The Bare-as-you-dare preliminaries were more like auditions/rehearsals for the actual tournament at the Meat Market. The costumes that Jen had delivered were somewhat surprising, even though the majority of them weren't based off of VG characters, but some were downright daring, being little more than straps and jewelry providing barely any coverage. Also, some of Jen's friends in Japan had provided high energy music that were somewhat enjoyable, even if the lyrics weren't understandable.
As the preliminaries began, it was clear that some of the competitors were entered into the competition against their will, whether by friends or jealous rivals, or just plain "stupidos", as Irena termed them. Those who weren't able to either "warm up" to the competition or weren't able to drink alcohol managed to get out of the competition with their participation video without much stigma.
There were several Animalians that were taking part, but most of those that were either already employed by the Meat Market, or were at risk at getting "too many votes" for various reasons weren't participating, much to the disappointment of several fans, whether fanboys or fangirls.
After some narrowing down, there were enough for the tournament proper, both in singles, couples, and groups of three to five. The tournament proper, however wouldn't take place until the Animalia Colony World Tour for both Project Dinotopia and Animalia Ambassadoria was over, much to the mixed feelings of many of the competitors, but it was taken as a good time to practice their moves.
"What I want to know is why the Japanese would have these kinds of costumes." said one of the Meat Market's staff to another.
"Too bad Jen isn't here right now," said the other staff member, "Otherwise we would ask her ourselves."
"I just hope we learn where she got them from, there are requests from many staff members for access to them." said the first, writing it down on their to-do list.