Beard Liberation Front
23rd December
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TLS Editor Stig Abell & TV’s Rylan Clark-Neal head to head in final battle for Beard of the Year votes
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said with the Beard of the Year 2019 vote closing at midnight on Christmas Eve it has become a battle of the beards between Times Literary Supplement Editor Stig Abell and Strictly It Takes Two and Supermarket Sweep host Rylan Clark-Neal
The winner is announced on December 28th following an Electoral College review of the poll leaders. This has become necessary in recent years because of bot activity on the 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, the lead is changing on an hourly basis between Stig and Rylan. This is one Christmas battle of the beards Santa wont be winning
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
Chris Woakes
Reblogged this on In the Dark and commented:
As last year’s joint* winner I feel I should remain neutral. I will say however that the Times Literary Supplement has an excellent crossword.
*I enjoyed the joint enormously.