The Second Round

All results are in for The Opening Round! Three of the winning entries from our First Four have moved on again, each taking down their 1-seed opponent. Will we see a return of the magic from six years ago, when Kate R.'s First Four entry "Seductive maternity photo shoots" battled all the way through to be our 2019 Champion?

We again mourn the demise of some truly inspired entries to the tournament. Fans and analysts worldwide were sad to see "Arguing with someone who isn't educated on the subject," "Getting in an Uber, waking up in the hospital," "Baby boomers adopting and thus slowing down TSA PreCheck," and "Walking past the cum trees in April" all pack their bags, after all received tough first-round draws. I was personally pulling for "Whatever maniac decided that gyoza should have 5 to an order," an entry that epitomizes the bizarre minutiae of the world that our fair tournament is all about.

Here's a link to the latest bracket:



It's time to see which entries will make the Shitty Sixteen! Voting is OPEN for the second round. All 16 polls can be found below.

Remember - vote however you like. Some people always vote for the entry they find the funniest. Some always vote for the entry that most annoys them personally.

Kevin's Region: Semifinal 1 (Poll Closed)

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Kevin's Region: Semifinal 2 (Poll Closed)

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Chris's Region: Semifinal 1 (Poll Closed)

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Chris's Region: Semifinal 2 (Poll Closed)

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Shayla's Region: Semifinal 1 (Poll Closed)

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Jason's Region: Semifinal 1 (Poll Closed)

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Jason's Region: Semifinal 2 (Poll Closed)

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Kate's Region: Semifinal 1 (Poll Closed)

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Kate's Region: Semifinal 2 (Poll Closed)

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Brad's Region: Semifinal 1 (Poll Closed)

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Ryan's Region: Semifinal 1 (Poll Closed)

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Jonathan's Region: Semifinal 1 (Poll Closed)

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The Opening Round, Part II

The results are in for the First Four and the first half of our Opening Round, and the winning entries have moved on. There was some tough competition in this year's First Four. Fan-favorite "Watching someone fail who's giving maximum effort" put up a good fight, but ultimately faded down the stretch. Fans who came out early were delighted by the hard-fought First Four matchup between "Gray laminate wood flooring" and "More than two questions at the gas pump" with the latter taking a 78% victory to advance.

Tournament-goers were shocked by the early passings of "Workplace photo montages set to the song 'Takin' Care of Business'", "Chronically late significant others," "People who reply 'this'", and "Cummerbunds," all fan favorites that came to this year's tournament with high hopes. But the court of public opinion has spoken, and so these entries see their March dreams shattered in the Opening Round.

The updated bracket:



And now we move on to the other half of the bracket, featuring highly anticipated regions authored by Kate, Shayla, Brad, and Jonathan. Voting is NOW open for Part II of the Opening Round. All 16 polls can be found below.

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Kate's Region: Game 1 (Poll Closed)

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Kate's Region: Game 3 (Poll Closed)

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Kate's Region: Game 4 (Poll Closed)

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Shayla's Region: Game 1 (Poll Closed)

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Brad's Region: Game 1 (Poll Closed)

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Jonathan's Region: Game 1 (Poll Closed)

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The Opening Round

Welcome back to the oldest continuously running March Madness tournament in the world!

Over the last fourteen years, more than 460,000 votes have been cast by visitors from 73 different countries in selecting the winning entries of the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Tournaments of Bad.

Over the next couple weeks, your online votes will decide the winner of each head-to-head matchup, gradually narrowing down the field to one final champion of the 2025 Tournament of Bad! The bracket is set, and can be viewed here (click to enlarge):


This round will cover half of the opening matchups, as well as our First Four play-in matchups.

It all starts here. Voting is NOW open for the First Four, and the opening round for half of the bracket. All 20 polls for this round can be found below.

Vote however you like. Some people vote for the entry they find the funniest. Some always vote for the entry that most annoys them personally. Let the badness begin.

First Four: Kate's Region (Poll Closed)

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First Four: Shayla's Region (Poll Closed)

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First Four: Brad's Region (Poll Closed)

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First Four: Jonathan's Region (Poll Closed)

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Jason's Region: Game 1 (Poll Closed)

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Jason's Region: Game 3 (Poll Closed)

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Chris's Region: Game 1 (Poll Closed)

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Kevin's Region: Game 1 (Poll Closed)

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Ryan's Region: Game 1 (Poll Closed)

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Ryan's Region: Game 4 (Poll Closed)

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