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Alpha Showdown will return for its third year on May 15. We’re already getting excited here.
I spent several hours tallying your nominations, and the official bracket for Alpha Showdown 2013 is below (you’ll want to click to make it bigger). We have more urban fantasy characters than usual, and it’s nice to see some fresh blood in the mix. In addition to the normal voting melee, I’m adding a contest with comments this year. Once the Alpha Showdown kicks in (again, voting begins May 15), every comment on a battle post will earn you an entry into a giveaway for books from the final four. Four books (your pick from the backlist). Not a bad deal, huh?
Start getting excited. I’ll be assembling the blogger team to champion the alphas in the next week, and before you know it, we’ll be watching our favorite alpha characters fight it out for the title.
Argh, voting starts while I’m on holiday! Glad to see Terrible and Ryo in there, also Secret and Holden – although they have tough draws.
Let’s get ready to rumble …
I haven’t been following the nominations that closely this year, but….no Bones?!! Also, I’m surprised to see Curran in the running since he won last year. I’m happy to see Vlad and Terrible there.
I never heard of Secrets McQueen – research time – but no Cat and Bones 🙁
To those asking, Bones was not eligible this year. He needed to be prominently featured in a new release. When we get a new Night Huntress book, I’m sure he’ll be back in action.
Reyes against Trehan! That’s going to be a hard one for me!
I thought last year’s winner was not eligible for entry this year. Has that changed because didn’t Curran win last year?
Nope. We’ve never had that limitation. They just need to be a prominent character in a novel released in the eligible year.
Love that Jane Yellowrock and Mercy are there!
Yay! Holden and Secret made the list! 🙂
This is great! I am new here but already excited. Go Vlad and Eric!
Someone can answer me, because Curran is back in fighting if he was the champion of last year? Then Jericho Barrons could compete?
thank you guys
No sorry girls, I confuse myself, sorry…sorry
Come on Ryo!
Eric Northman for the win!
Vlad all the way!!
Terrible for the win!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ryo all the way guys! Can’t wait for voting to start.
Eric Northman!
I love how many new faces we have this year. More from the UF side, too.
It’ll be one hell of a Showdown. 😀
Eric Northman pfft… up against the likes of Reyes Farrow, Curran, Dragos i think not ladies
Go Curran and Vlad!!!!!!!
There are going to be some tough voting this year. Oh, wait, that’s every year.
Love that we have more females this year. I love them all!
Looking forward to my first Alpha Showdown!
I am THRILLED to see two kickass females on here! Go Jane and Mercy!
YAY! Jane made the count.
Yes! Go Jane!
Yay! For Ethan, Reyes, Vlad, Qhuinn, Eric!!!! This should prove intense!
Omg great choices. Go go Reyes, Ryo, Vlad, Curran, Mercy, Adam, Jane, Christian- How can I pick ? Intense action is right !
Mercy, Vlad, Adam, Qhuinn, Reyes!!!
Ahh!!!!! So many favorites!!! This showdown will be even harder than last year’s. May the best alpha win!
It’s gonna be a GREAT showdown!! Cant wait to start voting!!
Reyes! Jericho!
Go Mercy! !
Two of my favorites, Reyes and Vlad made the Tournament and (hooray!) they are on opposite sides of the bracket! This could be really cool!
Reyes farrow for me all the way but also mercedes thompson and adam hauptman..and ryodan
Reyes from Darynda Jones books!!! Love him!! *swoon*
Come on, Ryo! you have to win! 😀
Curran and Jane yellow rock all the way!!!
Jane is my choice for Alpha…like Curran too.
Quinn is in for the winn!!!!
My vote is for Vlad, Ryodan, and Christian in that order.. However I am a huge Mercy fan!
Joanette, Vlad and Christian are facing each other so that’s going to make your choice a little more difficult.
Reyes! *swoon* and Eric Northman!
Reyes! Absolutely love him 🙂
RYODAN AND CHRISTIAN!!!
OMFG, I’m so freaking excited!! <3 Major love over here.
Adam Hauptman, Mercedes Thompson, and Reyes Farrow. In that order.
The females should have their own category. No woman is ever going to win against Jericho or Curran it is an ALPHA SHOWDOWN after all. Don’t get me wrong I love Rachel, Merit, and Cat but they are ever going to win against their alpha men.
Reyes Farrow baby….all the way!!!
Charlie Davidson rocks!!!
Will be back May 15 🙂
Yay for Jane Yellowrock!! Let’s see a FEMALE CHEROKEE come out on top!! Woohoo!!!
Ryodan all the way baby! Don’t get me wrong, I have a lot of love for Vlad, Qhuinn, Terrible, and Eric but there’s just something about Ryodan that captures me. Well him and the rest of the 9. I can’t wait for Burned!
RYODAN FTW!
Looks like there are going to be quite a few interesting battles ahead!!
I think it is really cool there are so many new ones this year!
So many fantastic Alphas to chose from but for me REYES FARROW has the edge. A hard choice to make given such a wealth of fantastic characters the ladies are totally awesome and the enjoyment all these books have given me is unquantifiable.