TiFaux Madness: Men Round One
Posted by Maggie
March 25th, 2007 at 03:20pm
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UPDATE: This poll is closed! Click here for the latest round of voting.
We at TiFaux are proud to present the 64 hottest television men, organized in bracket format. Even if we didn’t have room for all your favorites, you will have to admit that this a fine-looking group of gentlemen. Click here for a more readable bracket: tifauxmadnessmen.pdf, and click here to skip down to the women’s second round voting.

You know the drill — vote for who you think is hottest, and the winners of those pairs will advance to the next round. The dudes are not seeded; once again we thought it would be more fun to have themed matches in the first round. Get your vote in by Friday and we’ll post the next round of voting by Monday.
And, as always, feel free to hash out your difficult decisions in the comments.
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Whew. That’s it. Tell all your friends to vote by Friday, and then check back on Monday for voting on the next round. And don’t forget to vote in the second round of the women’s bracket. Download your very own printable men’s bracket here: tifauxmadnessmen.pdf.
All right, that was really hard. Seriously, Maggie, Helo v. Michael Vaughn? Are you trying to kill me?
Helo v. Vartan is this bracket’s Kaylee v. Starbuck.
By the way, if people don’t start voting for Timothy Olyphant in overwhelming numbers, I will be forced to start posting bullying photo-essays proclaiming his awesomeness. Don’t think I don’t have one planned.
Also, the more I stare at those photos of Topher Grace and Joshua Jackson, the more I’m convinced they are robots minted from the same face-mold.
Let’s just hope the High School Musical-bots don’t figure out that their beloved High Priest is on the bracket . . .
1) Hooray, Desmond! *Crosses fingers that he advances*
2) The one I had the most trouble with was Nate Corddry vs. Jason Segel. Too much adorable for one bracket.
3) Matt Lauer is okay, but NY’s local Today Show news guys are much hotter. Raer Chris Cimino.
4) Joshua Jackson isn’t even in the same LEAGUE as Topher Grace (aka my back-up boyfriend in case anything ever happens to Jesse).
Although there are so many people I only voted for one as I don’t know or am interested in any of the others. I voted forn Michael Vartan, I will vote for him any time any where.
1) taye diggs is one of the hottest people on the planet. plus, no mullet. what is wrong with you people?
2) in what world is eric mccormik hotter than michael c. hall? hello? angst? actually kissing his boyfriends? how is that less hot than becoming a caricature of yourself?
3) why is jon stewart listed as “self” but stephen colbert is listed as “stephen colbert”? i am confused.
Cmon people! Spike can’t lose in the first round! The cheekbones! The fake accent!
Katie, yay for picking up on the Stephen Colbert thing, which was completely on purpose. That’s one of those inside jokes with myself, because Jon’s just Jon, but “Stephen Colbert” is a character invented by the actor Stephen Colbert.
Marisa, I don’t know how Topher Grace can be your back-up boyfriend, because he’s totally my backup boyfriend. I do not know why he’s losing.
Ditto on the Spike thing. As much as I love Logan… Come on. It’s Spike.
SO TORN! Brody vs. Stephen was tough.
Everyone should vote for Wentworth Miller (Michael Scofield, Prison Break) because he is broody, yet kind. He’s an effing genius and has some serious compassion. I know Jack Bauer is incredible, but Michael is my FUTURE HUSBAND.
Word on Helo vs. Vaughn. And WHY is Olyphant, losing, Maggie?! Can’t you fix these results, for chrissakes?!
And I agree on Stephen Colbert and his character, but my explanation of it expands to include that Jon Stewart also has a “Jon Stewart” character, but his persona is much closer to his real self than Colbert’s is.
also, WTF, people! george clooney is far and away better looking that stupid mcdreamy! he’s GEORGE CLOONEY! what is wrong with you? what? i don’t understand.
this is stressing me out.
Katie — I think we might be sharing a brain today. Clooney, Diggs, Hall — all of them deserve to be whupping their competitors. The one I would add to that list is Jim from The Office. I’ve never watched The OC, but I can’t imagine Adam Brody was anywhere near as endearing.
