In the Favorite TV Show tournament there was a few mild upsets in the later rounds, but in the end... 2 shows who got overshadowed in the nomination round by heavy multiple voting from a couple users, prevailed in the final. Due to the "top seeds go to the top vote getter of each network" rule I implemented, the 5th & 6th highest nominated shows Fringe & Supernatural, actually came into the tourney as the 7th seed in both their respective draws. The top 6 seeds in every group went to network leaders, and thus, the 7th seeds were far more popular than their ratings might have suggested.
Unlike on the character side of the draw, most of the final 4 here were made up of challengers who were not the top seed. Only Game Of Thrones managed to make the final 4 & be a #1 seed as they competed against a #3 seed (Sanctuary) & the eventual finalists, the previously mentioned two #7 seeds Fringe & Supernatural.
Fringe & Supernatural making the finals were not too big of a shock to me, as I get a lot of traffic from fans of those shows to my site. With an incredibly hard road that included fights against finalist Supernatural, 2 #2 seeds "Castle" & "Burn Notice", as well as 2 #1 seeds, including Game Of Thrones & newfound powerhouse of online polls, Lost Girl, the eventual champs from the FOX network, Fringe prevailed against some pretty strong competitors.
The little show that could, Sanctuary, bucked almost every prediction I made for it, as fans of the show showed their support for the recently cancelled Syfy program & beat out the seemingly strong Nikita to make it to the final 4. I had several "I hope they do well" shows & the 1 that made it further than any other was "Community" before it eventually fell to the powerfull Game Of Thrones. An early fight with eventual winner Fringe thwarted the chance of "Castle" who went into the tourney ranked #2 in their group.
I dont think any tourney had more attempted cheating than this tourney. One obsessive IP proxy user in China actually went thru the trouble of voting 2,466 times in a 24hr span on 1 poll. A nuisance sure, but in the end, had no effect on the final results.
I am strongly considering doing a poll like this for all-time TV Characters.... but there will obviously be, some clear changes in how its handled.
Vote leaders per round
Round 1- 1) Lost Girl 1173, 2) Robot Chicken 964, 3) Chuck 464
Round 2- 1) Lost Girl 914, 2) Chuck 685, 3) Game Of Thrones 368
Round 3- 1) Lost Girl 546, 2) Fringe 506, 3) Burn Notice 487
Round 4- 1) Fringe 328, 2) Lost Girl 326, 3) Supernatural 232
Round 5- 1) Supernatural 222, 2) Fringe 208, 3) Sanctuary 194
FINAL
(7) Fringe 404-303 (7) Supernatural
ROUND 5
(7) Fringe 208-190 (1) Game Of Thrones
(7) Supernatural 222-194 (3) Sanctuary
ROUND 4
(1) Game Of Thrones 196-179 (3) Community
(3) Sanctuary 212-121 (1) NCIS
(7) Supernatural 232-189 (1) Nikita
(7) Fringe 328-326 (1) Lost Girl
ROUND 3
(1) NCIS 146-102 (13) Covert Affairs
(3) Community 125-122 (2) Rizzoli And Isles
(7) Fringe 506-487 (2) Burn Notice
(7) Supernatural 412-343 (3) The Walking Dead
(1) Lost Girl 546-412 (12) Chuck
(1) Game Of Thrones 277-140 (13) Warehouse 13
(1) Nikita 186-94 (4) The Listener
(3) Sanctuary 201-63 (2) Breaking In
ROUND 2
(1) Nikita 517-72 (9) House MD
(3) The Walking Dead 50-30 (11) Unforgettable
(4) The Listener 33-28 (5) Justified
(7) Supernatural 146-52 (2) Dexter
(1) NCIS 72-50 (8) Person Of Interest
(2) Breaking In 106-78 (10) Leverage
(3) Sanctuary 47-38 (11) True Blood
(13) Covert Affairs 29-25 (12) Fairly Legal
(1) Game Of Thrones 368-253 (8) Once Upon A Time
(2) Rizzoli And Isles 185-156 (7) The Big Bang Theory
(3) Community 70-44 (11) The Office
(13) Warehouse 13 102-56 (12) Touch
(1) Lost Girl 914-57 (8) The Killing
(3) Burn Notice 106-97 (11) Doctor Who
(7) Fringe 357-228 (2) Castle
(12) Chuck 685-245 (4) Arctic Air
ROUND 1
(1) NCIS 28-7 (16) Republic Of Doyle
