Rest assured, we're sure Bravo's cameras did indeed catch the behind-the-scenes competition: We know they were doing quite a bit of filming during our Gawker Hotties phase, specifically the week we focused on New York's hottest gossip writers. And we hear they have some choice footage of nominee Hud Morgan working the phones, campaigning to get people to vote for him. Clearly, this will be best viewed back-to-back with The War Room.

Radar editor at large Andrew Goldman is a good guy. In the current issue, he gamely made an ass of himself for a feature on the ever-absurd International Male catalogue; he ordered outfits from it, and he actually went out in the city dressed variously in a pastel seersucker suit, in a mandress, as "the Cisco Kid," as a matador, and (at right) as "the Scarlet Pimp." So karma, clearly, should have been on his side in this contest.

Yet senior editor and Maer walker Christopher Tennant pulled into an early and commanding lead. Through the end of last week, and even through most of the weekend, Tennant had around 50 percent of the votes. Poor, deserving Goldman, meantime, languished in the cellar, trading last place with old, bald (but rich) owner Mort Zuckerman.

But sometime late yesterday, the stars finally aligned for Goldman. Don't know when exactly, or how, but we woke up this morning to find he'd overtaken Tennant. Handily. The good guys won, and we couldn't be happier.

Indeed, on that note, we're taking this week off. We don't want to push our luck. (Also, we're a little hottied out.)

Hotties return in a week, so let us know if you've got any bright ideas for the big, week-before-Labor Day finish.

And, Andrew, mazel tov. As always, first drink's on us.

Full results after the jump.

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Of course, the Zuckster had a surprising level of nominationary enthusiasm himself. As one reader commented, "I like 'em filthy rich, well-groomed, and livin on the Upper East Side. Mort Zuckerman."

But we've got to hand it to Maer, who elicited the most intriguing compliment we've heard yet. "Totally Maer — he's a sexy charmer," wrote a fan. "He's like the Choire Sicha of print media."

We tend to think of Choire as the Choire Sicha of print media, but, still, we dig the concept. Indeed, now we're hoping that someday we'll be dubbed the Choire of the web.

Ah, to dream.

All the testimonials — including from a gentleman who'd like Christopher Tennant to "suck on my recessed filter" — after the jump.

Earlier: Gawker Hotties: Pick Your Man of 'Radar' [Go here to vote.]

"Chris Tennant. He isn t gonna be a metrosexual for long. If he were an automobile, he'd definitely be a convertible. Hehehehehehe."

"Mort Zuckerman — lisps are sexy."

"Not only is Chris Tennant the only member of the Radar staff without a trademark Zuckerbelly, but he just oozes cufflinked sensuality. From the 1950s Vitalis hair tonic to ubiquitous Parliaments to the hipster blazer-with-jeans combo, he makes my toes curl. He can suck on my recessed filter any day."

"I would like to nominate Andrew Goldman, editor at large. Anyone who wears a mesh shirt to a Jewish speed-dating event and a sequined cape to a leather bar in Chelsea for readers' amusement deserves not only the highest respect, but also the title of hottest man at Radar."

"My vote goes to the Mort guy. At least his name's Mort."

"Andrew Goldman! Have you seen the International Male photo layout in this month's issue? Case closed. By the way, he's also straight — he's like the Alan Colmes of Radar. Pick the picture where he's wearing a cape. Grrrrrrr..."

"OK, I'll nominate Maer, if you still need it. He's the friend of a friend of a friend."

"If Mort Zuckerman is good enough for Patricia Duff, he's good enough for me."

"Maer maer maer maer maer maer maer."

"Christopher Tennant. So cool, yet so hot."

"Hands down, Maer is the hottest thing at Radar. You may be too young to remember, but when Maer first appeared on the scene almost 20 years ago, he was one of the three or four best looking boys in Manhattan. The pics are around to prove it. He's still handsome, but it's his brains, sense of humor, and drive that make Maer so especially appealing."

You spent the first part of the week nominating, New Intern Adam spent an evening tabulating, and the top four finalists were clear. You people like power, money, smokers, and — this one should have gone without saying — the current issue's sexy International Male.

Polls are open until Monday morning, so be sure to get all your friends and neighbors to vote. Testimonials will come tomorrow.

