2016 CHARACTER CUP WINNER:
Sameen Shaw
It's been over 60 polls, but we finally have a winner. Congratulations to Sameen Shaw of Person of Interest, who also got the most votes of any contestant with 6380 votes and was the only contestant to receive over 2,000 votes in a single round. She joins Jack from LOST, Dean and Castiel from Supernatural, and Root from Person of Interest in our Hall of Retired Winners. Congratulations to Person of Interest fans and all other fandoms, who supported their favorites. Lexa from The 100, Laurel from Arrow, and Regina from Once Upon a Time were the only other characters in the Cup who received over 1,000 votes in a single poll, with Lexa having the second highest number of votes at 5714 but Laurel Lance winning 2nd place. In our Favorite Villain Contest, the winner was Kilgrave from Jessica Jones and the runner-up was Jim Moriarty from Sherlock.
Congratulations also go to Good Samaritan, for winning our prediction contest with 86 points. You rock! The all important bragging rights go to you! Other top predictors were Kirov with 82 points and a tie for third for Suzana and Paola with 79 points. Great job! Double congrats to you all for predicting such a topsy turvy contest. As for the Wish List Contest, Silver is the big winner with 79 points while Rendy (RN) comes in second with 67 points and Emma in third with 48 points. Glad so many of your favorites pulled through. Thanks to everyone who participated in the prediction contest. No matter the results, I hope you had fun with it. I know I did.
Thanks so much to everyone who participated through voting, predicting, or commenting. I especially appreciate everyone who participated in the TV Talk Topics, my favorite part of the contest, 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. 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. If you have just joined us for the contest, I encourage you to make SpoilerTV your first stop for pre-episode information and post-episode discussion. There is no greater community to talk about TV with than here at SpoilerTV.
Thanks again for joining us and don't forget the Favorite Show Contest starts soon. Nominations end August 12 so get them in. I know it will be an exciting race. Head over to submit your nominees and of course to discuss your favorite shows. There's lots more good TV Talk to be had. Since I am a trivia fan and because I got a positive response for them last year, I've gathered some general facts about the contest below along with the original and final rankings.
Nominations for the Favorite Show Contest
2016 CC Brackets - Final by Spn Dahne on Scribd
STATS TO GEEK OUT ON:
Characters with Biggest Improvement between Initial Rankings and Final Rankings:
1. Alec Lightwood - moved up 45 places
2. Mal Reynolds - moved up 25 spaces
Closest Polls:
1. Jamie Fraser vs. Leslie Knope (2 vote difference)
2. Stiles vs. Sydney Bristow (4 vote difference)
3. The Doctor vs. Elliot Alderson (6 vote difference)
Males Characters that Beat Female Characters:
1. Stiles Stilinski vs. Sydney Bristow (by 4 votes)
2. Barry Allen vs. Daisy Johnson (by 34 votes)
3. Raymond Reddington vs. Norma Bates (by 49 votes)
4. The Doctor vs. Rebecca Bunch (by 90 votes)
5. Lucifer vs. Jessica Huang (by 91 votes)
6. Alec Lightwood vs. Peggy Carter (by 102 votes)
Total Nominations:
This Year - about 1500
Total shows nominated: 172
Total shows represented: 62
Total characters nominated: 336
Gender Breakdown:
This Year - 29 males / 33 females
After First Round: 14 males / 18 females
Second Round: 6 males / 10 females
Third Round: 1 male / 7 females
Final Four: 4 females
Finals: 2 females
Network Breakdown:
This Year: network = 22 / cable = 21 / streaming = 3 / ended shows (including Gilmore Girls and Prison Break) = 15
After First Round: network = 14 / cable = 11 / streaming = 2 / ended = 5
Second Round: network = 8 / cable = 6 / streaming = 1 / ended = 1
Third Round: network = 6 / cable = 1 / ended = 1
