And there they are, your Fug Madness 2016 field of sixty-four. They look pretty gnarly, don’t they?
What is Fug Madness? Glad you asked; here’s the FAQ, but in brief I can tell you that it’s our annual elimination-style tournament that decides who the fugliest celeb of the time period is — and the reason we do this time period as opposed to a nice, clean year-ender is to dovetail with the college basketball March Madness. We started it that way in 2008 and it’d be weird to change it now; we are nothing if not creatures of habit.
The eligibility period for outfits goes from February 23rd, 2015, to March 1, 2016. Another way of looking at it: from Oscars to Oscars. If they wore it to this year’s ceremony, it counts; if they wore it after, it goes in Fug Madness 2017. Likewise, if they wore it to last year’s Oscars, it doesn’t count, because it was included in Fug Madness 2015.
Each celeb has been chosen with moderate care, seeded with our wildest guesses, and then randomly plopped into one of four brackets. This determines their path to the championship. So for example, we decide which four celebs are ranked No. 1, but of those No. 1 seeds, the randomizer chooses which bracket in which they live. And so on and so forth. That way, the universe decides. Isn’t it nice that we can hand off the tough decisions? Truthfully, it’s because we’d much rather be amused and surprised by the games than to be their puppetmasters.
This is decided by reader votes. Clear your cache and vote as often as you like. The first round starts Thursday, March 17, and let me tell you, mixing this much fug with green beer will test your constitution intensely. Oh, and the name of each bracket means nothing; they’re simply in honor of four historic, artistic fuggers, who paved the way for those who cleave to sartorial inanity.
The full printable bracket is here; click to view it all and print:
If that’s not letting you click on it to enlarge and print, then try this PDF version: Fug_Madness_bracket_2016
And a list of who’s in what bracket, and at what ranking, lives after this jump.
1. Rita Ora
2. Kate Hudson
3. Miley Cyrus
4. Ciara
5. Jennifer Lawrence
6. Keke Palmer
7. Selena Gomez
8. Lily Collins
9. Karolina Kurkova
10. Miranda Kerr
11. Jennifer Morrison
12. Charlize Theron
13. Kourtney Kardashian
14. Gwyneth Paltrow
15. Taylor Schilling
16. FKA Twigs
1. Rooney Mara
2. Heidi Klum
3. Diane Kruger
4. Jaime King
5. Kate Mara
6. Kanye West
7. Gigi Hadid
8. Amber Valletta
9. Emily Ratajkowski
10. Dakota Johnson
11. Bella Thorne
12. Kate Bosworth
13. Elizabeth Olsen
14. Greta Gerwig
15. Nicki Minaj
16. Malin Akerman
1. Kim Kardashian
2. Charli XCX
3. Kylie Jenner
4. Rihanna
5. Chloe Sevigny
6. January Jones
7. Zendaya
8. Irina Shayk
9. Solange
10. Gwen Stefani
11. Holland Roden
12. Julianne Hough
13. Chrissy Teigen
14. Alessandra Ambrosio
15. Cara Delevingne
16. Bella Hadid
1. Jennifer Lopez
2. Lady Gaga
3. Hailee Steinfeld
4. Chloe Grace Moretz
5. Beyonce
6. Cate Blanchett
7. Nicole Kidman
8. Ellie Goulding
9. Katy Perry
10. Serayah
11. Amy Schumer
12. Rose McGowan
13. Julianne Moore
14. Sienna Miller
15. Kate Capshaw
16. Taylor Swift
