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2015 Character Cup - Wrap-Up and Final Stats

24 Jul 2015

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2015 CHARACTER CUP WINNER: 

SAMANTHA "ROOT" GROVES 






It's been 63 polls (plus extras), but we finally have a winner. Congratulations to Samantha "Root" Groves of Person of Interest, who also got the most votes of any contestant and was the only contestant to receive over 2,000 votes in each round. This makes Root the first female to ever win the Character Cup. She joins Jack from LOST and Dean and Castiel from Supernatural in our Hall of Retired Winners. Congratulations to Person of Interest fans, Shameless fans, and all other fandoms for supporting their favorites and helping to make this a record-breaking Character Cup.  I hope you join us for the Favorite Show Contest that starts Monday.

Congratulations also go to Senko, for winning our prediction contest with 40 out of 63 correct predictions. You rock! All bragging rights go to you! Other top predictors were LOST Rocks Forever and ASN1. Great job. It's been fun comparing how different the contest turned out and where people thought it would go.

In our Vehicle Contest, the winners were the Impala from Supernatural in the Continuing Shows division and the Enterprise from Star Trek from the Ended Shows division. Thanks so much to everyone who participated either through voting, predicting, or commenting. Your voting broke records (see below) while the discussions were excellent, still my favorite part of the contest. I appreciate everyone who participated in the TV Talk Topics for making my hiatus go by a little faster. It was awesome talking TV with all of you. Special thanks also goes out to those who submitted pictures for the polls. Without you we would never have been able to change pictures for each poll. You guys rock!  Finally thanks as always to Andy, without whom there would be no SpoilerTV, the best TV website I have ever had the privilege to be a part of.

Thanks again for joining us and don't forget the Favorite Show Contest coming in August. Nominations start Monday and I know it will be an exciting race too. Check back at Spoiler TV to submit your nominees and of course to discuss your favorite shows. There's lots more good TV Talk to be had.


Nominations for the Favorite Show Contest start Monday!!!



Since I am a trivia fan and because I was asked to last year, I've gathered some general facts about the contest below along with the original and final rankings.


STATS TO GEEK OUT ON:

Characters with Biggest Improvement between Initial Rankings and Final Rankings: Mickey Milkovich (started at #55 and moved up to #2 - largest jump in contest history at 53 places) / Buffy Summers (38 places) / Spencer Reid (28 places)

Total Page Views: This year = 420,000 / Last year = around 115,000

Total Votes Cast (minus pre-contest and TV Vehicle):
This year = over 250,000 / Last year = 86,366
Total votes in Vehicle Contest = 35,840

Total Number of Comments
This Year = 3170 over 11 days = 288.18 average / day
Last Year = 2782 over 17 days = 163.65 average / day

Closest Polls: Oliver Queen vs. Helena (7 votes) / Clarke Griffin vs. Daryl Dixon (38 votes) / Daryl Dixon vs. Vincent Keller (55 votes)


Total Nominations:

This Year - 915
Total shows nominated: 242
Total show represented: 64
Total characters nominated: 610

Last Year - 708
Total shows nominated: 170
Total shows represented: 64
Total characters nominated: 458


Gender Breakdown:

This Year - 33 males and 31 females
After the first round, there were 19 males and 13 females.
After the second round, 8 males and 8 females.
After the third round, 5 males and 3 females.
After the fourth round, 1 males and 3 female.
After the fifth round, 1 male and 1 female.

Last Year - 31 males and 33 females
After the first round, there were 19 males and 13 females.
After the second round, 9 males and 7 females.
After the third round, 5 males and 3 females.
After the fourth round, 3 males and 1 female.
After the fifth round, 1 male and 1 female.


