Beard Liberation Front
19th November
contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Voting for lead positions on Beard of the Year poll closes at midnight on Thursday
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that the process of determining the Beard of the Year 2019 will take the next step on Friday 22nd November when the shortlist for the coveted Award is published
The on-line poll to determine the twelve finalists is now open and will close on November 21st
The final poll opens on November 22nd with the winner announced on December 28th.
This year for the first time the position taken in the vote for the shortlist will determine the order in which names appear on the final vote.
Some well known beard wearers such as Billy Bragg and Michael Rosen are in danger of not making the cut
The criteria for Beard of the Year is as follows:
The Award is NOT about people who grow beards in their bedrooms and post pictures of them on the internet
The Award IS about people with consistent beards in the public eye who promote a positive image of the hirsute
TV doctor Xand Van Tulleken and cosmologist Peter Coles currently at Maynooth University in Ireland shared the Award.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, we’re reaching the stage now when places for the Beard of the Year shortlist will be a close shave
Beard of the Year longlist
Jurgen Klopp, football manager
Ben Stokes, cricketer
Philip Wilton, Tottenham cheese maker
Stig Abell, Editor, Times Literary Supplement
Jeremy Corbyn, Labour leader
Noam Chomsky, academic & activist
Ben Bellamy, Winner, Beard of Autumn 2019
Lenny Henry, comedian
Paul Mason, Winner, Scary Beard of Halloween 2019
Benjamin Zephaniah, poet
Michael Rosen, author & broadcaster
George Clooney, actor
Billy Connolly, performer
Idris Elba, actor
Prince Harry, Royal
Billy Bragg, musician
Rylan Clark-Neal, Strictly, It Takes Two
Bob Harris, broadcaster
Raheem Sterling, footballer
Alexei Sayle, comedian
Lowkey, rapper
Harry Kane, footballer
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