(2) Breaking In 105-24 (15) CSI
(3) Sanctuary 22-6 (14) Family Guy
(8) Person Of Interest 19-15 (9) Criminal Minds
(10) Leverage 22-13 (7) How I Met Your Mother
(11) True Blood 17-9 (6) Mr. Young
(12) Fairly Legal 14-12 (5) Red Dwarf
(13) Covert Affairs 15-12 (4) Sherlock
(1) Nikita 464-46 (16) Law & Order SVU
(2) Dexter 24-21 (15) 30 rock
(3) The Walking Dead 24-15 (14) Homeland
(4) The Listener 20-15 (13) Falling Skies
(5) Justified 24-15 (12) Glee
(7) Supernatural 44-26 (10) Revenge
(9) House MD 35-26 (8) The Secret Circle
(11) Unforgettable 24-20 (6) Coronation Street
(1) Lost Girl 1173-964 (16) Robot Chicken
(2) Castle 137-134 (15) The Simpsons
(3) Burn Notice 111-92 (14) General Hospital
(4) Arctic Air 78-64 (13) Grey's Anatomy
(7) Fringe 175-106 (10) Psych
(8) The Killing 90-67 (9) The Vampire Diaries
(11) Doctor Who 87-35 (6) Hot In Cleveland
(12) Chuck 464-69 (5) The Client List
(1) Game Of Thrones 34-9 (16) Sons Of Anarchy
(2) Rizzoli And Isles 40-39 (15) The LA Complex
(3) Community 31-14 (14) Eastbound And Down
(7) The Big Bang Theory 42-12 (10) Hawaii Five-O
(8) Once Upon A Time 28-10 (9) 2 Broke Girls
(11) The Office 20-8 (6) Victorious
(12) Touch 18-15 (5) Children's Hospital
(13) Warehouse 13 27-25 (4) Futurama
In the Favorite TV Characther tournament there was not a lot of surprises after we got past the 1st round.
With the defeat of potential final 4 challenger Kate Beckett of Castle in round 1, I pretty early on was able to anticipate who the final 4 probably would be... and I wasnt far off.
The 2012 Favorite TV Character Poll winn Dr. Lauren Lewis of "Lost Girl" (played by Zoie Palmer) seemed to have very little competition throughout the tournament. Winning by totals of 1008, 1206, 317, 111 & 134 before her final victory by the closest margain of 55. Not until the final did she even have to compete against anyone in the top 4 seed of their group.
With my site having a large pressence of Supernatural, Fringe & Once Upon A Time fans I expected the total 6 characters from those 3 shows to compete long in this tourney.... and sure enough, 3 of the final 4 spots belonged to 2 of those programs, as Olivia Dunham from Fringe & Castiel & Dean Winchester from Supernatural made the final 4 against the other perennial powerhouse that I have learned to expect in these polls, Dr. Lauren Lewis of Lost Girl.
While I didnt expect Castiel in the final 4 (I expected a bigger fight on his hands with Emma Swan in Round 3), the other 3 in the final pairings didnt come as any shock, and the inevitable winner, Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl" came as even less of a shock.
Like with any online voting based tournament.... there is always efforts to cheat. Yeah I dont know who would waste their time trying to circumvent rules for a site that gets on average less than 1,000 unique viewers a day... but, some do. This year I had some help from a friend on minimizing it (I am not naive enough to think there still wasnt SOME cheating...but overall, probably not enough to sway results too critically). The constant babysitting need of these polls in the later rounds has made me re-assess how to do these in the future.
As those of you who followed the event from the beginning know, after round 2 I changed from repeat voting being allowed to just 1 vote per person being allowed. While webiste traffic grew from this, vote numbers decreased (as was expected with the removal of people voting 100+ times in some instances). The 1st 3 rounds saw the same 2 characters lead in votes as Dean Winchester "Supernatural" & eventual winner Dr. Lauren Lewis were 1st & 2nd each round. Most amazing stat, Dean lead every round but the 1 he was eventually eliminated in.
I am strongly considering doing a poll like this for all-time TV Characters.... but there will obviously be, some clear changes in how its handled.
