Beard Liberation Front
28th December
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Michael Rosen & Michael Sheen share Beard of the Year 2020 Award in hirsute year like no other
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said the author Michael Rosen and the actor Michael Sheen have shared the 2020 Beard of the Year Award.
Rylan Clark-Neal won the coveted award in 2019
The BLF Electoral College met on Sunday to verify the 1,329 votes cast in the annual on-line poll for Beard of the Year and to review the record of the four finalists in terms of positive beard impact across 2020. These two elements combined determined the outcome.
Michael Sheen achieved 53.2% of the popular vote to Michael Rosen’s 34.7%. However looking across 2020, while Sheen won the vote for the Beard of Wales in March, Rosen won votes for the Beard of Summer in June, the Beard of Lockdown in July and the Beard of Autumn in October. In the circumstances the Electoral College has determined that the 2020 Beard of the Year Award is shared.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, we congratulate both Michaels who have proved outstandingly positive examples of beard wearing in 2020 a year when beards have flourished like no other, albeit often due to force of circumstances.
Beard of the Year 2020 Finalists
Michael Rosen (author & broadcaster, winner Beard of Summer & Beard of Autumn)
Michael Sheen (actor, winner Beard of Wales)
Peter Coles (cosmologist, winner Beard of Ireland)
Bill Bailey (dancer & comedian)
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