Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!

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{{Infobox Film

| name = Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
| image = Win_A_Date_With_Tad_Hamilton!_poster.JPG
| caption = 
| director = Robert Luketic 
| writer = Victor Levin
| starring = Kate Bosworth,
Topher Grace,
Josh Duhamel 
| producer = Lucy Fisher 
| distributor = DreamWorks 
| budget = ~ US$24,000,000
| released = 23 January 2004 (USA) 
| runtime = 95 min 
| language = English 
| imdb_id = 0335559 
| }}

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! is a 2004 romantic comedy film, directed by Robert Luketic and starring Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace, and Josh Duhamel.

The plot focuses on two high school students named Rosalee and Pete, who work together at a Piggly Wiggly supermarket. Pete secretly pines for Rosalee's affections, but he is too shy to confront her. One day Rosalee wins a contest to meet Tad Hamilton, a major Hollywood TV star. Rosalee invites Peter and another friend, Cathy, to come along as they travel to California to visit Tad's ranch. Pete is unimpressed with Tad's antics, finding him phoney and deceptive. Yet Rosalee falls for him, which puts Pete in a panic.

It was released on VHS and DVD on April 20, 2004. The DVD featured 15 deleted scenes and a revised box art, which made Tad look more sinister.

The film bears a marked resemblance to the musical Bye Bye Birdie, which tells an almost identical story. Certain revisions have been made to update the film to a contemporary setting, such as trading the rock star for a film hunk, exchanging West Virginia for Ohio, etc.