Vote leaders by round
Round 1- 1) Dean Winchester "Supernatural" 1404, 2) Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl 1100, 3) Olivia Dunham "Fringe" 902
Round 2- 1) Dean Winchester "Supernatural" 1766, 2) Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl" 1512, 3) Temperence Brennan "Bones" 1067
Round 3- 1) Dean Winchester "Supernatural" 784, 2) Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl" 558, 3) Tyrion Lannister "Game Of Thrones" 418
Round 4- 1) Dean Winchester "Supernatural" 404, 2) Olivia Dunham "Fringe" 392, 3) Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl" 328
Round 5- 1) Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl", 2) Olivia Dunham "Fringe" 245, 3) Dean Winchester "Supernatural" 226
FINALS
(1) Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl 290-235 (1) Olivia Dunham "Fringe"
PLAYOFF ROUND 5
(1) Olivia Dunham "Fringe" 245-226 (1) Dean Winchester "Supernatural"
(1) Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl" 346-212 (15) Castiel "Supernatural"
PLAYOFF ROUND 4
(1) Dean Winchester "Supernatural" 404-226 (14) Dr. Arizona Robbins "Greys Anatomy"
(1) Olivia Dunham "Fringe" 392-248 (2) Parker "Leverage"
(15) Castiel "Supernatural" 219-205 (9) Stephen Holder "The Killing"
(1) Dr. Lauren Lewis 328-217 (6) The Doctor "Doctor Who"
PLAYOFF ROUND 3
(1) Dean Winchester "Supernatural" 784-418 (9) Tyrion Lannister "Game Of Thrones"
(2) Parker "Leverage" 126-81 (3) Daryl Dixon "The Walking Dead"
(6) The Doctor "Doctor Who" 103-90 (10) Temperence Brennan "Bones"
(9) Stephen Holder 76-70 (5) Abed Nadir "Community"
(1) Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl" 558-241 (5) John Reece "Person Of Interest
(1) Olivia Dunham "Fringe 402-156 (4) Dr. Helen Magnus "Sanctuary"
(14) Dr. Arizona Robbins "Grey's Anatomy" 217-151 (2) Alexandra Udinov "Nikita"
(15) Castiel "Supernatural" 346-212 (3) Emma Swan "Once Upon A Time"
PLAYOFF ROUND 2
(10) Temperence Brennan "Bones" 1067-945 (2) Eric Northman "True Blood"
(1) Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl" 1512-306 (8) Dr. Gregory House "House MD"
(5) John Reese "Person Of Interest" 94-80 (4) Auggie Anderson "Covert Affairs"
(6) The Doctor "Doctor Who" 87-79 (3) Kate Reed "Fairly Legal"
(2) Parker "Leverage" 114-86 (7) Emily Thorne "Revenge"
(1) Olivia Dunham "Fringe" 418-123 (8) Jesse Pinkman "Breaking Bad"
(4) Dr. Helen Magnus "Sanctuary" 211-190 (5) Michael Westen "Burn Notice"
(3) Daryle Dixon "The Walking Dead" 198-192 (11) Homer Simpson "The Simpsons"
(9) Stephen Holder "The Killing" 128-62 (16) Rumplestiltskin "Once Upon A Time"
(15) Castiel "Supernatural" 356-264 (7) Steve McGarrett "Hawaii Five-O"
(5) Abed Nadir "Community" 79-47 (13) Turanga Leela "Futurama"
(3) Emma Swan "Once Upon A Time" 145-46 (8) Oz "Breaking In"
(14) Dr. Arizona Robbins "Greys Anatomy" 278-64 (6) Max Black "2 Broke Girls"
(5) Tyrion Lannister "Game Of Thrones" 74-70 (4) Dexter Morgan "Dexter"
(2) Alexandra Udinov "Nikita" 576-244 (7) Barney Stinson "How I Met Your Mother"
(1) Dean Winchester "Supernatural" 1766-895 (8) Carrie Wells "Unforgettable"
PLAYOFF ROUND 1
(2) Alexandra Udinov "Nikita" 314-86 (15) Dalia Royce "Suburgatory"
(1) Dean Winchester "Supernatural" 1404-1102 (16) Annie Edison "Community"
(2) Parker "Leverage" 106-28 (16) Enoch "Nucky" Thompson "Boardwalk Empire"
(1) Olivia Dunham "Fringe" 902-165 (16) Dr. Walter Bishop "Fringe"
(15) Castel "Supernatural" 505-436 (2) Emily Prentiss "Criminal Minds"
(16) Rumplestiltskin "Once Upon A Time" 196-177 (1) Kate Beckett "Castle"
(2) Eric Northman "True Blood" 95-18 (15) Allan harper "2 & 1/2 Men"
(1) Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl" 1100-92 (16) Kenzi "Lost Girl"
(4) Dexter Morgan "Dexter" 12-2 (13) Jackson "Jax" Teller "Sons Of Anarchy"
(14) Dr. Arizona Robbins "Greys Anatomy" 20-14 (3) Dr. Sheldon Cooper "The Big Bang Theory"
(13) Turanga Leela "Futurama" 10-6 (4) Kate Murphy "Body Of Proof"
(3) Emma Swan "Once Upon A Time" 16-15 (14) Elena Gilbert "The Vampire Diaries"
