Best Of TV Awards 2015 - Round 2 semi-finals results and FINALISTS for Favorite TV Program, Character & Best Couple

The 2015 Best Of TV Awards are about to start the Finals soon. The 6th annual BOTVA's are still closing out some polls for the run off round before we advance to the finals. We've already shattered the previous record for votes in the first round combined. With over 487,000 votes. The 2015 BOTVA's all time record of 575,000 votes in a year.

The Semi-Final rounds for Favorite TV Program, Favorite TV Character, Best Couple categories took place a couple weeks ago.

Here are the complete results (BOLD nominees have qualified for the Finals)

Favorite TV Program
ARROW 900
THE 100 581
PERSON OF INTEREST 566
LOST GIRL 311
ONCE UPON A TIME 273
AGENTS OF SHIELD 204
ORPHAN BLACK 183
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER 172
DAREDEVIL 170
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK 156
GAME OF THRONES 141
SUPERNATURAL 136
IZOMBIE 131
THE WALKING DEAD 129
GREYS ANATOMY 128
Castle 117, Doctor Who 110, The big Bang Theory 108, Hannibal 101, Rookie Blue 96, Brooklyn Nine-Nine 95, The Blacklist 73, Unbreakable Kimmy schmidt 69, The Goldbergs 47, Murdoch Mysteries 34, The Player 32

Favorite TV Character
SAMANTHA GROVES/ROOT "Person Of Interest" 1089
SAMEEN SHAW "Person of Interest" 1051
FELICITY SMOAK "Arrow" 1007
HAROLD FINCH "Person Of Interest" 959
OLIVER QUEEN "Arrow" 302
DEAN WINCHESTER "Supernatural" 220
LAUREN LEWIS "Lost Girl" 174
KATE BECKETT "Castle" 171
RICHARD CASTLE "Castle" 161
JOHN DIGGLE "Arrow" 157
BO DENNIS "Lost Girl" 146
BARRY ALLEN/THE FLASH "The Flash" 136
SAM WINCHESTER "Supernatural" 131
KENZI "Lost Girl" 128
PHILIP COULSON "Agents Of SHIELD" 127
PEGGY CARTER "Agent Carter" 116
REGINA MILLS/EVIL QUEEN "Once Upon A Time" 116
SKYE/ DAISY JOHNSON "Agents Of SHIELD" 112
JEMMA SIMMONS "Agents Of SHIELD" 111
IRIS WEST "The Flash" 103
CISCO RAMON "The Flash" 95
CASTIEL "Supernatural" 82
HANNIBAL LECTER "Hannibal" 81
LEXA THE COMMANDER "The 100" 81
EMMA SWAN " Once Upon A Time" 79
THE DOCTOR "Doctor Who" 77
MATT MURDOCK/DAREDEVIL "Daredevil" 76
CLARKE GRIFFIN "The 100" 76
CAPTAIN HOOK "Once Upon A Time" 74
RAYMOND REDDINGTON "The Blacklist" 67
RAVEN REYES "The 100" 63
WILL GRAHAM "Hannibal" 62
DR. SHELDON COOPER "The Big Bang Theory" 62
CLARA OSWALD "Doctor Who" 57
LIV MOORE "iZombie" 57
ANNALISE KEATING "How to Get Away With Murder" 56
JOAN WATSON "Elementary" 54
TYRION LANNISTER "Game Of Thrones" 53
SELINA KYLE "Gotham" 51
DARYL DIXON "The Walking Dead" 49
SAM SWAREK "Rookie Blue" 48
SHERLOCK HOLMES "Elementary" 47
KURT HUMMEL "Glee" 47
MICHONNE "The Walking Dead" 46
ARYA STARK "Game Of Thrones" 45
DAMON SALVATORE "The Vampire Dairies" 45
JAKE PERALTA "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" 44
SPENCER REID "Criminal Minds" 44
OSWALD COBBLEPOT "Gotham" 44
RAVI CHAKRABARTI "iZombie" 44
AMY FARRAH FOWLER 'The Big Bang Theory" 44
RICK GRIMES "The Walking Dead" 44
ANDY MCNALLY "Rookie Blue" 42
KIMMY SCHMIDT "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" 41
TITUS ANDROMEDON "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" 40