Network Breakdown:

This Year = 35 network, 10 basic cable, 5 premium cable, 1 streaming, 6 international, 7 ended shows
First Round = 13 network, 3 basic cable, 4 premium cable, 1 streaming, 5 international, 6 ended shows
Second Round = 7 network, 1 basic cable, 3 premium cable, 1 streaming, 2 international, 2 ended shows
Third Round = 3 network, 1 basic cable, 2 premium cable, 2 ended shows
Fourth Round = 2 network, 1 premium cable, 1 ended show
Fifth Round = 1 network, 1 premium cable

Last Year = 31 network, 14 basic cable, 7 premium cable, 3 BBC, and 9 ended shows
First round = 19 network, 6 basic cable, 1 premium cable, 1 BBC, and 5 ended shows
Second Round = 11 network, 1 basic cable, 1 premium cable, and 3 ended shows
Third Round = 6 network, 1 premium cable, and 1 ended show
Fourth Round = 4 network shows
Fifth Round = 2 network shows



Final Rankings:

1. Samantha "Root" Groves
2. Mickey Milkovich
3. Peggy Carter
4. Dana Scully
5. Jamie Fraser
6. Kate Beckett
7. Daryl Dixon
8. Buffy Summers
9. Sam Winchester
10. Emma Swan
11. Spencer Reid
12. Tyrion Lannister
13. Helena
14. The Doctor
15. Matt Murdock
16. Leslie Knope
17. Hannibal Lecter
18. Oliver Queen
19. Gregory House
20. Veronica Mars
21. Kieren Walker
22. Vanessa Ives
23. Sharon Raydor
24. Clarke Griffin
25. Patrick Jane
26. Sherlock Holmes of Sherlock
27. Damon Salvatore
28. Ben Linus
29. Athos
30. Stiles Stilinski
31. Derek Shepherd
32. Olivia Dunham
33. Barry Allen
34. Skye Johnson
35. Olivia Benson
36. Sherlock Holmes of Elementary
37. Ichabod Crane
38. Emily Thorne
39. Cookie Lyon
40. Vincent Keller
41. Red Reddington
42. Olivia Pope
43. Sheldon Cooper
44. Klaus Mikaelson
45. Sydney Bristow
46. Jethro Gibbs
47. Donna Paulsen
48. Jane Rizzoli
49. Temperance Brennan
50. Henry Morgan
51. Liv Moore
52. Annalise Keating
53. Lorne Malvo
54. Elizabeth McCord
55. Hanna Marin
56. Elizabeth Jennings
57. Catherine de Medici
58. Norma Bates
59. Marty Deeks
60. April Carver
61. Sean Renard
62. Ross Poldark
63. Jessica Huang
64. Job



Original Rankings:


1. Root Groves (Person of Interest)
2. Jamie Fraser (Outlander)
3. Oliver Queen (Arrow)
4. Clarke Griffin (The 100)
5. Stiles Silinski (Teen Wolf)
6. Peggy Carter (Agent Carter)
7. Kieren Walker (In the Flesh)
8. Athos (The Musketeers)
9. Kate Beckett (Castle)
10. Barry Allen (The Flash)
11. Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones)
12. Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)
13. Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
14. Damon Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries)
15. Emma Swan (Once Upon a Time)
16. Matt Murdock (Daredevil)
17. Cookie Lyon (Empire)
18. Vanessa Ives (Penny Dreadful)
19. Annaliese Keating (How to Get Away with Murder)
20. Ben Linus (LOST)
21. Dana Scully (The X-Files)
22. Sean Renard (Grimm)
23. Red Reddington (The Blacklist)
24. Donna Paulsen (Suits)
25. Norma Bates (Bates Motel)
26. Emily Thorne (Revenge)
27. Sharon Raydor (Major Crimes)
28. Elizabeth Jennings (The Americans)
29. Daryl Dixon (The Walking Dead)
30. Helena (Orphan Black)
31. Skye Johnson (Agents of SHIELD)
32. Olivia Dunham (Fringe)
33. Liv Moore (iZombie)
34. Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal)
35. Job (Banshee)
36. Vincent Keller (Beauty and the Beast)
37. Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation)
38. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
39. Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds)
40. The Doctor (Doctor Who)
41. Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock)
42. Veronica Mars (Veronica Mars)
43. Gregory House (House MD)
44. Henry Morgan (Forever)
45. Hanna Marin (Pretty Little Liars)
46. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
47. Lorne Malvo (Fargo)
48. Derek Sheperd (Grey's Anatomy)
49. Klaus Mikaelson (The Originals)
50. Sherlock Holmes (Elementary)
51. Elizabeth McCord (Madam Secretary)
52. Catherine de Medici (Reign)
53. Marty Deeks (NCIS: LA)
54. Temperance Brennan (Bones)
55. Mickey Milkovich (Shameless)
56. Jane Rizzoli (Rizzoli & Isles)
57. Olivia Pope (Scandal)
58. Olivia Benson (SVU)
59. Jessica Huang (Fresh Off the Boat)
60. April Carver (Chasing Life)
61. Jethro Gibbs (NCIS)
62. Ross Poldark (Poldark)
63. Ichabod Crane (Sleepy Hollow)
64. Sydney Bristow (Alias)