Now, get voting:

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You're hot for Chris Tennant; we know that now. You like Chris Knutsen, too; which makes sense 'cause he's a mensch. There's even a not-insignificant angry-and-bitter contingent nominating angry-and-bitter publicist Drew Kerr. (Drew, for his part, is working to corral nominations from all the angry-and-bitter media folks in New York. Which is kind of genius, given the size and mercurial nature of that voting bloc.) But here's what, surprisingly, we don't have: A single nomination for the man himself, Magical Mister Maer Roshan.

What gives? Where's the love? (Come on, he's cute in this picture.) None of his staffers are nominating him? None of hangers-on? Is Matt Mactress currently without Internet access? We're shocked.

If Maer's not nominated, you'll have no one but yourselves to blame. Can you live with that?

Get moving, people. All your Men of Radar nominations need to be in by noon: hotties@gawker.com.

Earlier: Gawker Hotties: The Men of 'Radar'

Got a thing for that Sephardicly sexy ringleader, Maer Roshan? Is the magazine's magnificently metrosexual token straight guy, Chris Tennant, more your speed? Perhaps you like 'em rich and inscrutable, like I-must-be-crazy-to-do-this owner Mort Zuckerman? Or maybe angry and bitter is your thing, and you go for non-anonymous publicist Drew Kerr? Whatever your taste, be sure to let us know.

We're starting a bit late this week, because, well, we got too busy yesterday. But otherwise the drill remains the same. Send nominations by noon Wednesday, balloting opens Thursday, testimonials come Friday, and we'll announce the winner Monday morning. To keep the nominations interesting, once again, we'll confine ourselves to no more than four finalists.

There's a special, new email address this week (to match the special, new Radar, natch). So get nominatin': hotties@gawker.com.

This week's race, however, which we'll divulge later this afternoon, promises all sorts of fun and excitement. So check back to see who you'll be voting on next.

And congrats to David and Denise, the king and queen of New York.

Complete results after the jump.

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So far editorial assistant Denise Penny has held a commanding lead among the women and contributing editor David Amsden has had things seemingly locked up among the men. But we've learned in the past few weeks that anything can happen over the weekend, boosting erstwhile also-rans into serious competitors — and sometime even winners (to Hud Morgan's everlasting chagrin).

So if you haven't voted yet, be sure. And check back Monday morning for the winners — and for next week's content.

Gawker Hotties: Who Are the Most Beautiful 'New York'ers? [Go vote here.]

Skeevy-older-guy beat writer David Amsden has held a sizable lead in the men's category since balloting opened, and he also drew perhaps the single greatest nominations-phase comment ever (especially directed, as it is, to a straight guy): "I want to bone David Amsden until he caves in. He gets my nomination."

There was also quite the impassioned plea for Daniel Maurer, currently in third place among the men: "I'm going to send you packages of my sperm if you don't nominate Daniel Maurer for the running."

On that note, we'll simply remind you to vote, and then we'll send you a-jumpin', where you'll find that lots more endorsements (for the women, too — it's just that, once again, the deliciously graphic comments were about men) and a few more bodily fluids await.

"Definitely Daniel Maurer — or 'Mosca,' as he's known in some circles. He's a real Spanish-Jewish beauty, with a little random Southern charm thrown in. Even his sense of humor is attractive."

"Betsy Burton. She fine."

"From a former 'New York' intern: David Amsden, H-O-T-T. Denise Penny, absolutely gorgeous and really nice. Stacia Thiel."

"It's kind of obvious but Adam Moss. He's so sexy that I'm not even miffed that he never even seriously considered me for a job."

"I must nominate New York Mag's finest, Daniel Maurer, for Hottie of the Week. I'm so wet."

"I'll nominate Contributing Editor Sarah Bernard. I worked in the cube next to her during my 4-month internship, researching and fact-checking for her. She's gorgeous, talented and sweet. How many other NY maggers do you catch on both CNN and Best Week Ever?"

"Denise Penny is gorgeous... very chic and always pulled together, and Peruvian too!"

"I met this guy from NY magazine — he's the hottest. His name is Jared Hohlt, and if he doesn't qualify for NY Magazine's most beautiful people, I don't know who would!"

"I nominate little hotty Betsy Burton in the publicity department"

"Stacia Thiel! On top of being hot she is also an amazing singer."