(4) Auggie Anderson "Covert Affairs" 9-5 (13) Sue Sylvester "Glee"
(3) Kate Reed "Fairly Legal" 9-2 (14) Molly Flynn "Mike And Molly"
(4) Dr. Helen Magnus "Sanctuary" 33-7 "13) Horatio Caine "CSI: Miami"
(3) Daryl Dixon "The Walking Dead" 28-5 (14) Liz Lemon "30 Rock"
(5) John Reese "Person Of Interest" 24-12 (12) Mayor Adam West "Family Guy"
(6) The Doctor "Doctor Who" 15-8 (11) Eric Cartman "South Park"
(5) Abed Nadir "Community" 10-9 (12) Carrie Mathison "Homeland"
(6) Oz "Breaking In" 27-5 (11) Don Draper "Mad Men"
(5) Michael Westen "Burn Notice' 20-4 (12) Harriet Korn "Harrys Law"
(11) Homer Simpson "The Simpsons" 12-2 (6) Gabrielle Solis "Desperate Housewives"
(5) Tyrion Lannister "Game Of Thrones" 57-21 (12) Abby Sciuto "NCIS"
(6) Max Black "2 Broke Girls" 7-5 (11) Leslie Knope "Parks And Recreation"
(7) Emily Thorne - "Revenge" 18-6 (10) Alicia Florrick "The Good Wife"
(8) Jesse Pinkman "Breaking Bad" 12-8 (9) Raylan Givens "Justified"
(8) Dr. Gregory House "House" 41-10 (9) Sarah Sidle "CSI"
(7) Temperence Brennan "Bones" 18-15 (10) Shawn Spencer "Psych"
(7) Steve McGarrett "Hawaii Five-O" 29-6 (10) Julia Houston "Smash"
(9) Stephen Holder "The Killing" 12-10 (8) Mel Ivarsen "Arctic Air"
(8) Carrie Wells "Unforgettable" 20-8 (9) Jane Kerkovich-Williams "Happy Endings"
(7) Barney Stinson "How I Met Your Mother" 24-12 (10) Dwight K. Schrute "The Office"
The Favorite Character of 2011 as voted by you the fans was.. Dean Winchester "Supernatural" (played by Jensen Ackles).
The final award of the year makes Mr. Ackles a 3 award winner, and 5 total awards in 2 years winner. With best actor & favorite character awards last year under his belt going into 2011s voting, it wasnt a big shock he would win something again. Winning 3 awards however.. that shows a dominance. With the Best Sci-Fi Acot award & Sexiest Actor Award already wrapped up Jensen snagged 1 final honour by way of his on screen persona, the smart ass, world saving hunter Dean Winchester.
Deans win came at the cost of a character we no longer will see in this form. Runner up "Smallville" disguised super-hero Clark Kent makes it 2 years in a row a Smallville character was runner up. 3rd went to "Lost Girl" Dr. Lauren Lewis. Its 4th place for Deans brother Sam Winchester..same place he finished in 2010. 5th place for "Supernatural" angel turned god turned nothing Castiel, he finished 3rd last year. "Sanctuary" lead Dr. Helen Magnus is 6th, the character responsible for the Best drama actor win for Nathan Fillion is 7th "Castle" lead Richard Castle, 8th is "Fringe" phenomenon fighting FBI agent Olivia Dunham, 9th is the Best Drama actress Stana Katic inspired "Castle" detective Kate Beckett. Falling 3 spots from 7th to 10th this year is insanely genius "Fringe" doctor/scientist Walter Bishop, Another Dr. drops 3 spots from 8th to 11th this year, as "The Big Bang Theory" resident know it all Sheldon Cooper takes 11th. 12th is "Lost Girl" lead character Bo. 13th is last years 9th place finalist "How I Met Your Mother" character responsible for Neil Patrick Harris winning Best comedy Actor this year, Barney Stinson. Last years 10th place finalist is this year 14th, the quirky theif from "Leverage" Parker. 15th is "Fringe" mystery man Peter Bishop. 16th is the soon to retire/or be fired "House" doctor, Gregory House. 17th is the TV/movie obsessed obvserational "Community" character Abed Nadir. 18th is the new sheriff in town on "Once Upon A Time" Emma Swan. 19th is last years runner up, and the character that helped Erica Durance win this years Best Sci-fi actress award, "Smallville" Lois Lane. 20th is the 3rd "Lost Girl" character to make it Kenzi. 21st is last years 13th place "Burn Notice" burn out Sam Axe. 22nd was 15th last year "The Big Bang Theory" quirky brilliant other hald of the couple known as Shamy Amy Farrah Fowler. 23rd is "The Big Bang Theory" resident hottie Penny. 24th is last years 14th place finisher, super spy "Burn Notice" Michael Westen. Rounding out the finalists is "The Secret Circle" witch Charles Meade.
