Beard Liberation Front
21st November
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Strictly It Takes Two star Rylan faces Jeremy Corbyn for Beard of the Year vote
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that the process of determining the Beard of the Year 2019 is in its final stage as the shortlist for the coveted Award is published
The on-line poll to determine the winner is now open and will close on December 24th
The winner is announced on December 28th.
This year for the first time the position taken in the list for the final vote has been determined by the order in which the finalists finished in a pre-poll.
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 in 2018.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, Rylan Clark-Neal facing off against Jeremy Corbyn suggests an unpredictable outcome but not so long ago Tom Jones and the Archbishop of Canterbury tied for the Award so we’ve come to expect interesting juxtapositions
Beard of the Year 2019 shortlist
Rylan Clark-Neal
Ben Bellamy
Jeremy Corbyn
Alexei Sayle
Mauricio Pochettino
Billy Connolly
Ben Stokes
Jurgen Klopp
Bob Harris
Stig Abell
Michael Rosen
Idris Elba
Billy Bragg
George Clooney
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