The Winners! Thanks to Mona @ kirida ^[1] for sharing your picture.

So yeah, it’s been a good week and a half since we hosted the blarch badness awards ceremony at the Skylark Cafe ^[2]. We’ve been meaning to get the final results up since then, but our esteemed tournament organizer has been caught up in work. I guess we’ll have to give him a pass…this time!

Before I announce the winners of the 2008 Seattle Metblogs Blarch Badness Tournament of Blogs, I’d like to again thank our sponsors for the fabulous prizes. Hotel Max ^[3] donated a night’s stay at their property, Sub Pop ^[4] threw in a bunch of cds (including the Flight of the Conchords ^[5] ep that I am so coveting right now), Neumo’s ^[6] gave away two tickets to a show of the winner’s choice and accoutremonts, and Northwest Film Forum ^[7] ponied up tickets for a show at their establishment. Oh and thanks to Wesa for finding the super-sweet trophy as well. All in all, quite a bag of goodies for our winners.

This year might have had a tiny bit of controversy, but I think the ultimate winners were inevitable (and well deserved!). And so, without further ado, the winning blog of this year’s crazy tournament: West Seattle Blog ^[8]! Who, in a fitting touch, live blogged the party. Congratulations, WSB!

Thanks also to the bloggers who attended the ceremony, all the bloggers who participated in the tournament, as well as the fine folks from Skylark who took care of us and fed us (among other things) pie and ice cream. (Pam @ Nerd’s Eye View has a great shot ^[9] and recap of the ceremony at her blog.) I hope everyone had a good time. I’m already looking forward to next year!