for builds such as Diesector, Tazbot and Root Canal, which he would build in the off-season. The winner was allowed compete with the robot in the following season and Comedy Central also provided $5,000 to cover travel costs for the winner. A series of videos were shared to the BattleBots website to accompany the announcement of this contest, each centered around a specific part of building and testing a robot. Revealed during Season 4.0 by Tim Green, the competition was also announced by Hutson on his team website in February 2002.
The competition attracted over 6,000 applications, and was ultimately won by Michigan resident Lance Lyle, as revealed in Episode 14 of Season 5.0.[1] He therefore competed in the middleweight bracket with Easty Beast. According to Hutson on his team website, Comedy Central provided $5,000 to cover travel costs for the winner Lance Lyle also named the robot.[2]
Lance Lyle would not progress far in competition, however, as despite winning its first battle against Mohammed Ali, Easty Beast lost in the preliminary rounds to Spike Demon. As such, Easty Beast would not receive a televised appearance in BattleBots.
Videos[]
| Segment | Length |
|---|---|
| Design | 4:29[3] |
| Frame | 5:02[4] |
| Weapon | 5:02[5] |
| Test Drive #1 | 2:48[6] |
| Test Drive #2 | 1:14[7] |
| Safety | 3:29[8] |
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