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<\/a><\/p>\nIt was a war of attrition this round with epic battles being fought all over the place, including the upset of the tournament so far.<\/p>\n
After nearly 41,000 votes were cast this round (that\u2019s over 65,000 votes total so far and a new 2nd round record!!), we have our Exquisite 8!!<\/p>\n
(Quick Note: Apparently there was a glitch and some people were still able to cast votes after I closed the polls at 10pm. Those votes did not count towards the totals you see below.)<\/p>\n
Check out the results below and\u00a0get ready to vote for the Exquisite 8 round starting TODAY @ 9AM EST!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
1ST ROUND RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\nDiego Morgado (Son of God<\/em>)\u00a0\u2013 18% \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Willem Dafoe (<\/strong><\/em>The Last Temptation of Christ<\/strong>) \u2013 82%<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nTed Neely (Jesus Christ Superstar<\/em>) \u2013\u00a049%\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Jim Caviezel (<\/em>The Passion of the Christ)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 51%<\/strong><\/p>\nChristians\u2019 New Love For Matthew McConaughey \u2013 52% \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Integrity \u2013\u00a048%<\/p>\nRachel Held Evans \u2013 44% \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Greg Boyd \u2013 56%<\/strong><\/p>\nMark Sandlin \u2013 64%<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Nicolas\u2019 Cage\u2019s\u00a0Left Behind<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 37%<\/p>\nGay Wedding Cake \u2013 42% \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Pope Francis \u2013 58%<\/strong><\/p>\nStephanie Drury & Matthew Paul Turner \u2013 3,483<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Coloring Book Steven Furtick\u00a0\u2013 3,471<\/p>\nNadia Bolz-Weber\u2019s Tattoos \u2013 65%<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Reality \u2013 35%<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
BRACKET LEADERS<\/strong><\/p>\n1. Aaron Rostad \u2013 51<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Aneel Trivedi \u2013 51<\/p>\n
2. Pierre Thierry \u2013 46<\/p>\n
2. Jessica Cramer \u2013 46<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Kara Govoni \u2013 45<\/p>\n
4. Lindsay Bradford-Ewart \u2013 44<\/p>\n
4. Darryl \u2013 44<\/p>\n
4. Jonathan Lewis \u2013 44<\/p>\n
5. Bryant Manning \u2013 43<\/p>\n
6. James Gawne \u2013 42<\/p>\n
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