"My vote is for David Amsden. Pretty pretty boy."

"Apparently 'Gidget Goes New York' as well, because this Sally Field doppelganger is also the Deputy Communications Director for my favorite weekly. I nominate Betsy Burton because her gold Jack Rogers never burnish as she hoofs around this imperial city getting press for the mag and making news of her own."

"I nominate Daniel Maurer, a producer for the website, does bar reviews and nightlife stories. Tall, dark, and pervertedly funny. Has made the ladies in our office swoon on more than one occasion."

"I vote for the cute and gracious Jared Hohlt."

"I would like to submit this limerick in nomination of Daniel Maurer for Gawker's New York's Hottest Contest. He's an editor/producer of the magazine's website:
There once was a writer from Nashville
Who moved to New York with but a satchel
Now his bar buzz is genius
And he has a large penis
And still he remains very bashful"

"The best-looking girl I've seen who works at NY Mag is Stacia Thiel. That swagger, that smile, the voice... it's so awesome that it would make baby Jesus cry."

"How about Adam Moss himself? Sort of sexy in that weathered but in-shape older (gay) man sort of way. Bet he has a big d-ck too! Woof woof!"

"Stacia Theil. Oh yeah. No foolin."

"Betsy Burton, the doe-eyed PR girl."

"You don't need to look any further than the top of the masthead. Adam Moss is smoldering in photos, adorable in person, and interesting to media watchers without being 'sold out' in Tampa. (He's also a great editor, and I realize making fun of New York magazine is like a sport in this city, but come on — I dare anyone to say it's not remarkably better than it was before he took over.) And he's 48! Do not overlook the obvious: Moss is the hottie in chief."

Like last week, we've got four men and four women. Vote for one in each category, and remember orientation is irrelevant. (And, yes, we realize it's an awfully lily-white list, yet again. That's partially the fault of the industry — it's still a too-white group of people, after all — but that's not a great excuse. Next week, people, let's remember all our media hotties.) [UPDATE: It's less lily-white than we thought. Denise Penny is, as a colleague points out, "a strutting Peruvian hottie."]

Now get voting on your favorite honky hotties at New York (again: the magazine, not the city)...

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This time we're short pictures of one boy and two girls. (We successfully found photos from many, many potential Beautiful New Yorkers, just not for all of them. So we're less useless than it might seem.)

Let the word go forth that we need photos of New York senior editor Adam Sternbergh and editorial assistants Denise Penny and Stacia Thiel. If you've got a shot of either one, send it over ASAP and we promise we'll love you forever.

Get to it: tips@gawker.com. Vite, vite!

Remember, nominations close at noon: tips@gawker.com.

Earlier: Gawker Hotties: Most Beautful 'New York'ers

With that cleared up, keeping nominating away: tips@gawker.com.

And remember that pictures are always appreciated.

Earlier: Gawker Hotties: Most Beautiful 'New York'ers

That's right, folks, this week's Gawker Hotties installment will be the Most Beautiful New Yorkers competition, and it'll work like all the previous incarnations. Send us your nominations by noon Wednesday; we'll open balloting on Thursday, publish testimonials on Friday, and present the male and female winners Monday morning.

Remember that everyone at New York is eligible — business, editorial, art, production, publicity. So be sure to let us know if you've got a thing for anyone there, from Bruce "Sugar Daddy" Wasserstein, to teen-sex correspondent David Amsden (who, to be honest, thinks you're a little too old for him), to the city's most popular media publicist, blonde bombshell Serena Torrey. And, as always, orientation is irrelevant. It's about whom you'd like to shtup, for whatever perverted reasons of your own, not whether they'd want to be shtupped by you.

We'll probably do a smaller number of finalists again this week, to compensate for the relatively few people on staff at New York. So don't expect your favorite candidate will make it in without your help.

The nominations are open, so get to it: tips@gawker.com.

Both pulled out surprise victories, each snatching the title from a competitor who at first seemed to hold an unassailable lead.

On the girl's side, Rush & Molloy reporter Jo Piazza moved out from front from the beginning, and she stayed there through Thursday and Friday. But by Saturday afternoon, Holt had pulled ahead, leaving Piazza in the dust and staying in the top position till polls closed this morning.

