Image Credit: (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Storm, Grendel's Mother, Selene, Edward) Nels Israelson; Kimberley French; Paramount ; Egon EndrenyAccording to the philosopher Miley Cyrus, “It’s always gonna be an uphill battle/ Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose.” But Miley Cyrus is a mere human, and therefore does not speak the same language as the combatants in EW.com’s Sexy Beast single-elimination bracket tournament. Yes folks, our roster of 64 players has been cut in half, then cut in half again, and the first of our Sweet Sixteen battles include players from True Blood, V, Doctor Who, X-Men, Beowulf, Twilight, and Underworld. And for the first time in Sexy Beast history, we’ve got lady beasts facing gentlemen beasts! So click through past the jump to vote for your favorites in a quartet of bodacious bouts, and to get a look at lists of the 16 seeded players (and the actors who portray ‘em) in all four of our beastly divisions. (Eliminated beasts have their names crossed out: Let’s have a moment of sexy silence for ‘em now!) Plus, you can click here to see the entire 64-player bracket (then click again on the image for a zoomed-in view). Polls are open for 48 hours only, so support your favorites in battle, lest they be relegated to a prison where Miley Cyrus music is on repeat loop! [Related: To get updates on every Sexy Beast bracket, follow me on Twitter @EWMichaelSlezak!]
Image Credit: (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Eric, Jessica, The Doctor, Anna) John P. Johnson/HBO (2); Bob D'Amico/ABC; BBC
TV VAMPIRES AND THEIR FRIENDS
1. Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard), True Blood
2. Angel (David Boreanaz), Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel
3. Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder), The Vampire Diaries
4. Jessica Hamby (Deborah Ann Woll), True Blood
5. Darla (Julie Benz), Angel/Buffy the Vampire Slayer
6. Mick St. John (Alex O’Loughlin), Moonlight
7. Spike (James Marsters), Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel
8. Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), True Blood
9. Alcide (Joe Manganiello), True Blood
10. The Man in Black/Smokey (Titus Welliver), Lost
11. Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley), The Vampire Diaries
12. Illyria (Amy Acker), Angel
13. Drusilla (Juliet Landau), Angel/Buffy the Vampire Slayer
14. Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell), True Blood
15. Vincent (Ron Perlman), Beauty and the Beast
16. Julian Luna (Mark Frankel), Kindred: The Embraced
ALIENS, MACHINES, AND THEIR ILK
1. Number Six (Tricia Helfer), Battlestar Galactica
2. Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan), Star Trek: Voyager
3. Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), Avatar
4. Spock (Zachary Quinto), Star Trek
5. The Tenth Doctor (David Tennant), Doctor Who
6. Leeloo (Milla Jovovich), The Fifth Element
7. Cameron (Summer Glau), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
8. Boomer/Athena (Grace Park), Battlestar Galactica
9. Anna (Morena Baccarin), V
10. T-X (Kristanna Loken), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
11. Cherry Darling (Rose McGowan), Grindhouse: Planet Terror
12. Wikus van de Merwe (Sharlto Copley), District 9
13. Lieutenant Worf (Michael Dorn), Star Trek: The Next Generation
14. Turanga Leela (Katey Sagal), Futurama
15. Martian Girl (Lisa Marie), Mars Attacks!
16. Three-Breasted Mutant Prostitute (Lycia Naff), Total Recall
MUTANTS, MONSTERS, AND CREATURES
1. Storm (Halle Berry), X-Men
2. Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), X-Men
3. Mathayus (Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson), The Mummy Returns
4. Sil (Natasha Henstrige), Species
5. Grendel’s Mother (Angelina Jolie), Beowulf
6. The Beast (Robby Benson), Beauty and the Beast
7. Deadpool/Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), X-Men Origins: Wolverine
8. Mystique (Rebecca Romijn), X-Men
9. Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), X-Men
10. Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), Watchmen
11. Kyle (Alex Pettyfer), Beastly
12. Ms. Pac-Man
13. Dren (Delphine Chaneac), Splice
14. Cole Turner/Belthazor (Julian McMahon), Charmed
15. Scott Summers/Cyclops (James Marsden), X-Men
16. Madison (Daryl Hannah), Splash
MOVIE VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES
1. Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse
2. Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse
3. Louis de Pointe du Lac (Brad Pitt), Interview with the Vampire
4. Selene (Kate Beckinsale), Underworld
5. Satanico Pandemonium (Salma Hayek), From Dusk Till Dawn
6. Blade (Wesley Snipes), Blade
7. Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman), Underworld
8. Emmett Cullen (Kellan Lutz), Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse
9. James (Cam Gigandet), Twilight
10. Remus Lupin (David Thewlis), Harry Potter (various)
11. Armand (Antonio Banderas), Interview with the Vampire
12. Miriam Blaylock (Catherine Deneuve), The Hunger
13. Queen Akasha (Aaliyah), Queen of the Damned
14. Lestat de Lioncourt (Tom Cruise), Interview with the Vampire
15. Lawrence Talbot (Benicio del Toro), Wolfman
16. David (Kiefer Sutherland), The Lost Boys
First to vote, sweet!!