Final Four: network = 4
Finals: network = 2
Final Character Ranking List:
1. Sameen Shaw (2261)
2. Laurel Lance (779)
3. Kara Danvers (661 - round 3 / 591 - placement round)
4. Lexa (1385 - round 3 / 562 - placement round)
5. Regina Mills (1045)
6. Kate Beckett (644)
7. Jon Snow (583)
8. Buffy Summers (504)
9. Wynonna Earp (934)
10. Jessica Jones (614)
11. Alec Lightwood (551)
12. Sharon Raydor (492)
13. Sherlock Holmes (449)
14. Sam Winchester (420)
15. Barry Allen (396)
16. Elliot Alderson (369)
17. Matt Murdock (462)
18. Dana Scully (276)
19. Annalise Keating (251)
20. Olivia Dunham (242)
21. Sara Lance (195)
22. Mal Reynolds (187)
23 (tie): The Doctor & Raymond Reddington (172)
25. Meredith Gray (169)
26. Liv Moore (154)
27. Jake Stone (153)
28. Stiles Stilinski (150)
29. Daisy Johnson (149)
30. Lucifer Morningstar (137)
31. Leslie Knope (124)
32. Rick Grimes (117)
33. Alicia Clark (237)
34. Peggy Carter (212)
35. Spencer Reid (172)
36. Walter White (157)
37. Jamie Fraser (155)
38. Klaus Mikaelson (152)
39. Seeley Booth (151)
40. Ben Linus (141)
41. Spencer Hastings (134)
42. Norma Bates (131)
43. Sydney Bristow (129)
44. Chuck Bartowski (127)
45. Vanessa Ives (125)
46. Eliot Spencer (124)
47 (tie): Lorelai Gilmore & Vincent Keller (121)
49. Michael Scofield (120)
50. Cosima Niehaus (108)
51. Elizabeth Jennings (104)
52. Laura Roslin (99)
53. Lito Rodriguez (95)
54. Brooke Davis (92)
55. Patrick Jane (90)
56. Ragnar Lothbrok(87)
57 (tie): Jessica Huang & Frank Underwood (77)
59. Sue Heck (66)
60. Rebecca Bunch (58)
61. John Crichton (49)
62. Demelza Poldark (41)
Original Character Ranking List:
1. Sameen Shaw (Person of Interest)
2. Lexa (The 100)
3. Alicia Clark (Fear the Walking Dead)
4. Sharon Raydor (Major Crimes)
5. Eliot Spencer (Leverage)
6. Jake Stone (The Librarians)
7. Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)
8. Barry Allen (The Flash)
9. Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
10. Elliot Alderson (Mr. Robot)
11. Kate Beckett (Castle)
12. Annalise Keating (How to Get Away with Murder)
13. Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer)
14. Peggy Carter (Agent Carter)
15. Kara Danvers (Supergirl)
16. Laurel Lance (Arrow)
17. Wynonna Earp (Wynonna Earp)
18. Jessica Jones (Jessica Jones)
19. Liv Moore (iZombie)
20. Olivia Dunham (Fringe)
21. Stiles Stilinski (Teen Wolf)
22. Jamie Fraser (Outlander)
23. Ben Linus (LOST)
24. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
25. Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time)
26. Sara Lance (Legends of Tomorrow)
27. The Doctor (Doctor Who)
28. Raymond Reddington (The Blacklist)
29. Daisy Johnson (Agents of SHIELD)
30. Rick Grimes (The Walking Dead)
31. Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock)
32. Meredith Grey (Grey's Anatomy)
33. Matt Murdock (Daredevil)
34. Vanessa Ives (Penny Dreadful)
35. Dana Scully (The X-Files)
36. Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds)
37. Lorelai Gilmore (Lorelai Gilmore)
38. Chuck Bartowski (Chuck)
39. Klaus Mikaelson (The Originals)
40. Michael Scofield (Prison Break)
41. Norma Bates (Bates Motel)
42. Rebecca Bunch (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
43. Demelza Poldark (Poldark)
44. Sue Heck (The Middle)
45. Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica)
46. Cosima Niehaus (Orphan Black)
47. Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
48. Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation)
49. Sydney Bristow (Alias)
50. Seeley Booth (Bones)
51. Brooke Davis (One Tree Hill)
52. Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)
53. Walter White (Breaking Bad)
54. Ragnar Lothbrok (Vikings)
55. Spencer Hastings (Pretty Little Liars)
56. Alec Lightwood (Shadowhunters)
57. Jessica Huang (Fresh Off the Boat)
58. Elizabeth Jennings (The Americans)
59. Lito Rodriguez (Sense8)
60. John Crichton (Farscape)
61. Vincent Keller (Beauty and the Beast)
62. Frank Underwood (House of Cards)