Widdicombe accomplished an even more impressive feat in the boys' competition, topping his News colleague Hudson Morgan, who built up a seemingly insurmountable lead in the fist day of voting and took this contest sufficiently seriously that we're sure he's now crying into his keyboard. Late in the day Friday, Widdicombe pulled ahead of Morgan, and he's stayed there since. (We'd make a joke here about Ben obviously preferring to come from behind, but we're better than that.)

Congratulations, Ben and Emily. (And congratulations, too, to Times Boldfacer Campbell Robertson, who we're thrilled to see didn't come in last and we now promise we'll never include in another Hotties poll.) As always, first round's on us.

Full results after the jump. And we'll be back this afternoon with this week's contest.

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They're awfully personal in this batch, proving, we think, that the gossipers take their man-on-the-street reporting duties seriously. Take this Ben Widdicombe endorsement, for example, which leaves little to the imagination:

"I'm going to nominate Gatecrasher Ben Widdicombe as a gossip hottie. He's got a pleasing face, though he could do with a bit more time in the gym since it seems that all the canapes and cocktails he's been consuming of late have gone straight to his middle. I must confess that I have actually swapped bodily fluids with the poison-penned Aussie. He's pretty good in the sack. I've had better, believe me, but I've also had worse."

Indeed. Others were more aspirational, and also much more specific, like this entry for Hudson Morgan: "Those long fingers of his are so hot." (Don't worry: Plenty of folks, after the jump, found Hud's other parts hot, too.)

And a fan of Campbell Robertson was so impassioned she found standard English insufficient to express her feelings: "No need to mention any names, only adjectives: Campbell-licious!"

Lots more comments after the jump — including some for the girls, who apparently don't drive their admirers to unbridled expressions of admiration the way the boys do.

[Sorry for the delay on this. Server's been down for a little while, and fixing it is way above our pay grade.]

Earlier: Gawker Hotties: New York's Hot Gossips [Go vote here.]

"It has to be Emily Holt, the sassy, Penelope Cruz lookalike gossip girl at Women's Wear Daily's Eye section. She's got understated elegance (a rarity in this town) and impeccable style, plus, she's got a kitsch-tastic sense of humor, and loves Neil Diamond."

"Please, like you'd ever leave Hud off the list. Anyway, consider this an official nomination."

"Ben Widdicombe, for several reasons. Primarily, because: (1) He's a hotter Aussie than Russell Crowe & Nicole Kidman combined; (2) He wins the sympathy vote after the weathering an appendix op with barely a blip on his gossip-gathering; (3) He's the only gossip who regularly provides both intriguing and solvable blind items; and (4) He isn't Lloyd Grove."

"Campbell, my Campbell, whenever I pass you in the hallway, I swoon inside, even though you have no clue who I am. I would nominate you any day of the week and twice on sunday. Sigh...."

"Hud Morgan, of course. Boy to Lloyd Grove's man. Daily News assistant and growing Internet legend. So hot. And we went to high school together, so I admit to feeling hot just by association."

"Chris Rovzar of Rush & Molloy. If he's good enough for Yale's 50 Most Beautiful People, he's surely good enough for Gawker."

"Jessica Joffe (not really a gossip columnist per se but she is majorly hot and since you said you were bending the rules a bit). If that doesn't work than I vote for Ben Widdicombe."

"Paula Froelich, Page 6 goddess, of course."

"Obviously Hudson Morgan. Even his name is fuckable."

"Jeannette Walls, of course. I'm gay, and I'd sleep with her, as would any thinking person."

"The hottest gossip I know, and I know my share, is Emily Holt from Women's Wear Daily/W Magazine. Besides being gorgeous and well-dressed, she is really one of my favorite people to be around."

"Campbell, Campbell, Campbell!"

"Assuming I haven't been beaten to the punch by every straight girl and homo boy in NYC: I nominate Hud Morgan."

"Not that she isn't a hottie in her own right, but in a field full of unwieldy hair — facial or otherwise (Whipple, Musto) — and old ladies, Emily Holt at W/WWD/the eye is clearly the hottest gossip hottie."

"Oh my God. Ben Widdicombe. Is there even a debate? He's got that steely-eyed thing going. And that accent!"

"Jeannette Walls in a heartbeat — she's classy, smart, beautiful, and somehow seems to rise above the pettiness of some of her topics even while digging into them with gusto."

