It was a very tight race in the final bracket between Vampire Diaries Ian Somerhalder who plays Damon and Robert Pattinson. Here’s what happened according to EW:
“Still, the final Edward-v.-Damon showdown trumped ‘em all. Our polls were open for 72 hours, and midway through the final day of voting, the virile vampires were separated by less than 200 votes. With six hours remaining, and our finalists still locked in a statistical dead-heat, EW.com’s Sexy Beast special-ops team decided to hide our poll results, and began to plan a special issue of Entertainment Weekly commemorating a tournament that had becoming nothing short of an Internet sensation. When the blood, sweat, and broken fangs were wiped away, who was the winner? Let this be the official reveal: Damon Salvatore eked out a mild upset victory over Edward Cullen by a margin of 138,630 to 134,728, a difference of just 3,902 votes.”
At least it’s a vampire either way.. =o)Damon Salvatore is pretty yummy at least!
who won??? i dont get it…
Damon won. Check out the bold section of the last paragraph.
i am so happyn
i am so happy
That stinks. I voted for Edward about 20 times.
You could only vote once!
As far a I understand it you were supposed to be able to vote as many times as you want.
Unfortunately, no. When you would attempt to vote again, a small note “Thank you, your vote has already been counted” appeared and the count didn’t change. I even tried to clear the cookies, but that didn’t work. I guess they tracked IP addresses.
You could vote as much as you like but the polls would only enter your first vote. So basically you could only vote once, yeah.
It was a lot of fun doing all tht polls.
Edwards Still 1 # to Me : ]
Hear, hear!!!!
Me too!!!
agreed.
nooooooooooooo
edward sooooo deserves no. 1 
<3 <3 <3
Yay!!! Damon prevails! Oh happy day… I’m sorry but Ian is one hot hot man.. Ow!
I mean LOOK at Alcide on that front cover. Smokin’ hot. C’mon, people c’mon!
Mmmmmm, Alcide. Yummy!
So true! I mean, I love Rob and all, but… look at those abs! The man is a living God!
Yeah…the men of True Blood are definitely nice to look at. Love me some Eric!!
Eclisse: I agree with you on that one. it should’ve been Damon and alcide in the final two
You guys could of used a better pic of Edward. The one you had up sucked……………No fare…Recount!!
I was speaking to EW !
#2 is not bad at all…we should be happy that Rob made it to the final round!
BOO HISS – He is hot but he is no Robert Pattinson
dislike!
Lol no he isn’t, he shaves and washes his hair
well done Ian 
I still like RPattz, though Ian has nice eyes.
Who is Ian S, which one is he on this cover?
Bottom left corner Sherri,he plays Damon on The Vampire Diaries.
hes the one in the lower left corner
I can’t see Edward past Alcide’s chest and Wolverine’s arms.
If we are talking sexy “beast,” my mind doesn’t compute Twilight vampires except maybe in fanfiction…or Emmett could potential be beastly.
Very Frustrating. I feel like not enought of Rob/Edward fans voted and we let Rob down! There is no doubt that Rob has more fans than Ian. I will NOT be buying this copy of EW.
not me either- edward should have won- i voted
Bummer.
Ian was hotter in Lost, if we were talking about that maybe i might have chosen him, but its Rob we’re talking about?
Rob lost?! Why?! I bet millions voted for him, and he lost? Oh come on!!!
But Ian is hot too! Good job…though I still wanted Rob to win!
sorry to let everyone down but im one that voted for Ian. Im a die hard twilight fan but i have to give credit where credit is due I love Edward, but not rob if that makes sense. When hes not in character, i dont find him attactive. Just my opinion. Ian is a sexy beast in or out of character. just sayin
AND im sure if you gave the vampire diaries a chance, you will be team damon too! there is just no way around it lol
It should have been JACOB!!
TEAM DAMON!!! YAY! Good job to Edward & all the Team Edward fans who voted. It was definitely a very close race. I have always been Team Edward as well, but in a SEXY BEAST contest you can’t get sexier and beastier than Damon!!!!!!!
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Amanda I agree 100%!! GO IAN & DAMON!!!
All you Twilight fans may want to give Vampire Diaries a shot! I guarantee most of you who do will be pleasantly surprised! Season 1 comes out next week!!!
I voted for Rob but I have to say I love Ian in Vampire Diaries and I am not sad that he won… Either way they are both good looking guys !
I am still Twilight obsessed and it has a special place in my heart, and I can’t wait until both Breaking Dawn movies come out!!! That being said no one is sexier than Damon!! And I include Edward, Jacob, Emmett & the whole cast of Twilight. Stefan is yummy too, but Damon is on a whole other level of hotness! HE SMOLDERS!!! IAN I SHOULD SAY cause he was smokin’ in LOST too!!!
That’s B.S I know lots of people who didn’t vote who would of voted for Edward. It’s a small poll nothing to worry about.
Edward isn’t a beast he’s an angel hehe
Agreed! LOL
Yeah He’s an Angel!!
))) Now I’m Happy!!!!! hehe
I may love Edward, but Damon is smokin’ hot!
ANDREA @ couldnt have said it better myself! So so true! There is just no way to go back to Edward once you have been melted by DAMONS hottness. Im sure most of the ppl who voted Edward, have not seen Damon work his magic….. that look he gives….Ok i better stop…. hehe
As actors go, I’m glad Damon (Ian! Yeah!) won. But I would have voted for “book Edward” if it were an option.
Three cheers for Book Edward!
Hear Hear!! Book Edward!! But I still love Rob, MR just screwed up the movie character.
You are very right about that!!!
Edward is a “gentleman” and very romantic! Damon is not!!! Edward all the way.
i dont think youve read the books. hes actually a really good guy. he just embraced what he is. and ian somerhalder is the perfect incarnation of damon. the only difference are the eyes…no contacts in TVD. yes, he is one hell of a sexy beast.
Voted for Damon, he is the Sexiest Beast! Ian makes Damon smolder!
I demand a re-count!!!
Congrats to Damon! Though he didn’t have all the Twilight haters voting against him… The comments on the EW article show clearly how many people resent Twilight’s success. But Edward will always be our sexiest beast!
Edward is the best vamp hands down, and this from someone who loves Damon! Edward is the winner in my heart anyway
Oh well, Damon’s hot too ^^
TEAM DAMON EAT THAT EDWARD
I love Ian from LOST. So if Edward Cullen had to lose to someone… I guess that was a good choice. I’ve never seen vampire diaries.
I don’t like Alcide and hope he doesn’t come back though I’m sure he will. I want Sookie & Eric. Eric Northman is one hot vamp.
Book Edward or Movie Edward doesn’t really matter I love them both and they will remain number 1 in my book however, Ian REALLY I would pick Paul Wesley all day everyday over Ian(smh).