Bnoc of the Year 2012: The Final

After weeks of hard-fought Internet battles, flagrant self-promotion and comment section-based abuse, The Tab finally has its four finalists.

The winner will be announced at next Monday’s Dirty Sexy People at Arena. Between now and then, it’s up to you, Tab readers, to choose which name is the biggest of them all.

As an ex committee member of dance and lacrosse club, Batten won the position for AU president with ease. His gentlemanly charm and feverish good looks mean that he is always being smiled at on campus by those that love him and those that envy him. Joe Batten, a man of the people.

Kayne Sheppard has made our top 20 after various nominations from people across campus. In the past couple of weeks it is almost guaranteed that Kayne spoke to you on campus selling football varsity tickets. The football club social sec set a new University record with just under 500 tickets sold, and it is largely down to his decent chat and genuine friendly nature. He is an ever-present in TP Wednesday if he makes it after the social, and his recent post on Uni Confessions (which you can see here) got over 1,200 likes.

Welcome to the Hughniverse: resident Thick As Thieves DJ and all-round big dog, Hugh “Southpaw” Pickering’s peroxide blonde barnet is the beacon that lights up Exeter’s underground scene. Hugh loved first year so much, he decided to do it all over again, making him the list’s only freshpants. As well as lording it over the Surf Club, he has a bang tidy third year girlfriend and a magnificent wardrobe to boot.

Because any list of BNOCs that doesn’t feature the Guild President would be an absolute joke. Welshy has had a meteoric rise during the last four years at Exeter, from his humble beginnings as a lowly Law student, to being “my man” behind the bar at the Lemmy, before eventually making the traditional “Rag to Sabb” jump in a dance as ancient as time itself. It even says it on his bloody shirt!

So those are your nominees. Vote below: the poll closes at one minute to midnight on Monday 26 November.