That’s a deeply unattractive photo of John Krasinski there, and I think it’s affecting the balloting. He looks all bloated and hungover next to the svelte girliness that is Adam Brody.
I’d like to know how people are justifying voting for T.R. Knight. Does anyone like that whiny little twit? And over the golden perfection that is NPH?!
Kyle Chandler…hottest football coach, mentor, husband, father, EVER!
Hey - that was really fun! Yummy, too
How is that guy from How I Met Your Mother winning over Nate Corddry? C’mon people, vote!
This is a great idea by the way. Whoever thought of this is a genius!
Ohhh c’mon folks… vote for Spike! There’s never BEEN a character like him. He’s timeless, his story is timeless.. Think of all the depths and dimensions of this amazing character and weigh it up against the other.. and there’s no comparison. Spike’s gotta win hands down. *ahem*.. *grins*.. uhh, thank you.
Soory, Maggie…Jon is soooooooooooooooo Jon, and Mr. Colbert is wonnnderful… but just not Jon.
How anyone could vote to Lauer over Cooper leaves me confused …
Hugh Laurie IS House…and the ONLY reason to watch Fox… quick call a doc, I need my CNN transfusion
kiefer on 24 is sexy wish i was down his pants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How is Spike tied with that guy? He should totally be in the lead. Keep those votes coming=)
kiefer where are you sexy man need ur pants i want suck ur eye balls out…………… LOL……….
GREYS!
patrick.
t.r.
justin.
Nathan Fillion people, come on! Vote for the Captain!
Oh yeah, and Spike too. *g*
Spike/james is the MOST sexy men in the heart!!

*drool*
Ahhhhh! You pitted Spike against Logan? Not fair. They are practically the same character living in two different universes. Though when comes down to the wire, I always have to go with Spike.
No David Boreanaz? Whaaa!!??? But then I guess he owns the UST Sidekick catagory — it just wouldn’t have been a fair match
Thanks. There are never enough opportunities to vote for Spike/James Marsters.
Cristin - please tell me you had nothing to do with deciding who made it onto the bracket . . . and if you did, tell me, where is Jerry Orbach in the L&O Detective category?!?
Definitely George Clooney.
Also, in the battle of Brody vs. Stephen, I voted for the “douchey-ist.” Was that wrong?
Webmaster Kyle, where did these people come from?!
And WHERE was Goran Visnjic??? Much more heart throbby that some of your other pics.
Sara, they came from all over the damn Internets. A plurality of our new readers come to us from whedonesque.com (hi Joss fans! Keep those Nathan Fillion votes coming.) many from the go.com forums, which being part of what I thought was a defunct Disney venture, I suspect is Grey’s Anatomy-related. We even have a handful of visitors from a fanfic bulletin board. Yesterday was our biggest day ever. It’s a good thing we moved to a new server because we’d be all out of bandwidth if we hadn’t.
seriously people…..voting for milo over leto??????? what are you THIRTEEN????? LETO!! LETO!!! LETO!!!!
The first choice made me cry! Jack vs. Michael! and all these spring chickens voting for Patrick Dempsey over George Clooney! My poor heart! I was sad to not see any battle of the FBI agents. Hello, David Duchovny!
PATRICK DEMPSEY! HELLZ YEAH! George is cute, but Patrick is…mcDreamy.
And Hugh Laurie and Justin Chambers? That was HARD! But ultimately I had to go with my Houseyyy.
Wentworth Miller is so much prettier than Kiefer.
Patrick Dempsey has better hair. Clooney is a douche.
And John Krasinski is always ftw.
I LIKE WENTWORTH MILLER FOREVER!!!
You miss the mark with the playing it gay where was Gale Harold for this list. He is quite possibly the hottest guy to EVER play it gay.
Kiefer is one cool Canadian, House rocks the house and NO ONE is cooler than James Marsters!! Get that man a regular series, because there are hordes of fans who want to see him in their bedrooms, Ipods, living rooms or internet cafes every week!
Seriously, how can Totally Conflicted Spy Guy beat out Hot Man Who Would Die For You?
