The Boga Blog: 2017 Boga Bake-Off WinnerS

We have a...winner? In an unprecedented ending to the Boga Bake-Off, there are TWO TIES for both the first and third place cookies! We watched with bated breath over the last 36 hours, and "Bey's Baby Reveal" (by Robin) and "Matt Lauer's Peacock Will See You Now" (by Jamie) went back and forth for first place. Within minutes of the end of the voting period, Matt Lauer had a one vote lead, but some stragglers placed final votes resulting in a TIE for the top two cookies.

As this is the first time in 12 years there has been a tie, there was no existing Boga Bake-Off by-law for determining a sole winner. Some people thought Doug should determine the final winner, since he was the original judge. But it was pointed out that Doug had already placed his vote in the poll, so he couldn't vote twice. For the record...he had voted for Matt Lauer!

Initial family reactions to hearing there was a tie:
"We need to flip a coin"
"We put both cookies in separate corners and see which one baby Ethan crawls to"
"We need to check if any unregistered voters snuck in...or a Russia hack"
"Check with Roy Moore"
"Check if there are any hanging chads"

Indeed there were no hanging chads, and it was a clean tie with 56 votes each.

Almost as interesting was watching the fight between the next top cookies: "Christmas Fidget Spinner" (by Jamie) and "Down with Rocket Man" (by Robin). They too went back and forth for third place, but in the end it was another tie. Sadly absent from the top contenders was Nancy's "Mount RushBoga." Despite it being a very original interpretation to her traditional "Bogas" cookie, it did not command mass appeal as it had in years past. And finally, Patrick's eclipse themed cookie surprised everyone by getting ANY votes, let alone 15 to place right behind MountBoga.

Thanks to everyone for voting - we hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Below are the full tallies and cookie artists. Until next year...