Each year, since 1985, People Magazine has presented one of the famous men with the prestigious title of ‘Sexiest Man Alive.’
It’s not all about looks with the sexiest man; this guy’s soul has to be in check for him to win the crown, too. Donating to charity, campaigning for social causes, and starring in movies we didn’t hate are big pluses. Most times, we can all agree that the weekly’s inspired decisions represent the screen legends with whom we wouldn’t mind running off into the sunset ourselves. 2017’s pick for the hottest man alive, however, is raising eyebrows and questions alike.
In early November, People announced that country singer Blake Shelton would grace their covers as this year’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive.’ Sure, he might give off those old-fashioned cowboy crooner hot guy vibes, but many citizens of the Internet don’t consider Shelton’s supposed support for Trump and subsequently-revealed racist and homophobic tweets to be all that ‘sexy’ – and, well, we can’t really blame them for that. “I’ve been ugly my whole life. If I can be in the sexiest man alive list for a year, I’m taking it,” he told People Country about the unlikely honor.
Regardless of whether or not you agree with the most recent recipient of the accolade or any of them for that matter, scroll down to see all the sexy guys People Magazine has dubbed the pinnacle of desire from 1990 onward, and let us know how many of your top choices made the front page.
Sexiest Man of 1990, Tom Cruise
Sexiest Man of 1991, Patrick Swayze
Sexiest Man of 1992, Nick Nolte
Sexiest Man of 1995, Brad Pitt
Sexiest man of 1996, Denzel Washington
Sexiest man of 1997, George Clooney
Sexiest Man of 1998, Harrison Ford
Sexiest Man of 1999, Richard Gere
Sexiest man of 2000, Brad Pitt
Sexiest man of 2001, Pierce Brosnan
Sexiest man of 2002, Ben Affleck
Sexiest Man of 2003, Johnny Depp
Sexiest Man of 2004, Jude Law
Sexiest man of 2005, Matthew McConaughey
Sexiest man of 2006, George Clooney
Sexiest Man of 2007, Matt Damon
Sexiest Man of 2008, Hugh Jackman
Sexiest man of 2009, Johnny Depp
Sexiest man of 2010, Ryan Reynolds
Sexiest Man of 2011, Bradley Cooper
Sexiest Man of 2012, Channing Tatum
Sexiest Man of 2013, Adam Levine
Sexiest Man of 2014, Chris Hemsworth
Sexiest Man of 2015, David Beckham
Sexiest Man of 2016, Dwayne Johnson
Sexiest Man of 2017, Blake Shelton
Nick Nolte barely takes the win over runners up, Steve Buscemi and Rick Moranis!
I'm actually into Steve Buscemi, just for being a great actor and all around good guy. Nick Nolte though - what the f**k, right?
Load More Replies...Most (if not all) of the winners are still alive... why not just call it "Sexiest Man of the Year"? Also... I only find a handful of those dudes the least bit sexy.
Nick Nolte was the sexiest man alive---- well, there is still hope for me :-)
Load More Replies...sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who finds Channing Tatum just goofy and weird looking with good body, everybody says he is sexy but on my list he would be far away from the top :D
I think the images should have been in there one at a time so we could up and downvote to see who the actual boredpanda folks think is the sexiest.
Sexy is subjective. A better title for People magazines "honor" would be "The guy that a hand full of people find attractive that had a major project this year".
A lot more than a handful - I believe there's voting going on. Notice the repeats - Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, George Clooney - they really are very sexy. There are others that need to be here, tho. I mean the only Asian (sort of) is The Rock. But really, I could name 20 Asian stars who have tons more fans than that Blake character, w/o even sweating. Asian stars w/massive fan bases who can fill arenas or sell a film/drama just showing up. They ARE beginning to show up here, tho LOL Makes me happy.
Load More Replies...With the exception of Denzel Washington and Dwayne Johnson, it's a pretty WASP list. They left out Julio Iglesias Jr., Idris Elba, Daniel Henney and Godfrey Gao just to name a few of the non-white, non-UK/American men who qualify far ahead of some on this list.
Load More Replies...If by some kind of magic these men would be teleported in my bedroom... I would kick everyone of them out. Except the Rock. I would offer him tea.
Don't forget Channing Tatum! Oh wait, he would be in my bedroom...nvm lol
Load More Replies...I know I'm stupid but to this day I'm incapable of understanding why the sexiest man alive changes every year. Or why is it not called the sexiest man of the year then? (Not that that would be true)
Actually John, 2 of the 25 here are black. That's 8%. 8% is greater than the percentage of black males in the US population. So, blacks here are in fact over-represented on this list. Now you've got an argument if you're talking about Asians or Hispanics.