Tahmoh Penikett as Helo…..well, ladies, if he votes out in the first round, does anyone mind if I have him? I’m willing to give up calling Pacey’s Creek by that name for that man.
Im sorry but how the hell? is Keifer sutherland above Wentworth in the hotness stakes…that has got to be a joke right? come on now Wentworth is obviously better looking than this man, and waaaaaaaay more badass!! shake it up in here peeps and get voting for the Pretty…
Patrick is just a McDreamy, and George Clooney looks too old!!
Votate For James Marsters (Spike) Is The Best !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Helo vs. Vaughan that was just cruel. But since BSG is my current obsession I had to go with my Helo.
Common People vote for Helo
And yay that my Captain (Nathan Fillion) is winning.
And Hello Spike is way better then Logan I mean come on. He has the accent and the cheek bones and he’s all ripped and ass kicking.
Spike is Gold!
Votate x il bellissimo James Marsters!!!!!!
Il migliore!!!!^^
Clearly Kiefer Sutherland is better than Wentworth Miller. The category is best badass…you can’t even compare the two. Michael is like a wimp by comparison…lol
Having to pick between Joshua Jackson and Topher Grace made me very sad =(
I agree with the George Clooney thing… I mean, sure, McDreamy looks very okay and all, but we’re talking about GEORGE CLOONEY here people!
Oh, and my poor Jared… I know it’s Milo Ventimiglia, I really like him too, but come on, think about Jared’s pretty face
Uh, just curious about how Matthew Fox could be there against himself - well, two separate characters, I realize, but a definite pass to the next round?
Helo vs. Vaughan - shoot me now lol…. what a choice to have to make!!
But definitely James Marsters over Jason Dohring! Spike rules!
Man, all my faves are losing! John Krasinski! Jason Dohring! Stephen Colbert (I still love you Jon!)! Hugh Laurie! Come on you guys!!
The BEST Michael Vartan!!!!
bye!
JAMES MARSTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CLINTON KELLYYYYYY
Wow, Office’s Jim and OC’s what’s-his-face are really close.
Where is David Duchovny?
Okay, so Kiefer is lovely and all, but with a name like Wentworth and a face like a Greek God, HE HAS TO WIN!!!
Michael Vartan wins any contest for me.
I’d watch him in anything.
Captain Reynolds, this is one battle you’re gonna win!!!!!!!!
I agree, we should have had a section for FBI Agents. Although, I have a different David in mind…
David Boreanaz deserves to be on the list! Although, if it came down to him and the Captain, my heart would break over having to make the choice…
Hardest for me was the Spike/Logan one.
What is wrong with you people? You made me choose between Logan & Spike. Damn that was hard.
Matthew Perry should be listed as Matt Albie, Studio 60.
Actually, Olive you may not remember this because it was rarely seen and only stayed on the air for 10 years, but Matthew Perry used to be on a TV show called Friends in which he played a character named Chandler. Thus when pitted against Kyle Chandler it becomes “Battle of the Chandlers.”
VOTE KYLE CHANDLER! GO COACH!!!!
Alec Baldwin is a head of Steven Weber puhlease Only good looking Baldwin is Adam. Hey there’s a catagory for you. Baldwins. And for sexiest golden hearted A hole… They say age before beauty but hey the guy can do both. That other guy is young and pretty now but just what will he look like later, not like James. So why should any one have a tough choice there.
Tahmoh is the hottest…Have you seen him? If you haven’t..you gotta check out Battlestar Gallactica. He is totally hot. I just can’t believe a lot of the other really HOT men aren’t there. James Callis, Jamie Bamber…… Man
Ok, Matt Perry has not been CHANDLER in 5 years! Come on Y’all, VOTE KYLE CHANDLER. The best coach in the nation!!!!
My poor Jason Lee. How dare they pit you with someone against whom you are doomed to fail? *cries*
Also, Spike vs. Logan was unfair, but Spike is the ultimate winner.
Michael Vartan all the way!!! He’s the best!!! lol
Vote Kyle Chandler! I remember him best from “Homefront”…1991 - 1993, as Jeff Metcalf. Go Coach!
