That Flight Into Egypt

oldmanbracket:

Tumblr’s 2025 Sexiest Old Man

✨ ✨✨Mads Mikkelsen✨✨✨

Out of a whopping 12,867 votes on the final poll, Mads Mikkelsen (59) beat Michael Sheen (56) with 65.5% of the vote.

Thank you everyone who participated!

Old Man Bracket Wrapped:

• This bracket started on February 12th and ran for 56 days.
• The submission form was open for just 4 days and received a total of 398 responses.
• Our first round had 65 contenders, ranging in age from 52 to 85.
• Our bracket included 18 men in their 50s, 26 men in their 60s, 17 men in their 70s, and 5 men in their 80s.
• Our youngest ‘old man’ was Idris Elba at 52, and our oldest man was Ian McKellen at 85.
• The poll with the most notes (4,931) AND the most votes (22,107) was our quarterfinal Mads Mikkelsen vs David Tennant matchup.
• The poll with the closest outcome was our round 1 Paul McCartney vs Stephen Fry matchup, which closed at a 50/50 percentage split, with Stephen Fry winning by exactly one vote out of 3,327 total.
• At the time of this post we have 2,387 followers. (Holy cow!!!)

This has been so much fun, and you haven’t seen the last of this blog! I’ll be taking a break for a while, but I will reopen submissions later tonight. Stay tuned! Our next bracket(s) will likely be smaller, possibly themed, tournaments.

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