It appears voters have eschewed the political for the local blogs featuring other subjects as the best local blog competition reaches the finals.
More surprisingly, each of the top three seeds are out as none of them gained a lot of traction in the semifinals – on the other hand, both repeating finalists from last year which survived the opening rounds made it through. The three winners which will be moving on are listed in bold from each semifinal, along with their original seeding.
Semifinal #1:
- #5 Salisbury Soapbox – 38 votes (57.58%)
- #1 Random Thoughts of a Citymouse – 21 votes (31.82%)
- #9 Delmar Dustpan – 7 votes (10.61%)
Semifinal #2:
- #4 afterthegoldrush – 112 votes (88.89%)
- #3 The Salisbury Grinch – 8 votes (6.35%)
- #8 Delmarva Sportsmen – 6 votes (4.76%)
Semifinal #3:
- #7 Twirling, Twirling, Twirling Towards Freedom – 51 votes (87.93%)
- #6 Delmarva Shorebirds Blog – 6 votes (10.34%)
- #2 Right Coast – 1 vote (1.72%)
The winners of the last two semifinals are the repeat finalists from last year, as afterthegoldrush will be defending its title against Twirling and newcomer Salisbury Soapbox.
I’ll go ahead and leave the poll up through Saturday, with the winner once again receiving a lovely package of bragging rights for the next year.