TWITTER: UPDATE ON RACHELLE LEFEVRE AND PETER FACINELLI

We have updates for you from both Rachelle Lefevre and Peter Facinelli from twitter today. Rachelle has gotten into the contest mood too, and is now doing a contest to benefit charities. Peter was interviewed by MTV concerning his contest to get 500,000 followers.

Rachelle is trying to get more followers for charity. For ever 10,000 followers she gets, she will donate $100 charity. For the first 100,000 followers she has, she will be donating the money to breast cancer research. Follow Rachelle, here.

Peter is continuing on his quest to get 500,000 followers. MTV has an interview with him.

MTV: Explain the contest for us.

Facinelli: Rob DeFranco [@211me] is a friend of mine. He was at my house and saw the backing of my chair from “Twilight” — that piece of fabric that says my name and says “Twilight” on it. He asked if he could have it, and Rob is a betting man, so when I said no, he said, “Well, I’ll bet you for it.”

MTV: And how did Twitter get involved?

Facinelli: I had just joined Twitter, so he bet me that I couldn’t get 500,000 followers in a week. I let the fans decide what Rob DeFranco has to do if he loses — and the sick and twisted minds of my Twitter followers decided that he’d have to dance down Hollywood Boulevard in a bikini singing [Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"] with a sign that says “Twitter me.” So I think I got the better end of that deal.

MTV: And if that happens, you’re going to give away the chair back to a fan?

Facinelli: Yeah. The fans have been having fun with the contest, and I decided last night that if I’m going to lose this chair backing anyway, I’d rather have a fan get it than my friend Rob. So I threw in some incentive last night — if we hit 500,000 by Friday, then I’ll give away the backing of my chair to one of my followers.

MTV: How will you decide who gets it?

Facinelli: I like riddles. I think I might do some kind of riddle, and the first person that posts the correct answer will win the chair backing. That sounds more fun than a raffle, right?

MTV: Yeah, and the Twilighters all want the back of your chair really badly.

Facinelli: Especially since Rob Pattinson sat on my chair. It has some RPattz sweat on it.

MTV: Oh God. The winner could hire some CSI guys to remove the hairs and DNA.

Facinelli: Definitely. One day, in the future, you might be able to clone Rob Pattinson if you own the back of my chair. That’s all I’m saying.

MTV: What would Dr. Carlisle Cullen have to say about such a contest?

Facinelli: Carlisle likes a good game. I think he’d be excited. I think Carlisle would totally follow me. And he’s got a good sense of humor — so he’d want to watch Rob DeFranco dance down Hollywood Boulevard in a bikini.

Read more with Peter, here. Follow Peter on twitter, here.

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Peter is quickly running out of time on his contest, so I’m really glad various media outlets are spreading the word for him. I really hope Peter gets to 500,000 followers. I love what Rachelle is doing. It’s awesome when celebrities use their fame to help people.

What do you think of Rachelle’s new contest? Do you think Peter will make it to 500,000?