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The SpoilerTV 2015 Episode Competition - Winner and Final Words

2 Jul 2015

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Hey all,

And so, the SpoilerTV Favourite Episode Competition comes to a close for yet another year. We knew going into this year's final that Person of Interest would emerge as winner, but which of its two episodes would take the crown? Well, as many of you will have seen, it was 'If-Then-Else' that triumphed.



Outlander's 'The Wedding' came third.

Person of Interest's win means that we have our first different winner in the third year. Previous holder Beauty and the Beast crashed out in the second round, which left it wide open for a new winner. Commiserations to the Beauty and the Beast fans who were unable to get very far in this competition, but I was glad that it fell so early as it prevented the potential for the show to claim victory for a third successive year, and I love seeing variation. Commiserations also to the fans of every other show involved in this competition - even if your favourite didn't win, I hope that you had a lot of fun participating.

With Person of Interest taking both spots in the final, some were understandably aggrieved that it limited the involvement of fans for the big event. I can certainly understand that. Having seen the amount of votes cast in the final compared to both of our previous finals, as well as compared to that of this year's quarter-finals and semi-finals, I was disappointed. The vote count for this year's final was fewer than all of those polls, which is especially frustrating, given that 13 and a half thousand votes were cast in the semi-final between Outlander and Person of Interest - the most votes in a single poll in this competition across all three editions.

As I mentioned yesterday, before the competition began, I discussed with DarkUFO the idea of preventing the same show from meeting in the final and I didn't implement the idea. That isn't something I plan to do next year, but perhaps we will have to have a look at how the draw works in order to try and lessen the chance of this happening in order to make the final rounds bigger and more accessible to fandoms. That's a question for next year, however.

For now, let's look at some positive things. We smashed records this year. As I mentioned, the first semi-final claimed over 13 and a half thousand votes - 13,596 to be exact - to become the most voted in poll in the competition's history. That total is also more than either of the semi-finals for the 2014 Series Competition managed to achieve, which is mightily impressive. In terms of pageviews, we destroyed the record with the count at 264,000 shortly before the final ended. By comparison, 2013's competition claimed 97,000 while 2014 gathered 88,000 views. So, despite the disappointing final, it seems clear to me that we are most definitely going in the right direction with this competition. It's getting bigger every year, and as more and more people discover the site, I can only see that number rising this time next year. I never imagined the competition could grow this big when I started it back in 2013, and I'm so happy that it has.

When this competition began at the start of June, I was pretty busy outside of the site, and so I wasn't able to get as excited as I wanted to. The enthusiasm that everyone has shown managed to really get me into the feel of the competition, and now that it's over, I'm sad that I won't be setting up polls and writing up posts every day for a while. Without you, the readers of SpoilerTV, this competition would be a failure, so I want to thank you for being a part of it - whether you voted in one poll, all of them, or anywhere in between. Also a huge thanks to DarkUFO, whom without, this competition (nor this site) would be possible.

This may be the end of the Episode Competition for another year, but that's not it for competitions this summer. Dahne is once again running the Character Cup, and if it's anything like last year, she will deliver another roaring success. You can get your nominations in for that by following this link.

As for me, I'll be back in August to run the sixth edition of the competition that started them all on SpoilerTV - the Favourite Series Competition. I'm expecting that to be huge this year - bigger than we've ever had before - so make sure to look out for that in a few weeks time. In the meantime, I'm reviewing Under the Dome over the summer, so you can catch my weekly reviews under my author label. You can also get in touch with me via my Twitter or send me an email through the links in my bio below.

For now though, a final thanks to everyone for taking part this year, and I'll see you all again in 2016.



About the Author - Bradley Adams
16 year old based in England, currently Senior Staff at SpoilerTV. Most of his posts are news/spoiler based, though he is currently the reviewer of Person of Interest, as well as being in charge of the yearly 'Favourite Episode Competition'. A big TV fan, his range of shows are almost exclusively dramas, with some of his all-time favourite shows including 24, LOST, Breaking Bad and Friends. Some of his current favourites include Person of Interest, Arrow and The Walking Dead. He also runs an Arrow blog, ArrowFansUK, and aside from TV, is a keen cricketer. Get in touch with him via the links below or via email bradley@spoilertv.com
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52 comments:

  1. Awesome work Bradley.

    Fantastic that we smashed last years record of votes/pageviews. Great to see so many people taking part.


    Congrats to POI. Great show and great Fandom

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  2. Congrats POI and their loyal fandom :)

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  3. Thanks to everyone for taking part. And for putting up with my occasionally long posts (like this one). It's been great fun.

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  4. I'm so happy that Person of Interest - If-Then-Else won. It was a masterpiece. One of the best episodes from the shows entire run.


    Thank you Bradley for another fun competition! I'll always remember this year as the year one of my nominations won something. :)

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  5. My consolation Prize-Oualnder won the 3rd spot.That episode was awesome!

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  6. Thanks Bradley for running this. You did a phenomenal job and this was really a highlight or me over the last weeks.

    Also, major congrats to Person of Interest for this episode. I think it is a very deserving winner. I also have to say congrats to Outlander, for making it so far, and obviously to Agent Carter, for being the biggest surprise of the competition and leaving me so damn proud - you go Peggy!

    This was real fun!

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  7. Glad you enjoyed it :)

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  8. Indeed it is :)

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  9. Same here - nice to finally win something for once! Glad you enjoyed the competition :)

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  10. Thanks :)


    Yes, Agent Carter did so well, and deservedly so.

