Stacy Keibler wins Baltimore Celebrity Smackdown
Former WWE diva and Rosedale native Stacy Keibler used her 42-inch legs to run away with The Baltimore Celebrity Smackdown title.
Keibler – one of eight finalists from the original field of 64 in baltimoresun.com’s tournament to crown Baltimore’s biggest celebrity based on online voting – received a whopping 442,831 votes (74.6 percent), easily finishing ahead of runner-up Marin Alsop (149,005 votes, 25.1 percent), the conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The other six participants combined accounted for just 0.3 percent.
To get to the final round, Keibler routed Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon (90.1 percent to 9.9 percent), Orioles Hall of Famer Cal Ripken (78.4 to 21.6) and record-setting Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps (79.7 to 20.3) in one-on-one-match-ups.
The people have spoken.
I’ll post some comments from Keibler later.
Comments
what do you know, the hot chick won.
Posted by: john bratt | November 9, 2009 4:29 PM
Congrats Ms. Keibler, that's quite a victory!
Now, I certainly voted for her, and I'm glad she won, but those are some extraordinary numbers. I mean... 442,000? I'm not complaining, mind you, I'm just sayin'...
Posted by: Jules B. | November 9, 2009 5:26 PM
We decide to call it a celebrity "smackdown" and then everyone acts surprised when a former pro wrestler wins.
Congratulations, Stacy. You and your 42-inch legs have a special place in our hearts.
Posted by: Pro Wrestling Gone Bad | November 9, 2009 5:40 PM
Someone has a voting program or way too much time
Posted by: bertross | November 9, 2009 7:11 PM
I like Stacy, but... I smell a conspiracy! Baltimore Sun administrators, I think I have a job in Afghanistan for you...
Posted by: Ted | November 10, 2009 10:14 AM
I love me some Stacy Keibler, but this is absurd. Furthermore, the conductor of the BSO finished second? Someone must have a BSO blog that has roughly 1/3 the readership of Kevin's.
Posted by: Don | November 10, 2009 3:33 PM
Marin Alsop????? Should have been 100% to 0%.
Posted by: Tony | November 10, 2009 6:54 PM
DAMN!
Posted by: steve in seoul | November 11, 2009 1:45 AM
Now, I'm not complaining at all, but why is it that when I went to the Finals page, it showed Marin Alsop with 538K votes to Stacy's 442K? Just wondering. Here is the link http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-smackdown-finalround,1,6112646.poll
By the way...THANK YOU guys for changing the voting procedure and having people type in the codes as it was quite obvious that there was a certain someone (N.A.) who was using some sort of 'bot' to get the amount of votes that he was getting. Wish you would've had that in place before the contest started...the results may have been different.
RESPONSE FROM KE: I will investigate. Obviously some funny business going on after the voting was closed. Alsop gained like 400,000 votes; the other seven participants got none.
Posted by: Alan J. | November 17, 2009 10:14 AM
Those who find Marin Alsop as an unlikely second in the contest have no clue as to what happens in the real world. Ms. Alsop is known on three continents; Keibler who? Daughter of a cookie baron?
Posted by: L. M. Birden | November 18, 2009 5:24 AM