Originally Posted by
Malindachan
It could be a number of things - maybe there were a lot more entries than anticipated, or after the backlash about the stolen entries they're trying to be more thorough before publishing them.
Also, most contests they've done in the past didn't have an audience poll, so they could have run into some unexpected errors while getting that portion figured out. I've managed similar contests before, and one of the biggest challenges I've faced is finding a good poll system that can display more than 10 entries (among other things - such as displaying all the images in a good size, and tracking the number of votes per IP address to make sure nobody is cheating)