Despite 8 different leaders thru the voting period, there was only 21 lead changes total. The top 3 all lead at 1 point, as did Castiel, Helen Magnus, Abed, Penny & even Charles Meade early on before his fans opted to boycott these polls. This award makes a total of 7 awards in total for "Supernatural" (8 if sexiest actor is included), by far the most of the awards.
The Favorite Character of 2011 as voted by you the fans was.. Dean Winchester "Supernatural" (played by Jensen Ackles).
The final award of the year makes Mr. Ackles a 3 award winner, and 5 total awards in 2 years winner. With best actor & favorite character awards last year under his belt going into 2011s voting, it wasnt a big shock he would win something again. Winning 3 awards however.. that shows a dominance. With the Best Sci-Fi Acot award & Sexiest Actor Award already wrapped up Jensen snagged 1 final honour by way of his on screen persona, the smart ass, world saving hunter Dean Winchester.
Deans win came at the cost of a character we no longer will see in this form. Runner up "Smallville" disguised super-hero Clark Kent makes it 2 years in a row a Smallville character was runner up. 3rd went to "Lost Girl" Dr. Lauren Lewis. Its 4th place for Deans brother Sam Winchester..same place he finished in 2010. 5th place for "Supernatural" angel turned god turned nothing Castiel, he finished 3rd last year. "Sanctuary" lead Dr. Helen Magnus is 6th, the character responsible for the Best drama actor win for Nathan Fillion is 7th "Castle" lead Richard Castle, 8th is "Fringe" phenomenon fighting FBI agent Olivia Dunham, 9th is the Best Drama actress Stana Katic inspired "Castle" detective Kate Beckett. Falling 3 spots from 7th to 10th this year is insanely genius "Fringe" doctor/scientist Walter Bishop, Another Dr. drops 3 spots from 8th to 11th this year, as "The Big Bang Theory" resident know it all Sheldon Cooper takes 11th. 12th is "Lost Girl" lead character Bo. 13th is last years 9th place finalist "How I Met Your Mother" character responsible for Neil Patrick Harris winning Best comedy Actor this year, Barney Stinson. Last years 10th place finalist is this year 14th, the quirky theif from "Leverage" Parker. 15th is "Fringe" mystery man Peter Bishop. 16th is the soon to retire/or be fired "House" doctor, Gregory House. 17th is the TV/movie obsessed obvserational "Community" character Abed Nadir. 18th is the new sheriff in town on "Once Upon A Time" Emma Swan. 19th is last years runner up, and the character that helped Erica Durance win this years Best Sci-fi actress award, "Smallville" Lois Lane. 20th is the 3rd "Lost Girl" character to make it Kenzi. 21st is last years 13th place "Burn Notice" burn out Sam Axe. 22nd was 15th last year "The Big Bang Theory" quirky brilliant other hald of the couple known as Shamy Amy Farrah Fowler. 23rd is "The Big Bang Theory" resident hottie Penny. 24th is last years 14th place finisher, super spy "Burn Notice" Michael Westen. Rounding out the finalists is "The Secret Circle" witch Charles Meade.
Despite 8 different leaders thru the voting period, there was only 21 lead changes total. The top 3 all lead at 1 point, as did Castiel, Helen Magnus, Abed, Penny & even Charles Meade early on before his fans opted to boycott these polls. This award makes a total of 7 awards in total for "Supernatural" (8 if sexiest actor is included), by far the most of the awards.
