The heat is on. The search for 100 Sexiest Men in the Philippines for 2010 now begins.

You chose Sam Milby in 2007. Piolo Pascual in 2008. Aljur Abrenica in 2009. Who will emerge as the country’s sexiest man of 2010?

The exclusive online poll for 100 Sexiest Men in the Philippines is back! Now on its 4th year, we made it simpler than ever. We already picked 20 finalists for this year based on their popularity and multi-media appearances (that include tv, movie, music, endorsements, magazines, etc.) in the last 12 months. Take note that these pre-selected 20 finalists are only in alphabetical order because you will be the one to rank them!

The 20 finalists are:

Aljur Abrenica
Billy Crawford
Chris Tiu
Coco Martin
Dennis Trillo
Derek Ramsay
Dingdong Dantes
Enchong Dee
Gerald Anderson
Geoff Eigenmann
Jake Cuenca
JC de Vera
Jericho Rosales
John Lloyd Cruz
Luis Manzano
Piolo Pascual
Richard Gutierrez
Ryan Agoncillo
Sam Milby
Zanjoe Marudo

Your duty for now is to nominate your favorite male celebrity (or celebrities) that you find “sexy” and post their name(s) on the comment section below. Your nominated male celebrities will be ranked in the Top 100 and 20 of them will have a shot to be the country’s sexiest man of 2010 as they will compete with the pre-selected 20 finalists in the Top 40 online poll.

Nominations will end on February 3, 2010. After a short deliberation, the Top 40 online poll will begin immediately.

So if your favorite male celebrity is not included on the above-mentioned pre-selected finalists, nominate him now!