About the Author - Dahne
One part teacher librarian - one part avid TV fan, Dahne is a contributing writer for SpoilerTV, where she recaps, reviews, and/or creates polls for Teen Wolf, The 100, Grimm, How to Get Away with Murder, The Librarians, and others. She also runs the annual Character Cup. She's addicted to Twitter, live tweets a multitude of shows each week, and co-hosts The 100 "Red-Shirted", Sleepy Hollow "Headless" and Teen Wolf "Welcome to Beacon Hills" podcasts for Southgate Media Group. Currently she writes a Last Week in TV column for her blog and SpoilerTV. ~ "I speak TV."
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126 comments:

  1. Yay Root!
    Thank you for organizing this, Dahne!

    https://31.media.tumblr.com/2620138549d708f2c8bcab2d3f95e46c/tumblr_nrfvlfASZJ1qb658io8_r1_400.gif https://33.media.tumblr.com/a63b35e6f45f7c9078d75296b0bfb736/tumblr_nrfvlfASZJ1qb658io7_r1_400.gif

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  2. Massive thanks Dahne for taking the time to run such an excellent competition.


    It was a lot of fun reading all the TV Discussion and seeing all the fandoms promoting their shows.


    You've set a high standard for next years comp.


    P.S Thanks for the stats. I'm a sucker for them!

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  3. I love the stats too, thanks for putting all this together!

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  4. Actual ray of sunshine.

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  5. Congrats POI fandom! ;)
    Thanks for a fun ride!

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  6. I never saw the last poll (and I don't watch either show), but I'm glad a female won. Loved the stats as well, Dahne, they're quite interesting. Can't wait for the favourite show contest, now to just get through the weekend til Tuesday (#timezonedifferences).

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  7. Seems to be the Year of Root right now.
    Same character won my tournament in May.
    Congrats POI fans on making a loud statement this year.

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  8. yes, LOVED the stats breakdown.
    I could spend an hour reading over a break down of all the stats.
    One of the reasons I do my own awards/character tourney is purely for the statistical info to read over.
    Dahne, you are a machine (no pun intended). Great job.

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  9. Woo, Reid, making some nice jumps there :D! Not bad, not bad at all.
    Congratulations to "Person of Interest"/Root fans! It's been fun, I look forward to doing this again next year :). I like the statistics, too-I like that the male/female character balance seemed fairly close or straight even as the contest went on. And I'm not even remotely surprised the Impala would win the mini-contest for continuing series :p.
    Look forward to the show competition next. Thanks again, Dahne, for running this competition.

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  10. This competition was quite a ride. I would have loved to see Mickey win this, but I'm fine with Root as well. I just hope that after this a lot of people will watch the show and that we can try again next year! =D

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  11. Yay Root! And the first female Character Cup champion =), that is awesome!

    She is such a strong, kick ass female character, so I'm really glad that she is the first, hope she is the first of many more kick ass woman to win Character Cup.

