The Somethingspace Tournament of Hilarious Celebrity References

February Frenzyness has arrived! And we here at Somethingspace are launching our new Tournaments section with the 2003 Tournament of Hilarious Celebrity References. We're sure we're not alone in our love for the funy failures of famous people, or our love for old-fashioned competition. And in the coming weeks, we'll watch top seeds Mr. T, Hasselhoff, Coleman and Heston battle to make the final four as they face stiff competition from the likes of Shatner and Vanilla Ice, and lesser lights Alan Thicke and Buddy Hackett fight to be the Cinderella story.

WEEK SIX - FINAL FOUR - Voting continues this week with semi-final voting. - CLICK HERE TO VOTE - The results of last week's ballot are in! Winners of all fourth-round matchups have been posted. - Click here to view the weekly results and voting schedule - The tournament tree has been updated with Final Four - Click here to download the tournament tree Ultimate Division | Magnificent Division | Ultra Division | Supreme Division

THE CONCEPT

We've set out to determine which celebrity contender packs the most laughs, taking into account their careers, schticks, images and assocations. Who's the biggest jack-ass? The funniest-looking? The biggest failure? Who's name causes gut laughs and spit takes all over America? Who do we love to laugh at? That's what we're here to find out, folks. It's up to you.

THE COMPETITION

64 contenders begin in 4 seperate divisions, ranked 1 through 16. Each week, they'll face each other in head-to-head competition, with your votes deciding who advances and who goes home until two finalists compete for the 2003 Hilarious Celebrity Reference crown!

Print out a copy of the tournament, and size up the field for yourself.

Click here to download a printable PDF of the tournament tree

THE DIVISION SUMMARIES

Before you vote, make damned sure you're up to speed on every one of the contenders. Check out the rankings, pros and cons, tournament outlook and the complete low-down on all 64 competitors, written by our resident expert on useless celebrity knowledge.

Ultimate Division | Magnificent Division | Ultra Division | Supreme Division

VOTING SCHEDULE, WEEK-TO-WEEK RESULTS

For the late starters and big-money office pool players, we've put together a week-by-week schedule of how the voting will go down, and we'll update it every week with the winners from the previous week's ballot.

Click here to view the voting schedule and weekly results

VOTING RULES

Voting will begin when the ballots are posted on Mondays, and will continue until 12:00 am the following Sunday. Ballots, once posted, can be completed by checking off a winner in every category and clicking the "submit" button. Incomplete ballots will not be counted. The truly insane may decide to vote more than once. We won't stop them, but we'll wonder about them a bit. It is essential, however, that you remember that our aim here is to determine who is the most hilarious reference, not who is your favorite actor. So if you love prop gags, you probably shouldn't vote for Carrot Top. Also, you should go fuck yourself.

COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS

Pissed that Piscapo is only a six seed? Wonder where Dave Coulier is? Lark Voorhees? John Ratzenberger? If you're mad that your go-to celeb was left off the list, send an email to tournament chairman Aaron Abrams at abramsaaron@aol.com. He promises to reply promptly with a detailed explanation of why he is right, and you are wrong.