Load More Replies...Blake Shelton being sexy is some hardcore b******t. He's a pretty average to kind of ugly looking guy in my opinion. He's just famous for country music - which to me, nowadays, is more of a con than a pro anyway!
I can think of a bunch of other hotties that would be way better than Blake Shelton! Morris Chestnut, Tom Ellis, Noah Mills, Idris Elba, D.B. Woodside, Jensen Ackles and Mark Wahlberg to name a few. Oh I think I need a cold shower now haha (women can take them too!)
Why do you keep passing over Jensen Ackles? He is the most sexy guy on tv. Dean Winchester is the sexiest tv character on tv. Jensen should get sexiest man ever!
I seriously watched the My Bloody Valentine remake just look at him. He has beautiful eyes.
Load More Replies...After seeing some of the previous winners, Shelton is not such a big surprise.
What about the older generation? Sam Elliot, Sean Connery, or Patrick Stewart to name a few,
Wow I'm not actually attracted to any of them, but I've never been one to go for conventional good looks, I like an interesting face.
Okay, this is lies because; Idris Alba, Michael Fassbender, Ricky Whittle, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Jason George.......
Tbh Blake Shelton does NOT deserve to be on this list, like no effing way
Some of these guys are quite old - I can't imagine women of a same age bracket receiving the female equivalent of this award very often
Blake Shelton- the square head and the homeless beard? He looks like he smells of BO and old cooking grease and carries around a decapitated milk jug to spit his tobacco juice into. Gross! Not that I ever bother to read People anymore but trying to pass off Shelton as the Sexiest anything can only be described as pandering...LAME I am so over the whole gushy Shelton-Stefani thing that I just CAN'T-
ya know, up until now, everything was going great! this year though, blake Shelton won. maybe the world ended in September and that's why he got the title because has nowhere near sexy... rip
WTF were the editors smoking when they chose Blake Shelton? Even the ones I didn't like as men I could accept as being sexy. This pompous pig? NFW.
With so many men out there in the WORLD at large, why are there ever any repeats? And why no men from Europe, Asia, India?
as long as they keep passing over Jake, Idris, and David Muir, I'm happy to pass on buying the mag
I am pretty sure that no woman would be considered the sexiest woman alive with some gray hair or facial lines like man of these men. I was struck by how real their faces are, and how unreal the standards of beauty for women are.
I can't decide between Chris Hemsworth, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds .... is it greedy to choose all 3! ;)
WHAT THE HELL... Jason Momoa???? Idris Elba? nothing against Blake Sheldton but what the hell people.
blake shelton is not in league with any of the other men on this list. The whiplash from his pic when i got to 2017 , gah my eyes, it burns.
2017, Blake Shelton. Until today I didn't even know he exists, and now that I know I am also 100% sure that he is far from sexy. He's not even handsome!
What about the older generation? Sam Elliot, Sean Connery, or Patrick Stewart to name a few.
I`ve HEARD of and SEEN most of the men up to about 2012, but don`t recognize the more recent ones AT ALL! And I agree with those who say they should come from more countries and represent more races and nationalities.
I agree with most of them. I can think of 20 different men who are sexier than Blake Shelton.
I agree with most of them. But I can think of 20 different men who are sexier than Blake Shelton.
I'm sorry people, But whoever that "Blake" guy even is....He's far from "SEXY"! OMG!? Where do you find them? really? hahahahahahah NO! EW!
The list repeated a number of the celebrities and omitted others much better looking than some on the list but it was made up of covers of PEOPLE magazine so what would you expect.
Uh...*Cough cough*...Where's Tom Hiddleston? Why hasn't he gotten at least one year of 'sexiest man alive'? Hello?
Blake sheldon???? What the f**k! People magazone just lost its creditbility for this list. Became the lamest list ever. Not Blake’s fault.
Who cares what a magazine names someone? Do we need the media to think for us? I laugh to myself when people actually get mad with the selection. Do they think we all have to abide by the magazines choice? Come on people, think for yourselves.
It's such a stupid award. Can you imagine the uproar if they did it for women?!
Load More Replies...Yum, my favorite is still Matthew McConaughey. How in the world did Johnny Depp ever deserve it twice or Mat Damon even once? It takes all kinds and beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder!
Blake Shelton is YUMMY personified, he's as funny and as down to earth when you meet him and stunningly handsome in person. Stop hating.