    Thanks again Dahne for running this =) You rock!

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  12. Thanks for doing all this Dahne! It was quite fun.

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  13. Bradley Adams ★24 July 2015 at 10:43

    Thanks for running this Dahne. Even though I've not participated as much as I wanted to, it's been fun. Love the stats too.


    Thanks for the series comp plugs. Nominations open Monday!!!!!!!

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  14. Matt Murdock is nothing but consistent.16th seeded character ended up 15th in the actual competition :)
    Great competition Dahne,enjoyed it a lot.We all appreciate your hard work.This made tolerating this dreadful hiatus a little easier than before.Keep up the good work.Now waiting for the Best Show Cup.

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  15. Congrats to Root, and Mickey, and Peggy! I got some dissapointments in the earlier stage, because some of my favourites were cut very early for the competition. But I'm happy for the characters left in the finale!
    And OMG, I won the challonge competition, I didn't really thought I would win :D
    Thank you Dahne for organizing this and for the stats facts, I always love reading these. I can't wait for the show's competition!

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  16. Congrats on winning the prediction competition

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  17. WONDERFUL BABY !!!!! Dean is very, very happy and me tooo !!!

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  18. Thank you! I was hoping Job will make it further, but oh well, there's always another year.

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  19. Very happy Root won.

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  20. What shows have won the best series competition in years past and are they also ineligible?

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  21. http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/10/the-spoilertv-hall-of-fame-page.html

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  22. pinkphoenix198524 July 2015 at 12:42

    I just wanted to thank you, Dahne! You are just amazing and awesome for running this cup again! You put in a lot of work and I honestly don't think that you get enough credit :)

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  23. YAAAAAAS!!!!! Congrats Root!

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  24. Congratulations to Root and POI fans, a well deserved win.

    Thank you Dahne for all your hard work and passion you put into this competitions. Seems only yesterday we were nominating our favorite characters, I can't believe it's over already.

    Interesting stats, good to see more and more people come here and participate in STV.
    And.....POOR JOB!!! At the bottom of the list. Banshee fans, we have a year to make him more popular :P

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  25. Me too, although Job is from a bit of a cult show. He's one of my fav characters though.

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  26. First female and probably first LGBT character? :)

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  27. I'm very happy Root won. She's not my favorite POI character, but I still like her. (Favorite is Finch)


    Thanks Dahne for running this again, it's been fun.

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  28. Cheers for running the contest Dahne, your hard work over the last couple of weeks has been greatly appreciated and I've really enjoyed taking part in the voting and conversations :)

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  29. He was very unlucky to be up against such tough competition in the first round :(

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  30. Congrats for coming first place in the predictions! I'm just happy I managed to finish in the top third (18th) as I was weak minded when I filled it in and put down far too many characters that I wanted to win each round rather than I thought would actually win, haha!

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  31. Congrats Root - more evidence to join the POI fandom! Thanks Dahne for your hard work and epic arrangements - more to come!

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  32. I'm looking forward to it! How many shows will we get to nominate this year?

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  33. Bradley Adams ★24 July 2015 at 14:50

    Two current, two finished. Same as every year ;)

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  34. Bradley Adams ★24 July 2015 at 14:51

    Seeing Job at the very bottom of that list is horrible. He's amazing!

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  35. I wonder who might win the favourite Show contest (just kidding, we all know that PoI will most likely take this one, too).
    I am happy that Peggy made place three and fulfilled my prediction that she would end up being the most popular comic book show character.

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  36. I am not so sure if POI fandom can do it. The new regulations require identification with either Google, Facebook or Twitter account. A huge part of our fanbase is in Chine which has no access to either, which means mainland China is basically locked out. But DarkUFO is on it, trying to get the poll company to offer more sign-in options :)

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  37. I'm not so sure the Chinese fans will make a huge difference. Over the last 4 days which included the semi-finale and final, we only had 125 people in total access the site from China, and a number of those were not related to the Character Cup. So whilst it's unfortunate that they will miss out if they don't have Twitter, Facebook or Google, in the grand scheme it's such a small % that they will not effect any of the polls.

