The Finals: The Beat City Beauties vs. Chion Wolf

Well at long last we have reached the conclusion (and before the NCAA tournament as predicted by good friend Johnny Spigot) as the females have conquered all in Hot In Hartford. In reality, the all-female final match here shouldn't come as any surprise as men have shown a willingness to do almost anything to appeal to women. Heck, if it wasn't for trying to impress women, Jumper and Hakaan would probably be living in their Mom's basement (assuming we don't) endlessly playing "Career Mode" on every EA Sports game.

By now these lovely ladies need no introduction......you need them, you love them, you cannot live without them...The Beat City Beauties and Chion Wolf. For the final time, Who is Hot In Hartford?

Hot In Hartford: Dennis House vs. Chion Wolf

Two great Sad City friends meet each other in the penultimate Hot In Hartford matchup. Chion Wolf, having already won the ultra prestigious Howard Stern Award as the furthest advancing radio personality, will try to avenge the defeat of colleague Colin McEnroe who was bested by Mr. House in the previous round. Will television continue dominance over radio? Will it be an all female finals? Vote to find out!

Hot In Hartford: Dan Schwartz vs. The Beat City Beauties

Mercifully, it's almost the end for Hot In Hartford as we reach the semi-finals with the unlikeliest of all duos. For a chance to advance to the finals lawyer and employment law blogger Daniel Schwartz faces off against burlesque dancers the Beat City Beauties. While on the surface it looks like a match that couldn't be more different, looks can be deceiving. Maybe Mr. Schwartz has many tattoos and is a burlesque fanatic? Maybe some or all of the Beauties are attorneys themselves? One just never knows.

Hot In Hartford: House vs. McEnroe

It's a tv vs. radio match in the final second round duel of Hot In Hartford 2012. Both Mr. House and Mr. McEnroe are fixtures on the Hartford scene. Mr. House is a 6pm and 11pm anchor on the Channel 3 evening news, hosts Face The State Sundays on 3 and blogs at The Hartfordite. Mr. McEnroe hosts The Colin McEnroe Show weekdays at 1pm on WNPR and also writes his own blog, the award winning To Wit. Three of the tickets to the final four have already been punched. Which one of these media stars will be joining the party?

Hot In Hartford: Chion Wolf vs. The Russian Lady

Hot In Hartford 2012 carries with the a battle between WNPR's Chion Wolf and downton's The Russian Lady. Ironically the last time we saw Ms. Wolf was at The Russian Lady at a Beat City Beauties show. Kind of like a Sad City blender of an evening. We can't choose, while The Russian Lady served us drinks, Ms. Wolf had a drink with us. You can't really have one without the other can you?

Hear Ms. Wolf on WNPR co-producing The Colin McEnroe Show with Patrick Skahill weekdays 1-2. Visit the Russian at 191 Ann Uccello.

Hot In Hartford: Beat City Beauties vs. Johnny Spigot

The second round of Hot In Hartford 2012 continues with a match between Johnny Spigot and The Beat City Beauties. What more can we say about this pairing? On one side you've got Hartford's best bartender and then on the other side you've got a group of girls performing burlesque. It's what we refer to as "winning!"

Visit Johnny at the Spigot. See the Beauties at their next show on March 30 at Billy Tee's in Cromwell.

Hot In Hartford: Schwartz vs. The XL Center

After a lengthy wait, Hot In Hartford returns for the second round of voting. Hey, if the damn Daytona 500 can get rained out for the first time in 54 years, a ridiculous poll can wait a few days. For the second round the candidates are seeded by the number of votes received in the first round. The top seed goes to lawyer/blogger Dan Schwartz who narrowly defeated John Dankosky in the most epic of all Hot In Hartford battles.

Hot In Hartford: Cotto vs. House

It's a good old Yankees vs. Red Sox battle in the final match of the first round as Councilman Cotto starts his defense of his Hot In Hartford title being pitted against Channel 3 news anchor and Face The State host Dennis House. No one can dispute that Mr. Cotto and Mr. House have become Hartford staples and credits to the city.

Councilman Cotto recently won his re-election bid for City Council as a member of the Working Families Party. An active Councilman and member of the community, Mr. Cotto is one of, if not the, most visible and outspoken Council members. Mr. Cotto is also a long standing friend to Sad City, and not only is he the defending Hot In Hartford champion, he has the unique distinction of being the only person interviewed twice by Sad City. Recently Councilman Cotto has been utilizing YouTube and uploading "Fireside Chats" to communicate with Hartford residents.

Hot In Hartford: The Beat City Beauties vs. Howard Baldwin

Old is new and new is old and we're all here together.

This match pits a group of young women practicing an old art against a gentleman working to build ice hockey in Hartford as he once did as a younger man. The Beat City Beauties have taken Hartford by storm in short time with their throwback burlesque show. A dance troupe of young, athletic women have made a big splash on the Hartford scene in short time with their throwback shows that evoke another era. With an expert mix of sex, athleticism, humor, and nostalgia, the Beat City Beauties have rapidly become a must see act on the Hartford circuit.

