Hurricane Idol/Season 9

Hurricane Idol 2016 (IX)

What will be the best hurricane name of all in Spring 2016? Season 9 Season statistics Start date March 22, 2016 End date June 27, 2016 Names submitted 45 Host Bobnekaro Co-host StrawberryMaster Judges Hypercane SnaggyFTW Sassmaster15 Winners First place Wilma First place Wilma Runner-up Andrew Runner-up Andrew Season guide Previous Season 8 Next Season 10 Users Bobnekaro - Host - Bob is hosting Hurricane Idol for the first time, and has a great amount of knowledge on hurricanes. He has been on HHW since September 2015, and is 17 years old. He loves tracking Atlantic hurricanes, tracking them since 2007. He is excited to co-host this season of HI! StrawberryMaster - Co-Host - SM was judge for HI Season 8, and will now be a co-host. SM knows a lot about tropical cyclones. StrawberryMaster has been on Wikia since 2013, and joined HHW in September 2015. He is excited to be a judge for this season! Hypercane - Judge - Hypercane previously Hosted Hurricane Idol Season 6, and has been active on HHW since he joined on May 18, 2013. Hypercane is also the bureaucrat of Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki. SnaggyFTW - Judge - Collin is an active HHW user that is very interested in hurricanes, and has been contributing since October 2015. Sassmaster15 - Judge - Sassmaster is a judge on Hurricane Idol for the first time. He has a wealth of knowledge on hurricanes and cyclones. Sassmaster has been on HHW since December 2015 and is looking forward to this year's season of HI! How it works? In Hurricane Idol, names that have or will be used to name hurricanes are put into a competition based on what the judges and the other users of Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki decide. (In this season, however, names that are not use to name hurricanes, such as Phoebe, Hypothetical and Vanoss, are being used.) Once the competition is complete, the last name that stands out will be crowned the most popular hurricane name of the year. Blocked users will have their names disqualified, but will be able to participate in future seasons if the user is unblocked. Auditions! Please submit your favorite names! If a name you submitted wins, you'll win a special token of gratitude to display on your user page! If your willing to submit some names, please visit the name submission Page. Before submitting, please read ALL of the rules! Names can be disqualified if a rule is broken! The disqualified name or names will be open for another user to submit and use. Auditions are now over. Schedule March 28, 2016 - Top 25 names announced April 4, 2016 - Top 20 names announced April 11, 2016 - Top 15 names announced April 18, 2016 - Top 10 names announced April 25, 2016 - Top 8 names announced May 2, 2016 - Top 6 names announced May 9, 2016 - Top 4 names announced May 16, 2016 - Top 2 names announced May 23, 2016 - Winner announced, season ends. Round 1: Top 25 Names (March 28, 2016) As of March 28, 2016, the judges and co-hosts have selected their 25 favorite names to be the top 25 hurricane names of the year! The 25 selected names are the following: Alex Bonnie Erika Iris Baxter Phoebe Victoria Warren Patricia Adele Owen Amber Logan Jason Blake Haley Grace Zoe Ida Gustav Dean Andrew Denny Wilma Jon Submitted names that were eliminated: Anthony, Douglas, Hypothetical, Maltheal, Junior, Vanoss, Tornado, Quinn, Uriah, Billy, Andy, Celia, Nora, John, Walter, Michael, Sarah, Sofia, Scott, and Charley. Round 2: Top 20 Names (April 4, 2016) As of April 4, 2016, the judges and co-hosts have eliminated 5 names. 20 names remain! The 20 remaining names are the following: Alex Erika Iris Baxter Phoebe Victoria Warren Patricia Adele Owen Amber Logan Jason Haley Zoe Ida Gustav Dean Andrew Wilma Names that were eliminated: Bonnie, Grace, Blake, Jon and Denny. Round 3: Top 15 Names (April 11, 2016) As of April 11, 2016, the judges and co-hosts have eliminated 5 names. 15 names remain! The 15 remaining names are the following: Alex Iris Phoebe Victoria Patricia Adele Owen Jason Amber Logan Haley Ida Gustav Andrew Wilma Names that were eliminated: Erika, Baxter, Warren, Zoe and Dean. Round 4: Top 10 Names (April 18, 2016) As of April 18, 2016, the judges and co-hosts have eliminated 5 names. 10 names remain! The 10 remaining names are the following: Alex Iris Victoria Patricia Adele Amber Ida Gustav Andrew Wilma Names that were eliminated: Haley, Owen, Jason, Logan and Phoebe. Round 5: Top 8 Names (April 25, 2016) As of April 25, 2016, the judges and co-hosts have eliminated 2 names. 8 names remain! The 8 remaining names are the following: Iris Victoria Patricia Adele Ida Gustav Andrew Wilma Names that were eliminated: Alex and Amber. Round 6: Top 6 Names (May 2, 2016) As of May 2, 2016, the judges and co-hosts have eliminated 2 names. 6 names remain! The 6 remaining names are the following: Victoria Patricia Ida Gustav Andrew Wilma Names that were eliminated: Iris and Adele. Round 7: Top 4 Names (May 9, 2016) As of May 9, 2016, the judges and co-hosts have eliminated 2 names. 4 names remain! The 4 remaining names are the following: Patricia Gustav Andrew Wilma Names that were eliminated: Victoria and Ida. Round 8: Top 2 Names (May 16, 2016) As of May 16, 2016, the judges and co-hosts have eliminated 2 names. 2 names remain! The 2 remaining names are the following: Andrew Wilma Names that were eliminated: Patricia and Gustav. Round 9: The WINNER (June 27, 2016) And the winning name is.... WILMA! Submitted by Bumblebee the transformer! Congratulations. Also congratulations to HypotheticalTornado who submitted Andrew, our runner-up! We have concluded a great season of Hurricane Idol!