That is just unfair putting Jessica Hamby against Eric Northman. They are both so attractive, who do I vote for?
I know! I was so mad I had to choose!
Haha. Edward is losing. Keep getting smarter, ladies.
Edward… loosing? you are so wrong jeje
Ugh, I know! What gives??
edwardis not loosing u crazy people who think he is edward is the best i luv vmpires 4 ever
. Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley),
. Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder
. Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson
Angel (David Boreanaz),
Really? There’s no contest.
yeaa.
damon and stefan salvatore are the best <3333
ya this is my list 1 Damon 2 eric 3 stefan 4 edward 5 jessica
I totally agree. I mean, you gotta give it to the guy (Eric). He’s a pimp. But Jessica…even with the fangs, that girl is gorgeous. However, we haven’t seen Jessica do “sexy” in the show, have we? We’ve seen her as “romantic”. Nevertheless, she can still get it.
As unfair as it is, and I do agree, I’ve given my vote to Eric. He oozes sex appeal and well, as pretty as Jessica is, my door doesn’t swing that way. (lol) They are both hot, sexy, bitchin’ characters, but I will always be a Northman fan… I love how bad he is.
Jessica! She’s the shiz
Actually it’s at 49′ to 51′ so he is winning.
I know right!! That was a hard one!
I know…I ended up having to pick Eric. He’s Eric for gods sake.
yup. i agree.
I agree, you can’t put them together. & you cannot compare Edward Cullen Twilight to Selene Underworld!!!
seriously and they are both from True Blood!
Poor Jessica. Who would ever win against Eric?
no one…ever!!!
It seems odd to pit men against women, but I’m hoping the Doctor can still hang in there! If we were talking about Morena Bacarin in Firefly, before she chopped off all her hair, then we’d have a race.
You say that as if Morena Baccarin wasn’t still astoundingly beautiful. No contest, in my opinion.
luv them both – she was also in SG1….
I am fully expecting Eric to be the final winner.
AGREED!!!!
HE BETTER
I’m worried that the title will go to a Twilight character…
Technically Eric has ALREADY defeated Edward. They did that top vampire vote thing a few months ago. Eric won fairly easily, even with Bill splitting the True Blood vote.
I do think it’s crap that they put two TB characters against each other in this round, but you know they’ll avoid an Edward/Jacob match-up if at all possible. *rolls eyes*
DEAD @ “Miley the philosopher” lol
Eric has not, will not, and will never be attractive. I don’t understand the panty creaming over him. average face, nice body, zero sex appeal.
Have you forgotten that beauty is quite subjective? You may be immune to Eric Northman’s charms but others are not.
I don’t think all that of the actor, but I can definitely see why the ladies love the character Eric. He and Sookie have sooooo much chemistry.
The Tenth Doctor for the win! I adore David Tennant.
It’s not looking good for the good Doctor… we need his fan base to rally and bring some serious votes!
I know what you mean. But I don’t think it is a fair fight. V is on standard free network telly. Where as Doctor Who is only online, or cable, or Netflix. So he probably doesn’t have as many fans. But for me David is the one that should win. David all the way!!!
Actually, jaetee is wrong about that… Doctor Who has been showing on BBC America and Syfy for a while now… Since the ninth Doctor…
How is the Doctor losing? ARGH!
I Know!!!
I agree, The Doctor all the way <3 and I just lost.
Is it fair to put girls and guys up together? Isn’t all it testing is how many people who are attracted to a particular sex are voting?
I don’t think so. I’m attracted by guys, but I voted for girls too when they are better looking
I’m a lady who likes guys and you can bet I voted for Selene over Edward. Easiest decision I made.