In the next couple days I will do 1 last blog about these awards. I will talk about the voting, interesting things I noticed, I will list all the winners in 1 post, and I will also, give who I would have given the awards to if it was solely up to me. In the next couple days I will do 1 last blog about these awards. I will talk about the voting, interesting things I noticed, I will list all the winners in 1 post, and I will also, give who I would have given the awards to if it was solely up to me.
Final vote results
Dean Winchester "Supernatural" 1165
Clark Kent "Smallville" 1023
Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl" 838
Sam Winchester "Supernatural" 772
Castiel "Supernatural" 720
Dr. Helen Magnus "Sanctuary" 604
Richard Castle "Castle" 528
Olivia Dunham "Fringe" 507
Kate Beckett "Castle" 458
Dr. Walter Bishop "Fringe" 390
Dr. Sheldon Cooper "The Big Bang Theory" 380
Bo "Lost Girl" 366
Barney Stinson "How I Met Your Mother" 335
Parker "Leverage" 330
Peter Bishop "Fringe" 321
Dr. Gregory House "House" 317
Abed Nadir "Community" 297
Emma Swan "Once Upon A Time" 285
Lois Lane "Smallville" 245
Kenzi "Lost Girl" 244
Sam Axe "Burn Notice" 227
Amy Farrah Fowler "The Big Bang Theory" 221
Penny "The Big Bang Theory" 214
Michael Westen "Burn Notice" 203
Charles Meade "The Secret Circle" 156
The Sexiest Actor of 2011 as voted by you the fans was.. Erica Durance.
Commom theme in this years awards. If you won the sci-fi acting award for your gender, you apparently are also the sexiest. The Smallville hottie Erica Durance matched her male award winning counterpart in the sci-fi category Jensen Ackles, by also taking home the sexiest category. Having had the honour of meeting Ms. Durance severla times, I can say I understand the voters decision. She really is as stunning in person as the tv screens & magazines make her appear.
Erica won this category with a bit of a lead over eventual runner up "Lost Girl" star Zoie Palmer. Mila Kunis, who lead for several days, eventually would fade back & finish 3rd. "Fringe" cutie Anna Torv was continually in the race, but would eventually finish 4th. "House" hottie Olivia Wilde was 5th, my personal pick finished 6th, "The Client List" star Jennifer Love Hewitt. Another "Lost Girl" on the list in 7th Anna Silk, 8th is "Once Upon A Time" sherriff Jennifer Morrison, 9th is "Community" cutie Alison Brie, and rounding out the finalists is "The Secret Circle" hottie Britt Robertson.
Like the mens category, there was 5 different leaders over the course of the polls, but only 21 lead changes. Erica, Zoie, Mila, & the 2 Jennifers all had leads, but it was Mila & Zoie that really only had the leads after about day 5 until Erica took over in the final 3-4 days of voting. Interesting observation I made with this result. Erica won sci-fi actress, and sexiest actress.. yet her character Lois Lane finished nowhere close to the top in the favorite character category.
Final vote results
Erica Durance 909
Zoie Palmer 733
Mila Kunis 637
Anna Torv 599
Olivia Wilde 497
Jennifer Love Hewitt 401
Anna Silk 374
Jennifer Morrison 300
Alison Brie 240
Britt Robertson 183
The Best Sci-Fi Program of 2011 as voted by you the fans was.. Supernatural.
Back to back wins for Best Sci-fi show go to the world saving brothers from "Supernatural". Last year the Winchester brothers win in this category might have seemed a small surprise, but after 2 People's Choice Awards this past year, winning here seemed a give in. No doubt a lot of you that voted on these awards already come here for various SPN news/candid photos so, the win is sort of a "home field advantage" type of win for them, as a large chunk of the viewers on this site come for my occasional info on the show & its cast. Unlike the PCA's I dont allow shows or actors to compete in multiple categories, thus why SPN is up for the sci-fi award, and not the drama award, like it was in the PCA's, where it won both.
"Supernatural" won fairly easily in the end with a 200+ vote lead over runner up "Smallville" (for the 2nd year in a tow). 3rd place came out of nowhere this year to make noise at these awards "Lost Girl" edged out last years 3rd place show "Fringe" who fell to 4th this year. "Sanctuary" picked up 5th place, beating out the final finalist 6th place "The Walking Dead", the 2010 Best New Show winner.