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  11. Thank you for organizing this. And thank you to all the fandoms the were present and that fought hard for their favs.
    Will check our some other series that people talked here. This exchange of information in the comments is very useful too. :)

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  12. You did a great job :)

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  13. Thanks for putting this up Bradley, it was a blast!
    I wish The 100 could have won, but I'm satisfied with the fact that it got so far. And we learnt that Agent Carter has a lot of support which is awesome :).


    It was pleasure to come and vote everyday and discuss episodes with people. So really, thanks!

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  14. Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :)

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  15. I never thought Agent Carter would go this far in this competition,i was pleasantly surprised!

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  16. Great job Bradley and the deserving episode won. POI - If-Then-Else FTW!

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  17. I just wanted to say thanks so much Bradley for taking the time and all your hard work to run this competition over the past month, it's been a hell of a lot of fun and I can't wait to see the Episode Competition begin all over again! Awesome job as always. And great to see that the competition broke even more records! Really impressive.

    As for the winner, huzzah Person of Interest "If-Then-Else"!! It's been a tough road but I'm so glad this one came out on top. Well deserved for a brilliant episode.

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  18. Thanks, glad you enjoyed the comp

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  19. Well, I really enjoyed the competition for my first year participating. Very glad that POI won.

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  20. Bradley, I tip my hat to you once again! Thanks so much for taking Your free time in putting this together. Its not as easy as it appears... Till next year,lol!

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  21. Ha, it certainly isn't. Glad you enjoyed it :)

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  22. Honorable mentions to Agent Carter, the big surprise this year. I doubt that anyone expected it to make it even half as far as it did.

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  23. I did. Everyone did!

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  24. A well deserves victory for an amazing episode of Person of Interest and one of the best episodes in television history in years, imo. Such a brilliant idea that I think should be viewed as POI's own take of an AU episode and it succeeded in folds.


    Still a shame to see a season finale go that I loved(Arrow's "My Name Is Oliver Queen"), but more than thrilled that "If-Then-Else" took the cake and ran with it.

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  25. Tomáš Petrík2 July 2015 at 23:46

    I wouldn't see it as a bad thing that two episodes from the same show met in the final.
    So be it, if they were both good, then why not?
    Anyway, I am so glad If-Then-Else won, that was a masterpiece :)

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  26. FractalRecursion2 July 2015 at 23:47

    Thanks again for your hard work Bradley! :P

    So glad that If-Then-Else won. One of the very best episodes I've ever seen. A masterpiece. It was well deserved. The Wedding is still the sexiest episode of the year for me. ;)

    The support for Agent Carter was amazing. Never thought that it would go that far. Don't forget to check out the shows here folks! They are all good shows.

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  27. Thank you for running this competition and the polls. It was a fun experience to see all the favorites, votes and not to forget the positive hype that some shows generated.

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  28. This was so fun. Thanks for that.
    Hmmm now I know what I'll start watching in August *cough* POI *cough*

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  29. Two shows I don't watch.

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  30. FractalRecursion3 July 2015 at 00:06

    Time to start watching then. :)

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  31. Personally I hope next year will limit shows to only one entry! This double entry is for the birds!

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  32. Congrats to all the Person of Interest fans! I will be watching as soon as it comes in Netflix in the fall.

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  33. My favourite episode and my nomination won!!! Wooohooooo!!!

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  34. Maybe, same as the character cup, only one episode could represent each show in the next one.

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  35. Thanks. Very nice to see a lot of positive buzz going around. Glad you enjoyed the comp :)

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  36. Only in August? ;)

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  37. Full-time student job from July 1st 'til August 2nd then I'm free!

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  38. Ah, right. Good luck with that :)

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  39. Yeah, I'm really excited about reruns of this show coming to WGN in a couple months. I'm definitely going to jump on that opportunity to play catch up and check that show out from the beginning :). Congrats to that show's fans for their win!
    Echoing the thanks to Bradley for organizing this whole thing. It was quite fun. I look forward to the "favorite series" competition next month.

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  40. I'm actually thrilled for Outlander, the wedding was an outstanding episode. Poor batb ;(

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  41. Thanks for running this Bradley. It was a lot of fun and my favorites made it further than they did last year. It was great.

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  42. Panos Nestoras3 July 2015 at 01:27

    A very well deserved win for If-Then-Else. Thanks for running this competition Bradley.

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  43. Proud of If-Then-Else... im glad there are people out there who appreciate the quality of such an episode. again even if you voted YHWH your still a winner because that episode in itself is amazing.

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  44. Abraham Michaels3 July 2015 at 04:13

    After not a single episode of Sons of Anarchy made the tournament I didn't pay any attention to it but I'm happy to see 2 episodes of Person of Interest were in the finals.

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  45. Great job Bradley, this was fun and I'm sure you worked very hard to run such a flawless competition, and most of all congratstions to the PoI fandom, you guys are most definetly a force to be reckoned with, but most of all I'm going to be watching this show, with all the rave reviews, I've heard about from the fans, I'm so going to check it out, Thanks for the fun, my shows got knocked out early, ooh well they're always next summer:)

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  46. Thx Bradley sooo much!! I really really enjoyed this and will miss voting every single Day. Well done!

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  47. Congrats to PoI and congrats to U, Bradley for such an amazing job done.
    Hopefully next year one of my shows wins.

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  48. Great work Bradley, and thanks for organizing this! I didn't really mind that the two PoI episodes faced each other in the finale but I can see why people would complain about it.

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  49. Thank you for all the hard work you have put into making this the awesome thing that it is.

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  50. Thanks for running this competition and a big welcome to the new viewers who will start watching the show thanks to this.

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