The 2025 championship finals are here!
The 2025 Hallmark Movie Drafts Tournament of Champions reaches its epic Championship Round as three elite Hallmark movie fans battle for the ultimate prize: the HMD crystal trophy.

In this episode, each finalist drafts a persona, unique Top 10 list of Hallmark movies across 10 unique categories, then pitches their list to the HMD Jury, who vote for the strongest overall draft. Only one competitor will be crowned the 2025 HMD Tournament of Champions winner!

Championship Finalists: Stephanie Preschel

Laura Schinner Daniel Thompson (Deck the HallmarkPodcast, Breakfast in Hell podcast)

Host Lynn Austin, joined by Jackie Finestone and Erinbeth Cermak, guides listeners through the final showdown as the HMD jury deliberates and the 2025 champion is revealed. Q&A between the Jury and finalists at the end!

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Coming in March: The Cousins Draft : Tyler Hynes vs. Andrew Walker

Panelists Jen Bliss, Emily Petraglia, and Tracy Parry join guest co-host Eva Hetherington, host Lynn Austin, and co-host Erinbeth Cermak to draft the definitive Top 10 Hallmark movies featuring Tyler Hynes or his cousin-in-law, Andrew Walker.

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S5 Ep 4 | Top 10 Best Kiss Hallmark Movies (Loveuary 2026)

It’s Loveuary, and things are getting smoochy 💋
This episode of Hallmark Movie Drafts crowns the Top 10 Hallmark Movies with the Best Kiss — drafted and debated by three passionate Hallmark fans.

Drafting in this episode:

• Stephanie Preschel

• Jackie Finestone

• Erin Johnson (first-time drafter!)

Host Lynn Austin and co-host Erinbeth Cermak encourage everyone to “pucker up and buckle up” as the panelists compete to create the ultimate Best Kiss list.

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Coming up in March: The Cousins Draft: Tyler Hynes vs. Andrew Walker

Panelists Jen Bliss, Emily Petraglia, and Tracy Parry battle it out to create the definitive Top 10 list of Hallmark movies featuring either Tyler Hynes or his cousin-in-law, Andrew Walker. First-time guest co-host Eva Hetherington joins host Lynn Austin and co-host Erinbeth Cermak.

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The 2025 Hallmark Movie Drafts Tournament of Champions (HMD TOC) semi finals! Listen in as the 7 semi finalists struggle to answer questions that really test their knowledge of Hallmark movies!

Think you know Hallmark movies? You can take the quiz @Hallmarkmoviedrafts on Instagram!

Semi finalists Amy Maloof, Erin Rempe, Stephanie Preschel, Kate Bacca, Laura Schinner, Jenna Colosi, and Deck the Hallmark Podcast’s Daniel Thompson are vying to make it the Championship Round!

Host Lynn Austin is joined by Jackie Finestone to announce the three players who will face off in the Championship round to see who will be crowned 2025HMD Champion and win that gorgeous HMD TOC crystal trophy! Buckle up!

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Coming later in February: Top 10 Hallmark Best Kiss Movies featuring panelists Erin Johnson, Jackie Finestone, and Stephanie Preschel. Pucker up & Buckle up!

Hallmark Movie Drafts podcast is available everywhere you listen and is not associated with Hallmark Media.

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