Hot In Hartford: McEnroe vs. The Mayor

The voting continues with a battle between Colin McEnroe, last years runner up and recipient of The Howard Stern Award for furthest advancing radio personality and Mayor Pedro Segarra who dominated the Hartford Mayoral election on his way to winning his first full Mayoral term. Mr. McEnroe is well known for hosting The Colin McEnroe Show on WNPR. Mr. McEnroe also writes the "To Wit" blog, a two-time winner of the Advocate's Best Of in the blog category.

Hot In Hartford: Jenna Carlesso vs. Johnny Spigot

After an absolutley epic battle between John Dankosky and Daniel Schwartz, we resume Hot In Hartford at the point where last year's semi-finalists again start their journeys towards a championship. While readers are well familiar with Hakaan's notoriously low quality photoshopping (Jumper's the go to for photoshop and editing video), this matchup is also notable for the kind of crappy quality photos of both contestants (sorry to both of you). Despite the quality of the photos, that doesn't diminish the quality of work each candidate brings to Hartford.

Hot In Hartford: Dan Schwartz vs. John Dankosky

We reach the halfway marker of Hot In Hartford with a match up of intellect far beyond Sad City's capacity. Daniel Schwartz is a well respected attorney at Pullman & Comley, working cases in employment law, commercial litigation, and trade secret enforcement. Mr. Schwartz has been named in the "40 Under 40" by the Hartford Business Journal (July 2010) and has been named as a top lawyer by numerous publications. Mr. Schwartz is also the author of the Connecticut Employment Law Blog, one of the most widely read blogs of its kind and has been named as a Top 100 Blog produced by lawyers for three consecutive years.

Hot In Hartford: Chion Wolf vs Rick Green

We now return to our regularly scheduled "Hot In Hartford 2012" during this very abbreviated week with a match between WNPR's Chion Wolf and the Hartford Courant's Rick Green. So far the two Hot In Hartford matches have been lopsided as the XL Center and The Russian Lady advanced to the quarterfinals. This time a human advance to the next round as these Hartford heavy hitters make their "Hot In Hartford" debuts.

Hot In Hartford: Craig TPS vs. The Russian Lady

The XL Center soundly defeated the Hartford-New Britain Busway in the first "Hot In Hartford 2012" matchup. The second match pits returning Hot In Hartford contestant Craig The Porn Star against returning Hartford bar The Russian Lady in what should be an exciting battle.

Hot In Hartford: XL Center vs. New Britain Busway

XL Center image courtesy of www.ctvisit.com Bus Image courtesy of www.environmentalheadlines.com

The first match up of "Hot In Hartford 2012" features the XL Center squaring off against the Hartford-New Britain Busway. The XL Center is the current home to the CT Whale, UConn basketball, and hosts many other events throughout the year. Formerly home to the Hartford Whalers and a slew of minor league sports teams, the XL Center is reaching a critical point in its existence as the current lease expires soon and renovations or a new arena must be considered in the upcoming years.

Hot In Hartford 2012

A New Year has arrived and that means it's time for those who made noise in 2011 to battle it out for the most prestigious of all local awards, Sad City's: Hot In Hartford! The first Hot In Hartford saw Councilman Luis Cotto score a surprising victory  to take the coveted title. The Councilman recently defended his Council seat and will now try to defend his Hot In Hartford title as the 2012 pool is announced.

Cotto Wins Hot In Hartford

Councilman Luis Cotto defeated Colin McEnroe to complete his outstanding run and become champion of "Hot In Hartford."  Cotto's defeat of McEnroe capped an incredible run in which he defeated Scott Haney, Gerry Brooks, and Howard Baldwin on his way to the championship. "Growing up in Hartford the whole neighborhood would follow Hot In Hartford and we always discussed the results over dinner." Cotto reminisced, "to be in the contest was amazing, but to actually win it is hard to fathom."

Hot In Hartford Finale: McEnroe v. Cotto

It all comes down to this. Sixteen of Hartford's cultural elite were pitted in against each other and while all competitors battled valiantly only Colin McEnroe and Luis Cotto remaining standing. Now it's time for these two battle tested warriors to meet in one final clash to determine who will be crowned "Hot In Hartford."

Hot In Hartford Semi-Finals: Luis Cotto v. Howard Baldwin

It's time for the second semi-finals match as the "Hot In Hartford" contest comes close to it's conclusion. The winner of this match up will face off against Colin McEnroe for the ultimate prize. Hartford Councilman Luis Cotto has been perhaps the biggest surprise of the contest so far as he has racked up impressive vote totals in the first two rounds. Cotto has defied the experts predictions by defeating popular weatherman Scott Haney in the first round and then handily defeating newsman Gerry Brooks, who was coming off a wildly popular Sad City interview. Can Luis keep the momentum and reach the finals?

Hot In Hartford Semi-Finals: Colin McEnroe v. Jenna Carlesso

The "Hot In Hartford" contest reaches the semi-final round with a clash between two Sad City friends; WNPR's Colin McEnroe and the Hartford Courant's Jenna Carlesso. Jenna has advanced in the tournament by defeating local Twitter'er Cocaine Janie and WCCC's Craig The Porn Star. The only female to advance to the second round, Jenna has had an impressive showing so far but now faces a daunting task in challenging Colin McEnroe.