Wouldn't have minded a fling with Denzil Washington, or Clooney, Depp or Richard Gere way back when....
I don't like Richard Gere and Dwayne Johnson, but that is personal.
This magazine is a piece of trash. Full of gossip, lies and stalking paparazzi pics.
How can all those men be the sexiest men alive, as presumably they are all still alive!
About 4 cool guys in this whole mess, -and what's with that bald, pointy headed geek anyhow. -not even.
Oh heck no!!! Where's Randy Orton?? This post isn't complete.😒👎lol😂
You know, not this Blake guy. Really. I'm thinking Daniel Dae Kim instead - just a thought
Something tells me that more often than not they were chosen by other men, most likely not even gay. Because, frankly, in most cases - just ewww
All good looking - but as for sexy? - Adam Levine is the only who oozes sex(y)
I cant agree with more than half these guys but then I guess It's all about personal tastes. 3 of them, Jonny Depp, Hugh Jackman and The Rock are the only ones I think are sexiest. A lot of them lose points with me because of the bad things they have done. Or bad attitudes, that's a turn off. It's a silly list anyways and not to be taken seriously. My BF is the sexiest man alive in my book anyway!!
Who is Blake Shelton, who is Adam Levine?? Ben Affleck, sexy?? BRADLEY EFFIN COOPER? He's so repulsive I can't look at him, and he's a terrible actor. They certainly go for a 'type'.
So the sexiest men 1. Live in America only 2. Are almost always actors, not even models are contender for this.
Chris Hemsworth should have been on EVERY one since 2014, that's all I'm gonna say about that! (And we went from HIM to this sad country & western singer?? I think thats what he's supposed to be)
What was wrong in 2002?? And what has happened this year?? Blind voters or payed votes? :D :(
What's sexy about a man with so many muscles? The picture under the roof looks like it's photoshopped, so unreal - even though you know it's real. Very NOT sexy...
um these men are very attractive but the are also for the most part white. white white white white there's almost no diversity smh after saying every shade of black is beautiful they do this
There were a hundred other men who would have been a better choice -- Nyle DiMarco, Aidan Turner, Godfrey Gao, Drake, Trevor Noah, the list goes on forever ahead of a pompous, hateful pig like Blake Shelton. Is this a late or early April Fools joke?
I'm tired of people trashing Blake Shelton. Just because, for some odd reason, you think Idris Elba was robbed, doesn't mean Shelton stole something. It's not like there will never be another cover or another chance for Idris Elba to win another time. I and a lot of people happen to find Blake Shelton incredibly sexy. Gwen Stefani does too, apparently. Stop being so childish.
Disappointed from those choices excluding 2-3 actors who had touched my heart with their movies and public image,the rest are yesterday's trash.
Don't take the title literally. Should be called Sexiest photos we could get before they die on us.
I'll go along with Denzel Washington and Channing Tatum. The rest? Eh.
Dwayne Johnson has an egg shaped head..so not sexy. Good actor. Just not sexy. So many of these guys not sexy in the least. Adam Levine?...spindly little guy, nothing sexy about him.
BOOOOOO! Beyond the trans-insensitive comment in of itself, it's just not relevant! Maybe back in the 70s or something.
Load More Replies...Hush. Johnny Depp used to be the epitome of hotness and Harrison Ford oozed sexiness throughout the Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies. I don't care about the rest.
Load More Replies...He posted on social media that he had deliberately swerved while driving to run over a turtle on the side of the road. If you call that "nice" then we have very different ideas of what that word means.
Load More Replies...Nick Nolte barely takes the win over runners up, Steve Buscemi and Rick Moranis!
I'm actually into Steve Buscemi, just for being a great actor and all around good guy. Nick Nolte though - what the f**k, right?
Load More Replies...Most (if not all) of the winners are still alive... why not just call it "Sexiest Man of the Year"? Also... I only find a handful of those dudes the least bit sexy.
Nick Nolte was the sexiest man alive---- well, there is still hope for me :-)
Load More Replies...sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who finds Channing Tatum just goofy and weird looking with good body, everybody says he is sexy but on my list he would be far away from the top :D
I think the images should have been in there one at a time so we could up and downvote to see who the actual boredpanda folks think is the sexiest.
Sexy is subjective. A better title for People magazines "honor" would be "The guy that a hand full of people find attractive that had a major project this year".
