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Old 09-02-2012, 21:47
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A cracking top five and a very worthy winner. You've done a great job, yohinnchild, thanks very much. Loved your running commentary during the countdown as well. It's been fun.
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Old 09-02-2012, 22:01
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HO please bear this list in mind - it's some of the best feedback you will ever get - without you having to do any work! take note
If only. They'll probably assume we forgot to vote for the teens by mistake. Esther is lovely and they give her nothing to do. It says something that the most popular teen is not the one being pushed to the forefront all the time.
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Old 09-02-2012, 22:08
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Never got the love for Jacqui, she's never been a likeable character for me. She always plays the victim and I can never sympathise with her.
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Old 09-02-2012, 22:13
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Thanks for doing this. I'm happyish with the results, glad Jacqui won. I like Brendan but don't think he deserves to be second i'd easily put Darren and Mitzeee before him. Glad Mitzeee came third although would have prefered Darren to come third and Mitzeee to come fourth. The rest of the results i agree with.
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Old 09-02-2012, 22:26
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Loved this so much. A great top 5, and a really good winner.

It's so brilliant, because we all have really different views on who we like and who we don't, but this poll shows that put together, we also have loads in common in the way we generally respond to characters, and what we want from them in a soap, which is likeability, complexity and good acting.

And it's pretty clear what people don't like as well.

Fantastic job.
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Old 09-02-2012, 22:37
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Thanks to the massive work you put into doing this yohinnchild

Disappointed Brendan didn't win but I guess being beaten by Jacqui is better then being beaten by Mitzee
which is what I thought was gonna happen.
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Old 09-02-2012, 22:38
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Loved this so much. A great top 5, and a really good winner.

It's so brilliant, because we all have really different views on who we like and who we don't, but this poll shows that put together, we also have loads in common in the way we generally respond to characters, and what we want from them in a soap, which is likeability, complexity and good acting.

And it's pretty clear what people don't like as well.

Fantastic job.
I think exactly the same!

Great job you have done yohinnchild. I'm really pleased with how the top ten turned out, only a little different to the way i placed them, but overall still very happy with it.

Also, really pleased Jacqui won, and not surprised as i put her 2nd.

I also pretty much agree with the other 40 character placings. A lot of them don't surprise me, the ones more towards the bottom, anyway.
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Old 09-02-2012, 22:45
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Great results! When it got to the top 2 though, I was really hoping it wasn't going to be predictable. Top 2 very predictable though, but very pleased Jacqui more than inched in front of Brendan.

Some of the placings say it all, at the bottom and at the top - hint hint, Hollyoaks

Thanks Yohinn for all the time and effort you've put into this, it's been fun one last thing though, and I know you've already put a lot of time and effort into this, but want were the top 10 placing from the final 15? It'll be interesting if the placings changed.

Great effort Yohinn, great results, looking forward to the next poll already!
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Old 09-02-2012, 22:58
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Ah, just realised this is a vote pretty much on the people in the show now rather than in the show last night, explaining all the people missing from the list that I didn't even notice were missing until seeing mentions of the likes of Gilly, Rae and Silas in this thread.
20 [09] = Mercedes Fisher = 8.53% (Round 2)
Despite Mercedes having a huge year, the character takes a big fall of 11 places, out of the top 10 (she was in last years final), and just manages to remain in the top 20. I think the main problem with the character is that there is just no development there at all. She’s the same now than when she was when she first came into the show – she has learned nothing from her experiences and nothing seems to have changed her at all. It seemed as though she had changed throughout the Silas ordeal, however this now seems not to be the case. It’s quite frustrating and to be honest because of the non-development of the character you struggle to really care anymore. My own personal opinion is the character (and pretty much most of the McQueen family) has really passed it best and really should’ve left by now.
Absolutely agree - Jacqui is the only McQueen I'd keep at the moment. Mercedes, Michaela, Carmel and Myra are certainly passed their best while I think we need to see Theresa pay the price for being a murderer. Not fussed either way on Bart - I still think he's one of the stronger teen characters but if the family went I think he'd have to go too.


The teens - it's all PM's fault really breaking away from the traditional Hollyoaks mould of two smaller groups (one A-Level, one GCSE) - usually with some of them siblings. The scary thought is to re-establish that link they'd need to introduce more teens in September in preparation for the Sixth Form of Sept 2013. We've also got Ruby and Esther being a year younger too - so when they go up to Sixth Form they'll probably get a couple of mates of their own too.

God, I'm scaring myself now - and I don't even consider myself a teen hater!
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Old 09-02-2012, 23:14
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Pretty fantastic results! The top 10 are all great. Knew that Brendan wouldn't win this year but actually thought it would be Mitzeee to take the crown.