"Ben Widdicombe. Duh! He's blonde, tall, hails from a tacky Aussie suburb, and is 100 percent gay-dorable. "

"I nominate Hud Morgan. I had sex with him just three days ago."

"Ben Widdicombe — I'm not sure which team he's playing for, but he sure is cute."

"Consider this my nomination for Hud. I dig a man who's comfortable wearing a grosgrain belt."

"This is my plea for the inclusion of the oh-so-lovely Chris Rovzar of the Rush & Molloy column, he of the chic blond hair, sparkling eyes, and effortless social grace."

"Jo Piazza: Penn smartie, Tridelt cutie, and now gossip babe extraordinaire. Is being hit on by Nick Lachey at Maxim's Super Bowl party last year proof enough of her hotness?"

"Hud Morgan: Super flip-collar prepster who went into the bathroom with a coworker at a VF birthday party for at least half an hour (what can I say, I was jealous so I noticed); I'm sure the gay men love him, too."

"Jo Piazza from the Daily News! She is a sassy, classy, beer-drinking and fried-food-eating, ivy-league educated gossip hottie. And the girl loves a good midget joke. Seriously, it doesn't get much better than that. "

"As if I need to, but I nominate Ben Widdicombe. That floppy mop and reptilian smirk get me every time."

"Nick Lachey would nominate Jo Piazza, if he knew about this contest. He probably doesn't know about it, though, so can I nominate her?"

"I vote for NYDN's Chris Rovzar, because, dammit, he looks like he walked straight out of one of those comic books aimed at preteen Japanese girls. A genuine pretty boy is so hard to come by (no pun intended)."

"I would like to nominate the ever dapper yet drunk Hudson Morgan."

"I must vote for Jo Piazza.... the Nick/Jessica thing speaks for itself. And she's one of Hamptons magazine's most eligible singles, alongside Amanda Hearst and Kim Cattrall."

"No doubt, it's gotta be my favorite pink-polo-pimping dirt-dishing dreamboat: Hudson Morgan."

Be sure to go exercise your democratic rights; we expect this particular race to have some real excitement. While "Rush & Molloy" roving reporter Jo Piazza is leading among the girls, it's by no means an insurmountable lead. On the boys' side, lanky "Lowdown" legman Hud Morgan is dominating — but we're compelled to point out that his column is on vacation this week, giving him plenty of time, we imagine, to call and email friends, family, and colleagues to round up votes. Also, you Campbell Robertson supporters who wrote in so passionately during the nominations phase: Go vote for your boy, for heaven's sake. We can't bear to watch him come in last in a Gawker Hotties faceoff for a second time.

Polls stay open till Monday morning, so, if necessary, take your time to carefully consider your ballots. If you need help on that front, stay tuned for testimonials, coming early this afternoon.

Remember Puffy's insightful binary choice: Vote or die. And you don't want to die.

Earlier: Gawker Hotties: New York's Hot Gossips [Go here to vote.]

The split is easy — boys and girls — and there are only four finalists in each category. The big surprise of the nominations phase is that, circulation trends notwithstanding, y'all find the Daily News crew way hotter than you find the usually strutting Posties. In the boys category, especially, the Newsmen dominated, receiving, combined, roughly ten times as many nominations as did the men of "Page Six." Even on the girls' side, the News's Jo Piazza dominated in the nominations phase — though Paula Froelich of "Page Six" did represent respectably for the Post.

Let's see if the News streak holds out in the voting phase, which begins now. Vote once in each category, and don't worry about which team the contestants play for. Remember: It's all about whom you want to have your way with, regardless of whether they'd want to have you.

With that in mind, to the polls!

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This is some significant personal growth, and we're quite proud of ourself. And we know our therapist will be proud, too.

When she's back in September.

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The boys, as you might expect, are easy enough to find — with their naturally selected predisposition to spread their seed as far and wide as possible, there are usable pix floating around the web of all those ones we're interested in. But the girls — those sweet, demure girls — well, they're once again problematic.

So here's what we need: Pix of WWD's Emily Holt and Jo Piazza of the Daily News. We'd accept glam shots of anyone else you nominated, too. But those are the two we really need.

And please don't send us the Friendster shots. Yes, we know they're there. No, they won't really work.

As always, it's: tips@gawker.com.

Thanks much. We treasure you people.