This year, you turned out to vote in Me Madness in record numbers. Starting from 64 memorable ladies, you narrowed down the selection one by one through difficult choices until only one remained.

After six rounds, it came down to two finalists.

Your Me Madness 2026 champion is...

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Lucy Ricardo from I Love Lucy!

Let's all give a big "Oh, Ricky!" for our 2026 winner! The redheaded actress and comedienne has been making us laugh for decades — see if you can identify what episode these funny photos are from.

Of course, Lucille Ball was a powerful force off-camera as well. Heck, she saved Star Trek, and don't we all owe her a debt of gratitude for that?

Let's take a look at a few of the other women who came close to the gold:

Your runner-up is the legendary Carol Burnett from The Carol Burnett Show! Carol herself probably wouldn't be too steamed about getting the silver, considering that Lucille Ball helped her early in her career.

Tied for third is Aunt Bee from The Andy Griffith Show! Read about how Frances Bavier almost turned down the role, and how she ended up falling in love with Mayberry.

Sharing the bronze is Granny from The Beverly Hillbillies! See if you can tell Granny's backwoods exclamations from those of M*A*S*H's Sherman T. Potter.

Your other Elite Eight finishers are:

Dorothy Zbornak from The Golden Girls. Bea Arthur shone as a no-nonsense, fearless older women... unless there was a chicken on the set.

June Cleaver from Leave It to Beaver. It was the role of sweet homemaker June Cleaver that landed Barbara Billingsley that laugh-out-loud cameo in Airplane!

Ethel Mertz from I Love Lucy. The actress said that she learned more about comedy from this legendary director than anyone else.

Rose Nylund from The Golden Girls. See how much you know about Betty White, the lady behind the St. Olaf stories!