Qualified totals, but did not finish in the top 3 from their show
john Reese " Person Of Interest" 946, Lionel Fusco "Person Of Interest" 897, Carl Elias "Person of Interest" 130, Sara Lance/The Canary "Arrow" 95, Malcolm Merlyn "Arrow" 95, Nyssa al Ghul "Arrow" 72, Crowley "Supernatural" 61, Octavia Blake "The 100" 53, Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin "Once Upon A Time" 49, Joe west "The Flash" 47, Patty Spivot "The Flash" 44,
Max Black "2 Broke Girls" 38, Harrison Wells "The Flash" 38, Carol Peletier "The Walking Dead" 37, Robin Hood "Once Upon A Time" 36, Bonnie Bennett "The Vampire Diaries" 34, King Richard "Galavant" 33, Clive Babineaux "iZombie" 31, Blaine debeers "iZombie" 31, Amy Santiago "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" 30, Bruce Wayne "Gotham" 29, Beverley Goldberg "The Goldbergs" 29, Keira Cameron "Continuum" 28, Elizabeth Keen "the Blacklist" 28, Tom Keen "The Blacklist" 28, Foggy Nelson "Daredevil" 27, Ichabod crane "Sleepy Hollow" 27, Bernadette Rostenkowski "The Big Bang Theory" 27, Erica Goldberg "The Goldbergs" 27, James gordon "Gotham" 26, Oliver Shaw "Rookie Blue" 26, Gina Linetti "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" 25, Cookie Lyon "Empire" 25, Barry Goldberg "The Goldbergs" 25, Belle french "Once Upon A Time: 24, Terry Jeffords "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" 23, WilsoN Fisk "Daredevil" 22, William Murdoch "Murdoch Mysteries" 21, Raymond Holt "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" 20, Mr. Robot "Mr. Robot" 16, Julie Ogden "Murdoch Mysteries" 12

Best C ouple
OLIVER QUEEN AND FELICITY SMOAK "Arrow" 1378
SAMANTHA GROVES AND SAMEEN SHAW 'Person of Interest" 1133
CLARKE GRIFFIN AND LEXA THE COMMANDER 'The 100" 560
BARRY ALLEN AND IRIS WEST "The Flash" 341
BO DENNIS AND LAUREN LEWIS "Lsot Girl" 218
ROBIN HOOD AND REGINA MILLS "Once Upon A Time" 182
EMMA SWAN AND CAPTAIN HOOK "Once Upon A Time" 146
RICHARD CASTLE AND KATE BECKETT "Caslte" 133
SANTANA LOPEZ AND BRITTANY PIERCE "Glee" 132
STEVE MCGARRETT AND CATHERINE ROLLINS "Hawaii Five-0" 115
THEA QUEEN AND ROY HARPER "Arrow" 112
SHELDON COOPER AND AMY FARRAH FOWLER "The Big Bang Theory" 104
PRINCE CHARMING AND SNOW WHITE "Once Upon A Time" 97
SAM SWAREK AND ANDY MCNALLY "Rookie Blue" 94
Olivia Moore and Lowell Tracey "iZombie" 85, Mr Gold and Belle french "Once Upon A Time" 79, Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert "The Vampire diaries" 76, Alana Bloom and Margot Verner "Hannibal" 62, Ray Palmer and felicity Smoak "Arrow" 60, Olivia Moore and Major Lilywhite "iZombie" 46

The Favorite TV Program category has the current reigning champion Arrow at the top after the semi-final voting. Second and third were newcomers to the finals The 100 and Person of Interest. Other newcomers to the finals that were not there last year include How To Get Away With Murder, Daredevil, iZombie & Greys Anatomy. Not making the finals this year who were there last were Castle, Sherlock, Murdoch Mysteries, Doctor Who, The Flash, The Big Bang Theory.

