Support!

Nearer and nearer the end of the contests grow.  Are you nervous?  Frightened?  Intimidated?  Sad?  Well, I certainly hope you're able to vote, because there are still some blank lines on the brackets that need filling in.  Your decisions here will fill out the Knitters' Chick Final Four;  today's  victors will join Maggie Smith and Rachel McAdams.

Your votes for the men will fill out the Knitters' Hunk Final Four, winners joining Stephen Colbert and Benedict Cumberbatch.  Which means the Semifinals are tomorrow, and the 2012 Knitters' Hunk and Knitters' Chick will be elected Monday!

Pair Eighty-Seven

Pair Eighty-Eight

Pair Eighty-Nine

Pair Ninety

Determine!

Liam Neeson, Stephen Colbert and Alan Rickman won yesterday, and are, therefore, in the Quarterfinals.  The tie between Jeremy Irons and Tom Selleck was broken, and the victor there gets right back into the action today to fill out the Final Eight.   In other pairs:

Pair Seventy-Seven

Pair Seventy-Eight

Pair Seventy-Nine

Pair Eighty

Choose!

With these selections, the first Knitters' Chick will have reached the Quarterfinals!  Thank you all so much for supporting this idea!

We had a tie yesterday, which we will try to break in a couple of days: Jeremy Irons vs. Tom Selleck.  Clear winners were Jeff Daniels, Jimmy Fallon and Liam Neeson.  Here are your choices du jour:

Pair Sixty-Five

Pair Sixty-Six

Pair Sixty-Seven

Pair Sixty-Eight

Complete!

Well, after today, the first round will be history.  Only one more person (sorry, M.U.) has been eliminated from the nominators.  Who'll get the prize packages, and who'll join Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy and Meryl Streep in Round Two?

Pair Forty-Two

Pair Forty-Three

Pair Forty-Four

Pair Forty-Five

Hang In!

Closing in on closing out the first round!  Winners from yesterday:  TV's Craig Ferguson, Rashida Jones, Jon Stewart and Emma Watson.  (In the spirit of transparency, 2 of those 4 were my nominees.)

Contestants for today

Pair Thirty-Nine

Pair Forty

Advance!

New week, new contestants:

Pair Thirty-Four

Pair Thirty-Five

Pair Thirty-Six

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Pair Thirty-Seven

Press On!

More winners: Tom Hardy (by a single vote which came in the last few minutes the polls were open), Gillian Anderson, Scarlett Johanssen and Christina Hendricks.

More decisions:

Pair Thirty

Pair Thirty-One

Pair Thirty-Two

Pair Thirty-Three

We'll finish the First Round by the middle of next week, then head right into Round Number Two!