[Freddy]

Here's a link to this years entrants for the preliminary round of testing:

http://loebner.net/Prizef/2008_Contest/loebner-prize-2008.html

Few old favourites in there and a lot of new ones, most of them I have never seen before.  Seems like there may be a bit more competition compared to last years low numbers.

[Maviarab]

I can see a 3 way fight out at the end, but you never know. Looks to be good this year.

[Freddy]

Out of thirteen entries, the following systems have been selected, through the preliminary phase, to compete in the finals for the 2008 Loebner Prize for Artificial Intelligence:

Alice by Richard Wallace

Brother Jerome by Peter Cole & Benji Adams

Elbot by Fred Roberts

Eugene Goostman by Vladimir Veselov

Jabberwacky by Rollo Carpenter

Ultra Hal by Robert Medeksza

Taken from Alicebot.org homepage.