The Favorite TV Character Category is always possibly one of the most sought titles here. This year seems to be no different as 3 finalists got over the 1000 vote mark and another was close. Defending champion Felicity Smoak from "Arrow" finds herself fending off challenges from three "Person Of Interest" challengers (would have been more if it werent for the new rule about a maximum of 3 candidates in a category from any show). Root, aka - Samantha Groves (the 2015 May Madness character winner) led voting barely over her co-star Sameen Shaw. Harold Finch, another POI character finished 4th not far behind. Only 4 people left from the first ever Favorite Character Finals that are eligible, and all 4 of them, for a 4th consecutive year still find themselves in the finals. 3 time winner Dean Winchester, along with his co-star Castiel from "Supernatural", as well as Bo Dennis "Lost Girl" and Richard Castle "Castle" all managed spots in the finals again. With the list expanding from 40 to 55 names this year, there was a lot of newcomers to the finals. Most notably Sameen Shaw in 2nd & Harold Finch in 4th from Person Of Interest. John Diggle from Arrow in 10th is in the finals, at the expense of 3 Arrow characters that made last years finals when there was no cap on finalists from a show. Several shows have finalists who either were not even around last year, or had never managed a finalist prior to now. The 100 with 3, iZombie, Rookie Blue, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt all with 2 each, Agent Carter, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Daredevil, How To Get Away With Murder with 1 each.

Missing from the finals this year however from last years list is last years runner up Kenzi from "Lost Girl" probably due to her lack of screen time this year. Sara Lance/Canary from Arrow also missed out due to the maximum candidates rule. Both candidates from the Murdoch Mysteries, William Murdoch & Julie Ogden fell well short in the semi-finals this year, with Ogden finishing last. Sherlock Holmes & John Watson from "Sherlock" of course missed this years due to the shows hiatus.

The Best Couple Category is another hotly contested award here every year. For such a pointless award compared to more respectable titles it does garner a lot of very crazy and some very passionate fans. This year has been mired in controversy of course, again, as it is almost every year. But again the "Arrow" combo of Oliver Queen & his now fiance Felicity Smoak (aka "Olicity") led the semi-final voting over the very unstable sort of couple of Root & Shaw (aka "Shoot") from "Person of Interest". Clarke & Lexa (Clexa) from "The 100" were a bit further behind in 3rd. The top 4 finalists from last year all find themselves back in the finals again. Along with Olicity, Castle & Beckett "Caskett", Bo & Lauren "Docubbus" & Emma & Hook "CaptainSwan" all made the finals again.

Missing the finals this year are Kenzi & Hale from Lost Girl due to 1 or both characters not being on the show anymore. Kurt Hummel & Blaine Anderson from "Glee" who seemingly were replaced by another Glee couple it seems. Damon & Elena from "The Vampire Diaries" which was a mild shock to me, but with 1 of the leads having left the show I guess it was out of sight, out of mind for their fans. Barry Allen & Felicity Smoak, yet both characters find themselves in the finals.

Besides Shoot & Clexa, there were a few other new additions. barry Allen & Iris West (WestAllen) "The Flash", Robin Hood & Regina Mills (OutlawQueen) "Once Upon A Time" Santana Lopez & Brittany Pierce "Glee". After missing last years finals by 5 votes Amy Farrah Fowler & Sheldon Cooper "ShAmy" from "The Big Bang Theory" find themselves back in after 1 year out of the finals, along with Snow White & Prince Charming from "Once Upon A Time" who also were in 2013 but missed out in 2014.

With all 3 former champions in this category, along with a couple new serious contenders, I expect a lot of fanbases ahrd at work trying to push their choices to the top in the finals. On that note, it should be noted that ONE finalist (and 2 others...but on lesser scales) had more than 1 person attempt to purposely cheat in the semi-finals, logging in 1000s of votes by circumventing the IP rule.... but, as those from past years are aware... thats not the only line of defense I use to stop this. Those votes were all discared and ONLY votes for that candidate from other voters were counted. Attempts like that in the finals wont be handled so delicately.

The Final round of the 2015 Best Of TV Awards will be under way with some categories soon. Each voting round will last 3 to 6 days..

Voting, and a complete list of nominees in all categories can be found HERE