Is it really fair to put Wentworth Miller under a “badass” theme, especially opposite Mr. Badass himself? I mean, am I the only one who never would have thought of calling Scofield (who, don’t get me wrong, I think is gorgeous) a badass? The only one for who these two characters are simply not comparable in that aspect… As to hotness, lets face it - you put my dream final in the first round
How is Michael C. Hall so behind for best actor playing gay? Love. Especially on Dexter. Whoo, boy.
And Helo vs. Michael? Cruel and unusual punishment right there.
I had difficulty with Kyle Chandler vs. Chandler. I was, and still am, completely in love with Chandler. But… Kyle Chandler was on Early Edition and was my very first TV crush. *sigh* The good old days…
How can WENTWORTH MILLER with those sexy eyes, a sexy body, & a sexy voice even be compared to that Kefer dude?
There’s something seriously wrong with that. How can any sane person choice Kefer over WENTWORTH MILLER? That’s like asking someone if they want a brand new computer or an 1990 computer & them chosing the 1990 computer.
No contest for anyone who’s seen the episode of Battlestar Galactica where Helo’s walking around half the show without a shirt on. Yummm…. Go Tahmoh!
How can you have Spike V Logan?? Two of my favourite TV characters ever… Guess I have a thing for the bad boys!
I love you wen!!!
you are perfect guy
Go Hunks!
nic, you take that back!! it’s WENTY ….ALL THE WAY!!!!
Go Men
go
Yeah
Go Michael
Need to have a ‘not hot’ or “butt ugly” option…but, go Wentworth, even if you are gay I’ll still dream about you
Everyone’s hot
Can’t wait to see the results.
Even though there are many men on this list that are simply wonderful . There will never be anyone wonderful enough to compare to Michael Vartan ,I don’t care what the poll results come out to say .
I’m with Sara. Helo vs. Vaughn? *faints*
This fellow is super, exclusively handsome and wise
Michael Vartan no question!!! He’s the best!! =) And the hottest!
Michael Vartan = l’homme le plus magnifique dans l’univers!!!!
Helo???….fraking toaster lover
WENTWORTH IS THE BEST !!!!
Zac Efron is the best!!
Zac Efron is the best of all time!
He’s soooooo hott!
Nothing will ever change that!
He will be hot even when he’s gonna be like 90 I betcha.
ZAC THE BEST EVER! ♥
Every poll has aorund 3000/6000 total votes. The Tahmoh/Michael one has more than 16000. There’s something wrong going there.
OMG Sawyer!!!!
I am sad about Jared Leto. I know this dates me (woo, I am in my mid thirties, woo), but come on! Milo is pretty, but not as pretty as Jared.
Michael Vartan’s votes just went up by 6000 in less than five minutes….wow!!!
hey!!!!!i voted for Zac Efron because he is sooooo CUTE!!!!!!The 1 in Smallville Superman is cute too, but Zac is better.Bye!!!
Wentworth Miller!!!
I’m your girl!!!
Go Matthew Perry! You are the hottest guy alive
hey you guys,don’t forget to vote ZAC EFRON!! he’s an awesome guy. he sings,dance,and act well too! so don’t miss the oppurtunity to vote for him or you will miss a chance to vote him as jonathan thomas is leading the votes now. bye
It was fun..!
Zac Efron!!!!
Kiss Charlotte
ps. I cam from Holland!!!!! Jeeeh!
zac Efron!!!! The Best!
I Love Him!
kiss Charlotte
ps. Holland!
Justin Chmabers!!!!
i think zac efron is hot and sexy. i think you should have corbin bleu on this site.
anna
hooray, the HSM crowd has arrived! welcome, my dears.
in other disturbing news, KIEFER IS NOW LOSING. go ahead, jack, stand in line with the rest of your hot friends who are being wrongfully voted out of this tournament.
i fear i no longer have anything in common with popular opinion. i thought we could all agree on GEORGE CLOONEY, but apparently not. tear.
why have people been voting for johnathan over zac that is just so wrong zac effron is gorgeous
and zac is proper sexy I will love him forever and allways and you should have jesse mcartney on here and corbin blu
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VOTE ZAC EFRON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i vote for zac!!! he is the hottest
I voted for Zac Efron… I think he is soooooo HOTT!!!!!
help zac win!!!!! i dont know how people think that he is not hott… if u like him, please help him win… VOTE FOR ZAC EFRON!!!!!!!!!!