A lot more than a handful - I believe there's voting going on. Notice the repeats - Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, George Clooney - they really are very sexy. There are others that need to be here, tho. I mean the only Asian (sort of) is The Rock. But really, I could name 20 Asian stars who have tons more fans than that Blake character, w/o even sweating. Asian stars w/massive fan bases who can fill arenas or sell a film/drama just showing up. They ARE beginning to show up here, tho LOL Makes me happy.
Load More Replies...With the exception of Denzel Washington and Dwayne Johnson, it's a pretty WASP list. They left out Julio Iglesias Jr., Idris Elba, Daniel Henney and Godfrey Gao just to name a few of the non-white, non-UK/American men who qualify far ahead of some on this list.
Load More Replies...If by some kind of magic these men would be teleported in my bedroom... I would kick everyone of them out. Except the Rock. I would offer him tea.
Don't forget Channing Tatum! Oh wait, he would be in my bedroom...nvm lol
Load More Replies...I know I'm stupid but to this day I'm incapable of understanding why the sexiest man alive changes every year. Or why is it not called the sexiest man of the year then? (Not that that would be true)
Actually John, 2 of the 25 here are black. That's 8%. 8% is greater than the percentage of black males in the US population. So, blacks here are in fact over-represented on this list. Now you've got an argument if you're talking about Asians or Hispanics.
Load More Replies...Blake Shelton being sexy is some hardcore b******t. He's a pretty average to kind of ugly looking guy in my opinion. He's just famous for country music - which to me, nowadays, is more of a con than a pro anyway!
I can think of a bunch of other hotties that would be way better than Blake Shelton! Morris Chestnut, Tom Ellis, Noah Mills, Idris Elba, D.B. Woodside, Jensen Ackles and Mark Wahlberg to name a few. Oh I think I need a cold shower now haha (women can take them too!)
Why do you keep passing over Jensen Ackles? He is the most sexy guy on tv. Dean Winchester is the sexiest tv character on tv. Jensen should get sexiest man ever!
I seriously watched the My Bloody Valentine remake just look at him. He has beautiful eyes.
Load More Replies...After seeing some of the previous winners, Shelton is not such a big surprise.
What about the older generation? Sam Elliot, Sean Connery, or Patrick Stewart to name a few,
Wow I'm not actually attracted to any of them, but I've never been one to go for conventional good looks, I like an interesting face.
Okay, this is lies because; Idris Alba, Michael Fassbender, Ricky Whittle, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Jason George.......
Tbh Blake Shelton does NOT deserve to be on this list, like no effing way
Some of these guys are quite old - I can't imagine women of a same age bracket receiving the female equivalent of this award very often
Blake Shelton- the square head and the homeless beard? He looks like he smells of BO and old cooking grease and carries around a decapitated milk jug to spit his tobacco juice into. Gross! Not that I ever bother to read People anymore but trying to pass off Shelton as the Sexiest anything can only be described as pandering...LAME I am so over the whole gushy Shelton-Stefani thing that I just CAN'T-
ya know, up until now, everything was going great! this year though, blake Shelton won. maybe the world ended in September and that's why he got the title because has nowhere near sexy... rip
WTF were the editors smoking when they chose Blake Shelton? Even the ones I didn't like as men I could accept as being sexy. This pompous pig? NFW.
With so many men out there in the WORLD at large, why are there ever any repeats? And why no men from Europe, Asia, India?
as long as they keep passing over Jake, Idris, and David Muir, I'm happy to pass on buying the mag
I am pretty sure that no woman would be considered the sexiest woman alive with some gray hair or facial lines like man of these men. I was struck by how real their faces are, and how unreal the standards of beauty for women are.
I can't decide between Chris Hemsworth, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds .... is it greedy to choose all 3! ;)
WHAT THE HELL... Jason Momoa???? Idris Elba? nothing against Blake Sheldton but what the hell people.
blake shelton is not in league with any of the other men on this list. The whiplash from his pic when i got to 2017 , gah my eyes, it burns.
2017, Blake Shelton. Until today I didn't even know he exists, and now that I know I am also 100% sure that he is far from sexy. He's not even handsome!
What about the older generation? Sam Elliot, Sean Connery, or Patrick Stewart to name a few.
I`ve HEARD of and SEEN most of the men up to about 2012, but don`t recognize the more recent ones AT ALL! And I agree with those who say they should come from more countries and represent more races and nationalities.
I agree with most of them. I can think of 20 different men who are sexier than Blake Shelton.
I agree with most of them. But I can think of 20 different men who are sexier than Blake Shelton.
I'm sorry people, But whoever that "Blake" guy even is....He's far from "SEXY"! OMG!? Where do you find them? really? hahahahahahah NO! EW!