All of the shows, but The Walking Dead were at 1 point leaders, although Fringe & Sanctuary never had the lead for long & only led in the early days of voting. Smallville & Supernatural eventually distanced themselves from Lost Girl down the stretch & battled down to the wire. SPN eventually was able to widen the small gap they had on Smallville in the final day or so of voting.
With 1410 votes "Supernatural" also lays claim to the finalist with the most votes in its category
Final vote results
Supernatural 1410
Smallville 1183
Lost Girl 920
Fringe 772
Sanctuary 640
The Walking Dead 447
The Best Actress in a Sci-fi of 2011 as voted by you the fans was.. Erica Durance - Smallville.
The final season of the long lasting CW hit Smallville saw its leading lady Erica Durance's character Lois Lane figure out the identity of Clark Kent, head to Egypt, become a superhero herself & have a wedding with the man of steel. The popularity of the Smallville cast in our awards over the last 2 years has always been considerable, in fact, if it were not for many Smallville challengers last year being removed from voting because of bot cheating that tainted no less than 3 different shows results, she could have possibly won Best Actress last year. With no such scandals this year (thanks to some wonderful knowledge from a friend on how to minimize such things), Erica Durance was able to compete in the finals & went on to win.
Ms Durance won this award handily, as last years Best Actress winner Anna Torv from "Fringe" finished a distant 2nd. A strong showing by Sanctuary fans pushed their leading lady Amanda Tapping up to 3rd. Close behind her was 4th place "Lost Girl" actress Anna Silk. There was a considerable gap to 5th place "Lost Girl" Ksenia Solo, 6th place Jasika Nicole "Fringe was next, ahead of 7th & 8th "The Secret Circle" ladies Britt Robertson & Natasha Henstridge
Early on Amanda Tapping & Anna Silk looked poised to fight it out for 1st. But around 1/2 way thru, the Smallville fans finally took notice & started to rally their challengers. Erica recorded 350+ votes in 72 hrs at 1 point, 1 of (if not THE) the largest vote pushes of the entire awards. The nominations process for these awards were early on in the contest, and this might explain the interesting void of a notable challenger in many of this years categories, "Lost Girl" star Zoie Palmer was not even nominated. Oversight on whoever originally nominated her castmates?? Side note, the gap of 442 votes between 4th & 5th was the largest single gap in votes in the whole awards.
Final vote results
Erica Durance "Smallville" 1213
Anna Torv "Fringe" 918
Amanda Tapping "Sanctuary" 858
Anna Silk "Lost Girl" 839
Ksenia Solo "Lost Girl" 397
Jasika Nicole "Fringe" 361
Britt Robertson "The Secret Circle" 278
Natasha Henstridge "The Secret Circle" 265
The Best Couple of 2011 as voted by you the fans was.. Bo & Dr. Lauren Lewis - Lost Girl.
One of the interesting things I have found from doing these polls for 2 years now is just how fanatical some fanbases are, including ones I knew nothing of going in. Such is the case of a Canadian show, "Lost Girl", more specifically, the fanbase of Zoie Palmer, who plays Dr. Lauren Lewis. Any & all categories this actress, or her character were in, finished considerably higher than I would have expected for a lesser known cable program. The fanbase was certainly eager to make sure their show got noticed. No more proof of the fans adoration for their favorite character can be seen than in this poll. The show essentially is supposed to revolve around "Bo", yet Bo had 2 different write in campaigns for best couple, the other couple campaign didnt even get out of round 1 of voting...while Bo & Dr. Lewis, not only got out of that round, but crushed the competition in it. Only in the last couple days of the finals, did the runner up start to gain on the sizable lead this couple had generated from the early days of voting.
Bo & Lauren beat out the "Smallville" supercouple of Clark Kent & Lois Lane by just over 200 votes, at 1 point had almost 400 vote lead in the early days of voting. The 3rd place finalists Richard Castle & Kate Beckett from "Castle" were even further behind. Even further back in 4th was the "Fringe" on again/off again pair of Olivia Dunham & Peter Bishop. Rounding out the finalists were Marshall Eriksen & Lily Aldrin from "How I Met Your Mother" just slightly ahead of Snow White & Prince Charming from "Once Upon A Time".