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  38. Cool info, can you tell about Russia?

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  39. What would you like to know?

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  40. total access to the site

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  41. Thanks for posting, Andy. Thanks also to everyone who played nice and kept this contest fun. I really appreciate it. It was great discussing with everyone.

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  42. You're welcome. I'm a big fan of stats and trends too. I loved all teh great discussion in this contest.

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  43. Ha! Thanks. I like breaking down the stats and looking at trends too.

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  44. Thanks. I'm glad you like them.

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  45. I expect quite the turnout for the Favorite Show contest. It should be very interesting.

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  46. I thought you'd like that Reid stat. He did very well. Thanks for being such a great conversationalist throughout the Cup. It was great talking to you. By the way, I was on the edge of my seat with the Vehicle Contest. :D Both Baby and Enterprise were in tighter races than the living characters. I loved that there was only 1 vote between Serenity and Enterprise with 45 minutes to go.

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  47. Sorry I didn't get to use this photo in the actual contest. I could never get it to crop right without looking a little grainy. I also hope that strong women characters continue to represent in this contest.

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  48. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for participating.

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  49. Good luck to you. Thanks for participating when you could.

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  50. Thanks. The Favorite Show contest should be a lot of fun. Thanks for participating. My guess is that if season 2 of Daredevil comes out close to when Cup nominations come out, Matt will do even better next year.

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  51. Huzzah Senko!


    Dahne - Is "Original Rankings" the number of nominations received? It's too early to be thinking.

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  52. Congrats on being the big prediction winner this year. That's fantastic! I'm glad you like the stats and thanks for participating. The Favorite Show Contest will be a lot of fun.

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  53. As Banshee continues to grow on this site, I think Job's chances are even better next year. It's just a matter of getting enough nominations to begin with.

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  54. If he gets the nominations next year, I thnk he could do fairly well given that Banshee gets more popular all the time.

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  55. Congrats on pulling up to 18th. I always make 2 brackets. One is for who I think will win and the other is for my favorites. I do poorly in both but it is fun to see the differences. Plus it makes it easier to vote sometimes.

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  56. It was close but I'm glad Metallicar eked out her win. She is most deserving of admiration and respect.

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  57. The Favorite Show Contest does not have a 1 and done policy so shows can win multiple times.

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  58. Thanks so much for your support. I really appreciate it. I have your TV Talk Topic on my list of ones to definitely discuss next year. Thanks for giving it and sorry we didn't get to it this time.

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  59. Thanks. Once we get started, this Cup does move quickly to the finale. I think you have an excellent chance of improving Job's ranking if he gets enough nominations next year. The show seems to be growing steadily more popular here.

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  60. I doubt he'll remain at the bottom next year, provided he gets enough nominations. I think the pictures and discussion prompted some speculation about his character and probably will get some people to check out the show.

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  61. Thanks again for participating. I look forward to discussing more with you next time.

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  62. Bradley Adams ★24 July 2015 at 16:33

    I hope so. It's a superb show and he's a superb character, and more people really need to be checking it out.

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  63. Thanks. I've loved discussing with you too.

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  64. That interesting. Thanks.

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  65. Now let's do a crossover where we get Root driving the Metallicar, lol.

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  66. Thanks. Don't forget the Favorite Show Contest next.

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  67. Thanks for the classy attitude. I appreciate it.

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  68. pinkphoenix198524 July 2015 at 16:51

    You're welcome! And it's totally okay *hugs*

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  69. It would be cool to have stats on how many people from how many different countries visit the site. If it's not too much work of course.

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  70. I don't even want to know the numbers for the Eastern US. I feel the need to put on dark glasses and hide now that I realize you know that I'm basically a STV stalker. ;)

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  71. Thank you. I had a really great time and I really enjoyed the TV Topics this year. Great job. I know you're tired!

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  72. Agreed, it hurts to see.

