Patrick Says

Okay, so here is the last battle to determine the three nominees who will go head to head to head for two weeks in the last round. The battle for this third and final slot is between Mary Alice from Ace Of Cakes and Gabrielle Union.

So, who is Mary Alice? Mary Alice is the office manager (like me!) at Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, which is where they film the show ‘Ace of Cakes’ that airs on Food Network. Mary Alice is the spunky, fun one who also seems to be the go-to girl for the puns. She has a great vibe and just has that ’she could be my friend’ air about her.

Mary Alice’s story in this battle is interesting, to say the least. Originally, I had Mary Alice going up against Kate Winslet. But an exhaustive search found no pictures of Mary Alice out there. So I did the logical thing and disqualified her. I got a comment from someone claiming to be Mary Alice calling the whole thing unfair. I followed it up and much to my surprise, it actually was her. Go figure. After some emails, I offered to bring her back in the third round and she sent me a couple pics. So, here you go, Mary Alice. I’m a man of my word. (Oh and I saw an episode last night and caught the Alice In Wonderland tattoo. I would love to hear the story behind that one. Email me.)

Alright, peeps. Vote!

GABRIELLE UNION

OR

MARY ALICE

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When I was laying out the whole battle plan, it became obvious there might be a couple favorites. I opted to give those favorites byes into the third round. The first of those is Amy Lee, lead singer of Evanescence, taking on Elisha Cuthbert.

Amy Lee is one of my favorites for a lot of reasons. Vocally, she is amazing. She’s got that goth look. And really, and this is critical in our patron saint, she wears a LOT of corsets. Don’t even get me started on my love of the corset. Anyway, that’s Amy Lee.

You will remember Elisha from previous rounds. She is coming off an upset win against Rachael Ray. Vote!

ELISHA CUTHBERT

OR

AMY LEE

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In the first battle of the third round, veteran combatants Kate Winslet and Rogue go head-to-head. Choose who you think is cooler and should be in the final round of the Patron Saint Battle!

KATE WINSLET

OR

ROGUE

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Okay, so I suppose I should post the winners for round #2 and make it official. Congratulations to Elisha Cuthbert, Kate Winslet, Gabrielle Union and Rogue. You’re all through to round #3.

The round #3 matchups will be announced shortly.

In the next day or two, the voting on round #2 will end for patron saint. Like hoodia in your inbox, these polls will not be available much longer. Have you voted?

Here are look at the matches in progress:

• Gabrielle Union is pretty handily beating Sporty Spice. Not really close there.
• Storm and Rogue are in a nail-biter with only one vote separating them.
• Newcomer and late entry Rachel Bilson is trailing behind veteran Kate Winslet.
• And in an upset I could not have imagined, Rachael Ray is going down to Elisha Cuthbert? It’s still close and could swing either way, but that one shocks me.

Voting continues until tomorrow for two of the battles and Monday for the other two. Round #3 will get underway promptly on Tuesday night. Stay tuned!