Thanks for doing this again, Yohinnchild.
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Old 09-02-2012, 23:15
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Awww me too. Much as I love Jacqui was hoping it would be Mitzeee this year. Great character played by an amazing actress. One of the best on the show at the moment.
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Old 09-02-2012, 23:42
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Ah, just realised this is a vote pretty much on the people in the show now rather than in the show last night, explaining all the people missing from the list that I didn't even notice were missing until seeing mentions of the likes of Gilly, Rae and Silas in this thread.
Haha I know this isn't intentional, but this reads so much like Billy Ray Cyrus I'm in stitches. Gilly Rae Silas (simple things for simple minds me)
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Old 09-02-2012, 23:47
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The scary thought is to re-establish that link they'd need to introduce more teens in September in preparation for the Sixth Form of Sept 2013


can't think of much worse at the moment then even more teens being rammed down the viewers throats!
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Old 09-02-2012, 23:54
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Ah, just realised this is a vote pretty much on the people in the show now rather than in the show last night, explaining all the people missing from the list that I didn't even notice were missing until seeing mentions of the likes of Gilly, Rae and Silas in this thread.
Or Heidi, Karl, Seth, Jason, Riley and probably a lot of other of other characters that arrived and/or departured within 2011.

I would've like to have seen Silas included, it would've been a three-way battle for the top spot then, but the characters were probably left out for numbers. This had 50, if it included everyone it probably would've been closer to 60 or a little more including the ones that arrived and departed within the year like Lee and Noah.
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Old 10-02-2012, 02:37
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the top 5 are the top 5 i voted for and the top 3 are exactly what i ranked them so im very happy! also its great to see maddie and the rest of the hideous teens near the bottom, someone send a link to ES asap!
Thank you for doing this it was great fun reading the results!
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Old 10-02-2012, 07:20
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Gutted Amy didn't make it into the top three, but glad Jacqui won

Thanks for doing this, this has been great Like everyone else, I hope HO do see this and realise that these are the characters we ACTUALLY care about.
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Old 10-02-2012, 09:23
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Great countdown! Personally, I would have swapped Darren and Lynsey but bar that a great rundown!

This must have taken ages. Well done for all your effort
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Old 10-02-2012, 09:28
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Thanks Yohinn for all the time and effort you've put into this, it's been fun one last thing though, and I know you've already put a lot of time and effort into this, but want were the top 10 placing from the final 15? It'll be interesting if the placings changed.
In the semi, the top 10 were placed... (brackets are where they ended up in the final)

1 (1) = Jacqui
2 (3) = Mitzeee
3 (2) = Brendan
4 (4) = Darren
5 (6) = Lynsey
6 (5) = Ste
7 (7) = Nancy
8 (9) = Rhys
9 (10) = Amy
10 (8) = Doug

So the biggest gainer was Doug, who climbed 2 places, Ste climbed into the top 5 and Brendan managed to come runner up by going from 15 to 10
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Old 10-02-2012, 10:12
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Thank you for this! Have really enjoyed voting and reading the countdown! Love all the top 10
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Old 10-02-2012, 12:59
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I would've like to have seen Silas included, it would've been a three-way battle for the top spot then
It was a 3 way battle anyway... Mitzeee wasn't too far off Brendan and was 2nd in the semis.

I didn't include Silas et al because they weren't on screen in 2012 and have left. I guess the way around that type of thing is to push this later in each year to go from say June time to try and capture as many characters as possible. However I think it works ok where it is atm
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Old 10-02-2012, 13:07
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Thanks OP. Although, as much as I don't want to complain, I think we should have been able to vote for characters who left the show towards the end of 2011 like Silas, Warren and the Costello's - they all played big roles in 2011 and have only left very recently.
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Old 10-02-2012, 13:51
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thank god over rated brendon didnt win, so happy for jackie
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Old 10-02-2012, 14:01
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I think I'd agree with the top ten apart from Lyndsey - I'd put Cheryl instead. I'd also not have the characters in that order either - Nancy definitely at the top for me followed by Darren. It's interesting though as someone else said, that there is really little disagreement about who should be there, only about the order.

Thanks for doing this - its appreciated
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Old 10-02-2012, 14:51
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Okay, everyone after seeing an increasing number of threads and complaints I decided to create a campaign on Twitter in order show how much we want Diane and other "older" characters to be used in the show. We can get our opinions across and for more and more people to see and maybe the show's series producer, Emma Smithwick. So, if you have twitter follow: @TeamDianeorama

The name of the account comes from Diane-o-rama, which is Diane and Drama together and Alex Fletcher said it this morning when I was tweeting her, she's brilliant!

So if you could follow @TeamDianeorama and tell your friends and followers! WOO!

Here is the link to the twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/TeamDianeorama
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Old 10-02-2012, 15:55
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Thanks for doing this, glad Jacqui won and glad Brendan didn't win who I find very overrated.
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