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🏆 Telegram Android Contest 2025, Round 1 🎉 This contest turned out to be one of the most successful and fruitful we’ve ever held. 👋 We’re pleased to welcome so many new participants from around the world who joined one of the most challenging coding competitions. 🧱 Out of 90 initial entries, the number of actual app submissions was slightly lower – and we had to further discard some that were either empty or non-functional. 🛠 The Telegram Android Team had to rebuild a couple dozen apps that either didn’t follow the submission guidelines or broke something – so a 10% penalty was applied to their winnings accordingly. 🤑 Given the number of participants and the overall quality of entries, the judges decided to double the prize fund, boosting it to $100,000. This way, we ensured that no worthy submission would be left behind and our recognition could be fairly distributed among all of you who participated. ⏰ After tens of hours spent reviewing all the apps, we can say with confidence – many have far exceeded our expectations. Congratulations, and our deepest thanks to everyone who took part in the competition. Please meet the winners! 1st PLACE – $7,000 🥇Huge Fox 🥇Chic Eagle 🥇Slim Gull 🥇Groovy Hyena 🥇Merry Cock 2nd PLACE – $4,000 🥈Earnest Pug 🥈Fairy Zebra 🥈Hardy Turkey 🥈Hip Mantis 🥈Young Beetle 🥈Ace Panda, penalties: – rebuilding penalty (–$400) 🥈Small Fly, penalties: – rebuilding penalty (–$400) 3rd PLACE – $2,000 🥉Fierce Bull 🥉Calm Giraffe 🥉Subtle Piranha 🥉Kooky Lion 🥉Grim Mule 🥉Stylish Ladybird 🥉Merry Gopher 🥉Sleek Pony 🥉Bossy Gnat, penalties: – rebuilding penalty (–$200) 🥉Able Griffin, penalties: – rebuilding penalty (–$200) 4th PLACE – $1,000 🎖Lawful Rabbit 🎖Agile Leopard 🎖Tidy Sheep 🎖Desert Falcon 🎖Mighty Rabbit 🎖Wise Puma 🎖Daring Whale 🎖Swift Bull 🎖Fit Rhino 🎖Little Elk, penalties: – rebuilding penalty (–$100) 🎖Sharp Mink, penalties: – rebuilding penalty (–$100) On top of that, we are also awarding 14 entries with bonuses of $500 each – they didn’t make it to the prize places this time, but were notable enough to deserve a recognition. P.S. You will additionally find detailed reviews covering the strong and weak points of your submission posted below your contest.com entry within the next 72 hours. P.P.S. Some of the top prize winners will also hear from us in the coming weeks about further cooperation opportunities. That's all for today, more contests are on the way!