Save the doctor! Scatter the link to the ends of the web!!! Because we all know two hears are better than one (It’s like beating out a samba!)
Save the doctor! Scatter the link to the ends of the web!!! Because we all know two hearts are better than one (It’s like beating out a samba!)
I heavily prefer women, but I’d vote for a man if he was more attractive.
I second that Judith, David Tennant ROCKS and is a very sexy beast.
Glad that Edward Cullen is currently losing, by a pretty decent margin.
give it a few hours to be posted on the twilight twitter, and that’ll change fast
Why are the sparklepires pastier than the other (more kick ass) film/tv vamps??
I hate when Katie’s right.
Selene is awesome regardless, but it makes me happy to see her dominate against my most hated literary character EVER.
well when this is posted on all of the twilight blogs you might as well forget about it. and seriously, kate beckingsale over robert? yeah right. I like ian and alex too though but can’t see anyone beating eddy. i personally love damon though
Not to take away from Kate Beckinsale, but I have a feeling we have an anti-Edward vote going on right now. Just waiting for the Twi-hard wave to swoosh in and change everything. My only hope is that they happen to love the Tenth Doctor, too (yes, a girl can dream).
BTW … loving the current 30% Edward / 70% Selene vote!
Buh-Jeezuz this is hard! Underworld is what got me into vampires. I think that I am going to vote one each so I won’t feel guilty.
I’m right there with Nikki Sue–rally your inner Who-ian, Twi-hards!
we can only hope that Selene can slay edward.
sorry to break it to you guys, but Selene is losing, and Edward is making a break for it.
Just voted!! Edward-51% Selene-49%
I’ve votes Edward 67 – Selene 33
I’ve voted Edward 67 – Selene 33
I think hope has been officially killed. Edward’s now winning 68% to Selene’s 32%. The other fandoms need to rally together and vote out that sparkling pansy stalker.
no he is not he is winning
O YES HE IS,, LETS SEE WHO CAN STOP HIM!!!!
The full bracket shows Anna (V) losing to Number Six (BSG), 46.4% to 53.6%. Were those numbers switched or did the wrong sexy beast get sent through to the sweet 16?
Nice catch!
The mistake is in the bracket numbers. I voted for Anna and followed the matchup till the end of it.
Savor this moment… Selene is beating Edward. My head says it won’t last, but my heart is telling me to keep hope alive for a world where pasty seventeen year olds with stalkerish tendencies don’t count as sexy!
Best comment EVER!
Don’t count on it. The ‘Edward is God’ Twilight blogs will soon send their army to rig this contest. Eddie is #1 to even God in their blind sparkling eyes. The most obnoxious fans in history.
“Eddie is #1 to even God in their blind sparkling eyes”
Just stupid. Seriously.
Thanks for illustrating that the only thing more obnoxious than the fans are the detractors.
It’s true. I’m a Twilight fan, but can’t stand Edward or Bella. It kind of fits that when the movies came out, they chose actors I don’t like for the roles.
But no matter what, if it’s Underworld vs. Twilight, Underworld gets my vote everytime (Now if only Dracula or Van Helsing were up there…)
But I will correct one thing.. “Eddie” isn’t number one to god.. In the fangirls’ blind sparkling eyes, Edward IS god. xD
Of course not. God is number 1. Nobody is even remotly close. To think or to say is just plain dumb!
She is drop dead gorgeous! Robert Pattinson is just an ugly fail excuse for an actor.
Go Edward!
GO TEAM EDWARD!!!
Team Edward. Team Selene.
I’m torn between two awesome series(well they’re both great to me). :\
Go edward, go to hell.
Are you blind?! How can flat faced Robert Pattinson be more attractive then Kate Beckinsale? I’m a straight female & I’d rather get with her then that ugly fail actor.
Go team Doctor Who!!!!
If he doesn’t win, I’m done with this.
same^
WORD. Ten FTW!
They crushed me once already by cutting Spike so early. Don’t know if I can take it if The Doctor loses.
I quit. No one makes the Doctor lose… Maybe we should just take a trip back in the TARDIS…
The Doctor. Always.
How is he losing????
its fixed somehow. damn those clever Daleks.
Get more gay men and straight women on this poll, pronto!
THE DOCTOR!!!! <3 <3 <3