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  73. Both winner and runner up lie somewhere on the LGBT segment.

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  74. We do this stats roundup at the end of each year

    http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/12/2014-year-end-stats-most-popular-shows.html



    We'll be doing the same at the end of this year as well. It should give you a good idea of the Top 20 Countries.

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  75. In the last week we've had 12,000 views from Russia.

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  76. Cool. thanks for the link. Although my county is not in the Top 20 ;)

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  77. Think of this this way.


    He came 64th out of 610.

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  78. Cool, I will be internally agonising over which four to put forward throughout the weekend, lol.

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  79. What country are you from?

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  80. I will probably do that next year, it's a great idea!

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  81. Thanks a lot, I like numbers )

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  82. When is the best show cup?

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  83. Bradley Adams ★24 July 2015 at 18:02

    Nominations begin Monday :)

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  84. Bradley Adams ★24 July 2015 at 18:03

    I've already decided on mine and it was actually pretty easy, lol. 24 being in the finished category made it one hell of a lot easier, because I wasn't left with three to pick from in current lol.

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  85. Very true. Every character that made it into the Cup was already a winner.

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  86. Nope. Nobody else gets to drive Dean's Baby except of course Sammy and psychics who put the mind meld on him,

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  87. Original rankings are how the characters were placed in the brackets based on nominations and rankings polls. See can see the whole process here: http://dahne1.blogspot.com/2015/07/2015-character-cup-ranking-process.html

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  88. Thanks for always being an awesome participant. You rock! I am celebrating the end by taking my two favorite toddlers to the train museum in just a bit. It's nice to get away from a computer for awhile and they will definitely keep me on my toes.

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  89. I am a bit late to the party, but thank you dahne! The competition was so much fun and brilliantly done! I am reallt excited for the show cup now!

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  90. Thanks Dahne, it is appreciated. It´s fun to see the numbers. I look forward to nominating my favourite shows. :-)

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  91. Root has a motorcycle. She don't need no car ;)

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  92. well done interface, and thanks POI International!

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  93. Thanks for the stats, it's interesting to compare from last year and see the changes.

    I'll be anxiously awaiting the Show Cup! If you need any help with any part of the competition (even if it's just for finding pictures), please just let me know. I'd be happy to help :).

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  94. Thanks Dahne :) It was a lot of fun. Congrats to Root and POI also. I'm glad Mickey and Peggy came 2nd and 3rd :) Loved reading the stats and looking forward to the favourite show contest!

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  95. Congratulations on winning the challenge competition! Well done :).

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  96. Indeed :).
    You're very welcome-thanks for giving us such great topics to discuss! I had fun talking with you, too.
    Haha, oh, wow, that's crazy. I love that even the mini-contest was a close race :D.

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  97. Don't ruin my imagination :(

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  98. I think one look at Root, and Dean would hand her the keys.

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  99. Dahne, Thank you for all the effort, love and time you put into The Character Cup! Your work is highly appreciated! Already looking forward to next year ;-)

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  100. At least House cracked the Top 20. Congrats Root! I'm still at a point in my POI catch up where I'm not a huge fan of her character yet, but I'm sure I'll love her soon.


    Great job, Dahne!

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  101. No way. He'd want to hand her the keys to his motel sure, but he doesn't hand anyone the keys to Baby except Sammy. He certainly didn't hand his keys to Andrea and she looked exactly like Root.

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  102. Thanks for all your participation. I think the Favorite Show Contest is going to be a blast.

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  103. Bradley runs the Favorite Show Contest so I'm not sure if he will need pictures or not. Thanks for all your help here.

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  104. Thanks and thanks for participating. Your enthusiasm was a great encouragement. I think you'll love the Fav. Show Contest too.

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  105. Thank you for participating. I geek out about the stats and last year someone wanted me to share. It's cool to see others interested in them too. The Fav. Show Contest is even bigger than this one so it is always a lot of fun.

