So This Is How We'll Score Them...

Okay, i've come up with something that I hope will judge the celebrities fairly. Here is the explanation of how they will score (and lose Gok, lose...) points...

Gaining Points
10 Points - Will be awarded for receiving a confirmation email either from the celebrity or a member of their team.
50 Points - Will be awarded for actually receiving a signed photograph.
15 Points - Will be awarded for receiving an autograph on a card or paper.
30 Points - Will be awarded for receiving the picture within one week.
20 Points - Will be awarded for receiving the picture within two weeks.
10 Points - Will be awarded for receiving the picture within one month.
20 Points - Will be awarded for receiving a photo with what appears to be a 'hand signed' autograph.
10 Points - Will be awarded for receiving a photo with what appears to be a "pre-printed" autograph.
100 Points - Will be awarded for receiving 'anything else' that shows that the celebrity has had a personal involvement in sending the picture. A note, or short letter, that kind of thing.
100,000 Points - Will be awarded for an invitation to meet the celebrity or tickets to an event, etc.
100 Points - Will be awarded if the autograph is personalised.
10 Points - Will be awarded if the autograph is received and they are a local celebrity.
50 Points - Will be awarded if the autograph is received and they are a national celebrity.
100 Points - Will be awarded if the autograph is received and they are an international celebrity.
1 Point - Will be awarded for each penny of the current ebay value of the autograph. I must stress however, that NONE of these autographs will be sold. That just isn't the point of this!!!

Losing Points
5 Points - Will be deducted for each additional email I have to send, unless I had the incorrect email address, etc.
250 Points - Will be deducted for not receiving a photograph or autograph after six months.
500 Points - Will be deducted for not receiving a photograph or autograph after one year.
100 Points - Will be deducted for receiving an email stating that this isn't their policy or something similar.
50 Points - Will be deducted for receiving an email asking me for postage costs or an SAE! They earn billions and I don't, surely you can pay for a stamp?
2 Points - Will be deducted for each additional week (after a month) that it takes to receive an autograph.

Other criteria may be added as I think of them, but this all seems pretty fair to me. If you have any ideas on this, please let me know.

So, now the scoring has been worked out, The Leaderboard has already started to take shape....

Leaderboard
1. Gordon Ramsay - 10 Points
1. Karren Brady - 10 Points
3. Nick Owen - 0 Points (Out Of Office explaining he is away for a couple of weeks...)
4. Ed Doolan - 0 Points
4. Janice Long - 0 Points
4. Caroline Martin - 0 Points
4. Paul Daniels - 0 Points
4. Gok Wan - 0 Points
4. Jeremy Clarkson - 0 Points
4. Richard Hammond - 0 Points
4. James May - 0 Points
4. Suzi Perry - 0 Points
4. Jason Bradbury - 0 Points
4. Jon Bentley - 0 Points

I'm loving this already, I can't wait to get some more results! Just how cool are the teams of Karren Brady and Gordon Ramsay? I've also sent out a couple more requests to...

Jane McDonald
Dani Behr

More soon...