Bo & the Doctor were the only same-sex couple to garner any nominations, this perhaps was what vaulted them to the top as they crushed more known TV couples. I couldnt help but notice when I checked my google analytics, the amount of same sex blogs & websites that directed viewers to these polls to vote for their favorite couple (and other categories as well that Zoie Palmer/Dr. Lauren Lewis & Anna Silk/Bo were in), it rivaled & maybe even exceeded that of show fanbases that are familiar with this website. It was evident, their fans wanted them to get respect, get attention, get noticed. They certainly have now. The 1st ever Best Couple in the Best Of TV Awards polls, is a pair of females. Bo & Lauren.
Final vote totals
Bo & Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl" 1170
Lois Lane & Clark Kent "Smallville" 968
Richard Castle & Kate Beckett "Castle" 649
Peter Bishop & Olivia Dunham "Fringe" 458
Marshall Eriksen & Lily Aldrin "How I Met Your Mother" 359
Snow White & Prince Charming "Once Upon A Time" 341
The finalists for the TV programs in 5 categories have been decided.
Below is a break down of the voting in each category.
Photos of the final vote tallies are at the bottom.
Like last year, the 1st group I went thru had quite low totals. I gotta learn from this, have smaller categories 1st, THEN bigger categories like best shows.... anyways, the results/
BEST ANIMATED (bold = finalist) (vote total - red)
FAMILY GUY 35, FUTURAMA 14, THE SIMPSONS 14, SOUTH PARK 10, BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD 6, PHINEAS & FERB 1 (write in vote), AMERICAN DAD 0, THE CLEVELAND SHOW 0
BEST COMEDY
THE BIG BANG THEORY 26, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER 24, COMMUNITY 21, PARKS AND RECREATION 16, CHILDRENS HOSPITAL 14, 30 ROCK 12, ITS ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA 12, PSYCH 12, GLEE 10, LOUIE 10, COUGAR TOWN 6, BEING ERICA 5, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM 5, MODERN FAMILY 5, RULES OF ENGAGEMENT 1, HAPPY ENDINGS 1 (write in vote), UP ALL NIGHT 1 (write in vote), THE MIDDLE 0
BEST ACTION/DRAMA
DEXTER 20, CRIMINAL MINDS 17, HOUSE 17, BURN NOTICE 15, LEVERAGE 15, JUSTIFIED 13, GOSSIP GIRL 11, COVERT AFFAIRS 10, BREAKING BAD 9, CASTLE 9, HAWAII FIVE-O 8, BONES 7, FLASHPOINT 7, GREY'S ANATOMY 7, CSI 6, LAW & ORDER SVU 6, SONS OF ANARCHY 6, MAD MEN 6, THE MENTALIST 6, HEARTLAND 4, WHITE COLLAR 4, THE LISTENER 3, BLUE BLOODS 2, NIKITA 2, SUITS 2, BOARDWALK EMPIRE 1, BODY OF PROOF 1, IN PLAIN SIGHT 1, PRIVATE PRACTICE 1
BEST SCI-FI
SMALLVILLE 77, SUPERNATURAL 48, FRINGE 28, THE WALKING DEAD 17, SANCTUARY 13, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES 13, TRUE BLOOD 10, LOST GIRL 6, EUREKA 2, TODD AND THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL 1, WAREHOUSE 13 1, DOCTOR WHO (write in vote) 1, BEING HUMAN 0
BEST NEW SHOW
BREAKING IN 931, GAME OF THRONES 344, ONCE UPON A TIME 167, GRIMM 124, THE SECRET CIRCLE 117, PERSON OF INTEREST 106, REVENGE 86, UNFORGETTABLE 79, THE KILLING 77, ALPHAS 69, TERRA NOVA 67, HOMELAND 65, NEW GIRL 46, AMERICAN HORROR STORY 44, BREAKOUT KINGS 44 (write in votes), 2 BROKE GIRLS 40, A GIFTED MAN 35, HELL ON WHEELS 22, UP ALL NIGHT 22, PAN AM 20, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS 18, HARRY'S LAW 15, PRIME SUSPECT 14, WHITNEY 12, FALLING SKIES 10 (Write in votes), HAPPY ENDINGS 10, LUCK 9, CHARLIES ANGELS 6, RINGER 5 (write in votes), HART OF DIXIE 2 (write in votes), PLAYBOY CLUB 1 (write in vote), SUITS 1 (write in vote)
The finalists for actors, actresses and other categories will be coming soon.
The voting for the winners and finalists will start sometime in the 2nd week of November.
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