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  106. Aww, thank you. I always look forward to this Cup because I can discuss TV with some great people. Thanks for participating and I'll see you next year.

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  107. Heym he jumped up 24 places, so that's awesome! It's especially true because he is on an ended show, which makes it even harder to even get in. House did well.

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  108. Congrats to the POI fandom - perhaps I will grow to like Root as I get further in my catch up.

    So happy that Peggy took 3rd - amazing feat considering she only has 8 episodes under her belt. Super happy to see Reid jumped up so many places :-)

    Congrts to the prediction winners. I was literally the exact middle of the pack - which was an improvement over the year before so hey, I'm going it the right direction!

    Thanks Dahne for a fabulous competition! The last few weeks have just flown by thanks to all the great conversation, prediction surprises and the unexpected mini-polls. Can't wait for the Show competition and you better believe that I'll be randomly Tweeting or mentioning new talk topics as I think of them over the next year!



    Question (apologies if someone already asked and I missed it in comments) - the final vote had over 55,000 votes total - is that a record for a single head to head poll in the website's history?

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  109. Thanks so much Dahne, I had a lot of fun, I am already looking forward to next year :)
    I love the stats, so thanks for that too. See you in the show cup.

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  110. First, congrats to the PoI fandom you guys came to play, I'm proud because a woman took it all, I'm also happy because it's giving me a new show to catch up on, and also like to Thank Dahne for the extremely hard work that was obviously put in, compiling the stats enjoyable to the readers, looking forward to next summer, will be back for it as well, really helped with the summer tv abyss, great job!!!!!

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  111. If Root could get a man to quickly marry her with her being in a wedding dress in one episode, I'm sure she could get the keys out of Dean's hand and drive off maniacally.

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  112. Have you ever seen Supernatural? No judgment. Just asking. Amy Acker guest starred in the third episode, which just happened to be the one that I fell in love with Supernatural with by the way. Still there is no way in heaven, hell, earth, Purgatory, wacky alternative Canadian reality, parent-meeting time traveling past, apocalyptic future vision, TV universe nightmare, djinn-juiced happy world, or Lucifer inspired fruit bat fever dream that Dean would EVER hand over the keys to his Baby to Root. That car is Winchester blood, sweat, and soul and only a Winchester drives her. (Notable exception - being mind melded when a powerful, demon blooded psychic whammies you. And that's only once in over 200 episodes)

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  113. Glad you are going in the right direction for the prediction contest. I am totally going backwards. Thanks so much for being so much fun to discuss with. This Cup really was one surprise after another and kep me on my toes a lot with the close races. The Show Contest will be just as epic I think. Thanks for sending TV Talk suggestions my way. I love it! Hope to talk to you very soon about them.


    I don't have time to search right now about the final poll numbers. I did go back to the most exciting contest we've ever had in my opinion - the Supernatural vs. Fringe Best Show finale - but that one only got ~22,000 votes

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  114. Thank you for participating. I'm glad you had fun and that you're redy for more. I can't wait for next year too. I thinkthe Show Contest is going to be just as exciting.

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  115. I was nice to have a female winner and I hope that it becomes fairly balanced in the future. Thanks you for participating and being such an encourager. I really appreciate it. My summer is flying by too and soon it will be time for the fall season. Can't wait to do it again next summer. Glad you'll be joining us.

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  116. Thank you for participating.

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  117. Ah, thanks for the clarification.

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  118. No worries :-) I'm thinking the best show contest might break some records too.

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  119. no way in heaven, hell, earth, Purgatory, wacky alternative Canadian reality, parent-meeting time traveling past, apocalyptic future vision, TV universe nightmare, djinn-juiced happy world, or Lucifer inspired fruit bat fever dream


    You put that together so nicely, I need to use it as a bio somewhere.

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  120. I totaly agree !! BABY is a very important character with a big personality !!!

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  121. Why do you think I even said how that's Root's never before mentioned sister?


    I said all of this on sarcasm alone and you're taking this way too hardcore.

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