The list repeated a number of the celebrities and omitted others much better looking than some on the list but it was made up of covers of PEOPLE magazine so what would you expect.
Uh...*Cough cough*...Where's Tom Hiddleston? Why hasn't he gotten at least one year of 'sexiest man alive'? Hello?
Blake sheldon???? What the f**k! People magazone just lost its creditbility for this list. Became the lamest list ever. Not Blake’s fault.
Who cares what a magazine names someone? Do we need the media to think for us? I laugh to myself when people actually get mad with the selection. Do they think we all have to abide by the magazines choice? Come on people, think for yourselves.
It's such a stupid award. Can you imagine the uproar if they did it for women?!
Load More Replies...Yum, my favorite is still Matthew McConaughey. How in the world did Johnny Depp ever deserve it twice or Mat Damon even once? It takes all kinds and beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder!
Blake Shelton is YUMMY personified, he's as funny and as down to earth when you meet him and stunningly handsome in person. Stop hating.
Wouldn't have minded a fling with Denzil Washington, or Clooney, Depp or Richard Gere way back when....
I don't like Richard Gere and Dwayne Johnson, but that is personal.
This magazine is a piece of trash. Full of gossip, lies and stalking paparazzi pics.
How can all those men be the sexiest men alive, as presumably they are all still alive!
About 4 cool guys in this whole mess, -and what's with that bald, pointy headed geek anyhow. -not even.
Oh heck no!!! Where's Randy Orton?? This post isn't complete.😒👎lol😂
You know, not this Blake guy. Really. I'm thinking Daniel Dae Kim instead - just a thought
Something tells me that more often than not they were chosen by other men, most likely not even gay. Because, frankly, in most cases - just ewww
All good looking - but as for sexy? - Adam Levine is the only who oozes sex(y)
I cant agree with more than half these guys but then I guess It's all about personal tastes. 3 of them, Jonny Depp, Hugh Jackman and The Rock are the only ones I think are sexiest. A lot of them lose points with me because of the bad things they have done. Or bad attitudes, that's a turn off. It's a silly list anyways and not to be taken seriously. My BF is the sexiest man alive in my book anyway!!
Who is Blake Shelton, who is Adam Levine?? Ben Affleck, sexy?? BRADLEY EFFIN COOPER? He's so repulsive I can't look at him, and he's a terrible actor. They certainly go for a 'type'.
So the sexiest men 1. Live in America only 2. Are almost always actors, not even models are contender for this.
Chris Hemsworth should have been on EVERY one since 2014, that's all I'm gonna say about that! (And we went from HIM to this sad country & western singer?? I think thats what he's supposed to be)
What was wrong in 2002?? And what has happened this year?? Blind voters or payed votes? :D :(
What's sexy about a man with so many muscles? The picture under the roof looks like it's photoshopped, so unreal - even though you know it's real. Very NOT sexy...
um these men are very attractive but the are also for the most part white. white white white white there's almost no diversity smh after saying every shade of black is beautiful they do this
There were a hundred other men who would have been a better choice -- Nyle DiMarco, Aidan Turner, Godfrey Gao, Drake, Trevor Noah, the list goes on forever ahead of a pompous, hateful pig like Blake Shelton. Is this a late or early April Fools joke?
I'm tired of people trashing Blake Shelton. Just because, for some odd reason, you think Idris Elba was robbed, doesn't mean Shelton stole something. It's not like there will never be another cover or another chance for Idris Elba to win another time. I and a lot of people happen to find Blake Shelton incredibly sexy. Gwen Stefani does too, apparently. Stop being so childish.
Disappointed from those choices excluding 2-3 actors who had touched my heart with their movies and public image,the rest are yesterday's trash.
Don't take the title literally. Should be called Sexiest photos we could get before they die on us.
I'll go along with Denzel Washington and Channing Tatum. The rest? Eh.
Dwayne Johnson has an egg shaped head..so not sexy. Good actor. Just not sexy. So many of these guys not sexy in the least. Adam Levine?...spindly little guy, nothing sexy about him.
BOOOOOO! Beyond the trans-insensitive comment in of itself, it's just not relevant! Maybe back in the 70s or something.
Load More Replies...Hush. Johnny Depp used to be the epitome of hotness and Harrison Ford oozed sexiness throughout the Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies. I don't care about the rest.
Load More Replies...He posted on social media that he had deliberately swerved while driving to run over a turtle on the side of the road. If you call that "nice" then we have very different ideas of what that word means.
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