# Svedka Tells Critics To Make Super Bowl Ad Themselves

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- Canonical URL: https://thedailysku.com/2026/11/03/svedka-tells-critics-to-make-super-bowl-ad-themselves/
- Section: Brands
- Edition: Tuesday, November 3, 2026 (No. 14)
- Published: 2026-11-03T06:50:00-05:00
- Modified: 2026-11-03T06:50:00-05:00
- Byline: Ronan Fairweather, Retail Media & DTC Editor (fictional satirical character)
- Genre: Satire

*After its AI-made robot ad drew backlash, the vodka brand will pay $500,000 for a fan-made 15-second spot. Entries are due Dec. 1.*

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Svedka said Monday that the people who criticized its AI-made Super Bowl commercial should go ahead and make the next one themselves, and offered $500,000 to whoever does it best, in what marketers are calling the industry's first fully outsourced apology.

The Sazerac-owned vodka brand is asking consumers to create a 15-second spot for its ready-to-drink Vodka Water, which comes in a clear can, Marketing Dive reported. Entries close Dec. 1, and the brand is offering a digital toolkit and inviting ads that are AI-led, low-budget or anything in between. Its previous Super Bowl ad, made largely with AI and starring a robot mascot, drew backlash. Andy Cohen is helping judge the contest.

"We listened to the feedback," said Marisol Teague, a fictional creative director who reviewed early entries. "The feedback said a robot should not make an ad. So far, 72% of the entries were made by a robot, but a different one, which people seem to feel better about."

The fictional Institute for Viewer Sentiment said the contest converts critics into unpaid creative staff at a rate of 0.4 entries per complaint, which it called "a high-intent grievance." Agencies that bid on the original spot have been invited to enter as consumers.

After researching this story, friend, I was served 14 vodka ads, a free trial of video editing software and the weighted blanket that has followed me since 2023, which appeared between two entries and was, I will say quietly, the best-lit thing I saw all day.

"The clear can is a creative challenge," Teague said. "The product is water and vodka, and the container is invisible. Several entries are just a table."

At press time the leading entry was 15 seconds of a clear can on a table. Nobody has been able to find the can. Judges are calling it restraint.

## The Real Story (factual)

Marketing Dive reported on Nov. 2, 2026 that Svedka, owned by Sazerac, is challenging consumers to create a 15-second Super Bowl ad for its Vodka Water in a clear can after its AI-made ad drew backlash. Submissions close Dec. 1, the prize is $500,000 and Andy Cohen will help judge.

After backlash to its AI-made Super Bowl ad, Sazerac-owned Svedka launched a contest for consumers to create a 15-second ad for Vodka Water, with a $500,000 prize and entries due Dec. 1.

### Sources

- [After AI backlash, Svedka challenges consumers to create Super Bowl ad](https://www.marketingdive.com/news/after-ai-backlash-svedka-challenges-consumers-to-create-super-bowl-ad/873445/), Marketing Dive

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