Press F to pay respects to those who fell in round 1.
First off, the winner of the hype contest in all three categories, by default, is terroristpie! Congratulations, you won in the most anticlimactic way possible – by nobody else being able to put an entry in on time! Your prize is going to be just one story since I don’t really see the point of doing three stories about the same person in quick succession.
Second, and what you’re probably a bit more eagerly awaiting: the round 1 results! I’ll not go through them here since they’re all on Challonge, but here are some things that caught my eye.
- Surprise wins for Roisin Conaty and Ellie Taylor mean we have a battle of Brit comediennes in round 2 – if it had gone the other way, we would have had a WWE match-up,
- Anna Kendrick got the most votes in the round at 48,
- The lowest scoring winner was Michelle Wie at 18,
- With that in mind, it kind of feels a bit harsh that we have to lose Steph McMahon, Lexi Thompson, Keeley Hawes, Madelaine Petsch, Becky Lynch and Lillimar Hernandez, who all scored 18 or higher and lost,
- Aside from the obvious one, all the previous winners are through to round 2, meaning a repeat winner is still very much in the realms of possibility.
Full bracket details are up here. Click on “Predictions (17)” to see how well you’re doing thus far if you’ve made a prediction.
The next set of votes will be up next Thursday, and I’ll be bringing snazzy new pictures to the proceedings. Probably ones straight off of WikiFeet or something idk yet.