ZAC EFRON IS THE BEST OF THE WORLD!!!
I LOVE YOU ZACC….
HE IS THE BEST OMG..
I VOTED FOR HIM..
ZAC THE BEST FOR EVER…
I LOVE ZAC♥
VOTEEM NO ZAC POORFAVOR !
O NOSSO MAIS GOSTOSOO !
UHUL
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Crazy - whoever loses the Spike/Logan match-up will probably have the third highest vote count for all 64. it’s the 2000 US election all over again!!! We may need a recount of the hanging chads !
zac fans:
VOTE FOR WENTWORTH MILLER!
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if zac goes.
Zaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaac Efron !!!!!!!!!
Zac is the best !!!!!!!
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If i wer u i wood vote for Zac he is so cool if u never met him i fell bad for u vot for Zac He is the HOTEST guy in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have no idea who Zac Efron is, but it is clear that his fans have a mental age (and perhaps a chronological age) of about 12. Good luck with that puberty thing….
If Vartan wins it’s only because his petion signing freek-a-zoid fans are stuffing the ballot box. Is that fair?
I agree with aliasfan - the validity of the Vartan vote needs to be called into question I think!
SENT FROM ABOVE, WENTWORTH
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Zac Efron was in High School Musical. That says it all.
Apologies to the “regulars” around here, I’m sure there must be a lot of commotion from what basically amounts to tour busses filled with fans for a specific show/character suddenly unloading their screaming, cheering passengers on your peaceful way of life. I know I wandered in from a mailing list.
Interesting categories/match-ups. Poor Logan…he’s such a great character, but there’s no way he can compete with the militant Spike fans. …Or, really, Spike…I mean, they’re both around when their ladies need punches thrown, but I’m pretty sure Spike hits a little harder.
The Jon Stewart vs. Stephen Colbert thing was the hardest one…I still haven’t decided yet.
Good luck to all the lovely fellas, and thanks to the folks hosting this poll/contest/thingie!
Is it really fair to single out only the Vartan fans? It appears that the average vote for most candidates is about 2,000; Tahmoh has almost 16,000 votes… how do you assume, then, that all his votes are valid while the votes for Michael are not?
I don’t know that the other fans aren’t stuffing the ballots, but for Vartan, I KNOW its stuffed because the fans are talking about it on fan site devoted to him. They are encouraging the members to come here and vote and vote often. Watch how quickly his numbers rise in the next few days.
As Barlee pointed out, Tahmoh has at least 3 times as many votes than anyone in any of the other brackets, but I’m POSITIVE that those are all valid.
For shame Vartan fans!! How dare you?! We BSG fans outnumber all other fans by startling percentages, but we would never try to work the system.
Michael Vartan has legions of fans for good reasons. Why do you attack the people who fought to keep him on Alias? Why would people have bothered if they didn’t think he was worth it? That’s a sign of a winning combination in an actor. We who wrote the network and sponsors aren’t lunatics. That was a commitment to keep him on a show we loved and that we knew would not be the same without him - and it wasn’t, as the numbers proved. I don’t think most of us have time to sit around and vote a zillion times for him just for a poll that relatively few people will even know about. It would be fun to see him do well or even win but it doesn’t compare with saving his job and, in our eyes, OUR show in our hearts. And by the way, it’s amazing to me he’s winning given how that picture does not do him justice and Helo’s pic is so hot! Here’s hoping for a picture that looks more like him for the later rounds.
WTF? You stupid or what? why have you not got Goran Visnjic up? Just voted the sexiest TV star.
Get your eyes tested most hear are really ugly
ITS ALL ABOUT ZAC EFRON BABY!!!!!!!!!!
poeple need to stop voting for the other guy.
please vote for zac efron!