Please Vote For Your Favourites

It's that time again in Montréal, where local paper The Mirror holds its annual poll to find out what makes people tick in different categories.

The link to vote is here. The rules are simple: one entry per contestant/email address, and a form must have 25 answered questions to count.

Here are a few suggestions/endorsements:

Montrealer closest to sainthood
Leonard Cohen, Sébastian Hell, Allan Lento
Montrealer closest to hell
Sébastian Hell

Most desirable man
Dave Lines

Most desirable woman
Elisha Cuthbert, Mitsou Gélinas, Jessica Paré

Best-dressed Montrealer
Allan Lento

Best Montreal weirdo

Sébastian Hell, Allan Lento, Simon Schreiber

Best musical act

Sébastian Hell/Blooze Konekshun, Loaded, The Lindbergh Line, Dead Messenger, Arcade Fire
(in that order)

Freakiest local act

Loaded

Most pretentious local act

Rape Faction, Desert Owls

Heaviest local act

Priestess, Uncle Bad Touch, Sébastian Hell

Best country/folk act

Swift Years

Best jazz act

Desert Owls, Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Best singer/songwriter

Sébastian Hell, Simon Schreiber, Philémon Chante

Best busker

Desert Owls

Best local music label

Little Baby

Best local actor

Jay Baruschel, Claude Legault

Best local actress

Elisha Cuthbert, Jessica Paré

Best local filmmaker

Denys Arcand, Denis Villeneuve, Jason Reitman


It's free to vote, it's quick, and there are tons of prizes to be won just for participating.