Originally Posted by wonkeydonkey:
“Like Gina being so far ahead a few weeks ago? I remember how many people said she was obviously unbeatable.”
This is a much shorter series, and since we still don't know the voting percentages, it's not clear how popular Gina really was.
Originally Posted by wonkeydonkey:
“Might be. Or you might be exaggerating, as people have done so many times before, the power of the young vote. 1.5 million twitter followers is huge, but it is a rare episode of coronation street that does not pull in 10 million viewers. TOWIE sometimes goes below a million and Geordie Shore always does. The 5ive fans are harder to quantify, but are probably fairly numerous as well - they have sold 10 million records.
And this is a programme that saw Paddy Doherty win. Things are not always that simple.”
It's also a programme that saw Rylan win.
Re twitter followers vs Corrie viewers, there's nothing that says significant numbers of Corrie viewers will even bother with CBB let alone support Vicky. Charlotte's twitter followers (minus fakes and the truly inactive) are interested in her specifically, not just in TOWIE.