Thanks Reserved.

And congratulations to Ross, the lesser of 4 evils. Though probably the most horrible of them all in reality.

It's interesting to see how everybody's votes is completely different to how I would place them and shocking to me that Nicola did not manage to win again.

Results of Round 3, Heat 2:

1. Cain Dingle - 15.12%
2. Victoria Sugden - 14.01%
3. Nicola King - 13.54%
4. David Metcalfe - 11.00%
5. Kerry Wyatt - 10.43%
6. Debbie Dingle - 9.82%
7. Leyla Harding - 9.17%
8. Diane Sugden - 9.10%
9. Eric Pollard - 7.77%

Cain, Victoria, Nicola and Kerry had a massive lead over the others to begin with. Cain, Victoria and Nicola were constantly battling it out for first place, whilst Kerry sat comfortably in fourth. Over the course of the heat though, the positions of Cain, Victoria and Nicola became clear. There wasn't a massive gap between them, but enough to know that nothing would change by the last quarter of the vote. Eric was out of the competition from the off, but there was nothing in it between David, Debbie, Leyla and Diane. I'm not sure what happened, but Kerry's support just disappeared, whilst Debbie's took a boost, so now Debbie was the one sat in fourth with a comfortable lead, and Kerry found herself fighting to remain in the top six. At this point, Diane lost her support, meaning it was a three way battle (David, Kerry and Leyla) for the last two spots. David shot up the rankings out of nowhere and finished a few points in front of Kerry and a whole load of points in front of Debbie! Kerry and Debbie finished the heat disastrously, both constantly being put at the bottom of the vote. Debbie eventually finished 18 points ahead of Leyla, and it may seem like a small number but it's probably the biggest gap we had between 6th and 7th throughout the vote. Luckily for Kerry and Debbie, Leyla's vote also ended disastrously, as all three were often at the bottom the votes, which hindered Leyla of any sort of an attack for a place in the next round.

Results of The Final 12:

1. Cain Dingle - 9.78%
2. Aaron Livesy - 9.52%
3. Robert Sugden - 9.32%
4. Ross Barton - 9.16%
5. Victoria Sugden - 8.90%
6. Nicola King - 8.57%
7. Charity Dingle - 8.52%
8. Alicia Metcalfe - 7.93%
9. Kerry Wyatt - 7.24%
10. Chas Dingle - 7.20%
11. David Metcalfe - 6.94%
12. Debbie Dingle - 6.86%

Cain led throughout the entire vote, but Aaron was only 15 points behind him by the time voting closed. During the vote, Ross came very close to taking over Cain, and sat in second for a good majority of the vote. 1st - 6th was extremely close throughout, but the last ten or so votes kind of defined their positions, as they all finished with about a 10 point difference from each other. Charity was also amongst the top six sometimes - her vote was a bit hectic, as she was bouncing into the mix of the top six, then falling straight back down and the gap would open up again, then she'd close in on them, repeat throughout. Ultimately, she finishes just three points behind Nicola. Alicia held firm in 8th place throughout the entire vote - a long distance off Charity, but also a long distance off the harsh battle below her; there was no separating the bottom four. I ruled Debbie out pretty early on after she fell into 12th and a gap opened up, but she fought back and suddenly it was David that was in 12th and looked certain to go out, then he made a comeback and Kerry was 12th looking as though her support had washed up... and well, just like Debbie and David, she got back into the competition. As the voting came to a close, Debbie and David started to lose some ground on Kerry and Chas, and it became clear they wouldn't have time to make another comeback.

Breakdown of the final vote:

AFTER 10 VOTES:
73 Aaron Livesy
66 Robert Sugden
62 Victoria Sugden
57 Ross Barton
57 Cain Dingle
56 Kerry Wyatt
54 Alicia Metcalfe
43 Nicola King
43 Charity Dingle
39 Chas Dingle

AFTER 20 VOTES:
122 Ross Barton
121 Cain Dingle
121 Victoria Sugden
120 Aaron Livesy
118 Nicola King
115 Charity Dingle
109 Robert Sugden
102 Kerry Wyatt
97 Alicia Metcalfe
75 Chas Dingle

AFTER 30 VOTES:
189 Cain Dingle
188 Ross Barton
182 Nicola King
180 Charity Dingle
178 Robert Sugden
175 Aaron Livesy
168 Victoria Sugden
143 Alicia Metcalfe
129 Kerry Wyatt
118 Chas Dingle

AFTER 40 VOTES:
255 Cain Dingle
251 Ross Barton
241 Nicola King
235 Robert Sugden
234 Aaron Livesy
231 Victoria Sugden
218 Charity Dingle
195 Alicia Metcalfe
172 Chas Dingle
168 Kerry Wyatt

AFTER 50 VOTES:
335 Ross Barton
320 Cain Dingle
291 Nicola King
285 Aaron Livesy
279 Robert Sugden
277 Victoria Sugden
273 Charity Dingle
257 Alicia Metcalfe
219 Kerry Wyatt
214 Chas Dingle

AFTER 60 VOTES:
391 Ross Barton
382 Cain Dingle
349 Nicola King
337 Robert Sugden
333 Victoria Sugden
333 Aaron Livesy
331 Charity Dingle
314 Alicia Metcalfe
269 Kerry Wyatt
261 Chas Dingle

AFTER 70 VOTES:
447 Cain Dingle
443 Ross Barton
406 Aaron Livesy
403 Nicola King
400 Robert Sugden
389 Victoria Sugden
380 Charity Dingle
366 Alicia Metcalfe
313 Kerry Wyatt
303 Chas Dingle

AFTER 77 VOTES (TOTAL):
482 Ross Barton
477 Cain Dingle
457 Aaron Livesy
443 Robert Sugden
435 Nicola King
424 Victoria Sugden
408 Alicia Metcalfe
403 Charity Dingle
361 Kerry Wyatt
345 Chas Dingle

Cain and Ross are played by easily the best male actors in the show so they deserve top spots. Bad joke Jimmy deserves his fall. Should be out the top 20.
Do not get the appeal of Victoria at all. Minor character played by a massively overrated actress.She's been appallingly wooden lately but she's just one of number who's acting has suffered under KO
Thanks to reserved for the work put in for this game.

Final 10 vote vs. Final 12 vote:

01 [04] Ross Barton +3
02 [01] Cain Dingle -1
03 [02] Aaron Livesy -1
04 [03] Robert Sugden -1
05 [06] Nicola King +1
06 [05] Victoria Sugden -1
07 [08] Alicia Metcalfe +1
08 [07] Charity Dingle -1
09 [09] Kerry Wyatt X
10 [10] Chas Dingle X

MOST TOP RANKINGS IN FINAL VOTE:

14 - Aaron, Cain, Robert
12 - Ross
10 - Charity
6 - Nicola
3 - Alicia, Victoria
1 - Chas
0 - Kerry

MOST BOTTOM RANKINGS IN FINAL VOTE:

13 - Charity, Kerry
12 - Robert
10 - Chas
9 - Aaron
5 - Cain, Nicola, Victoria
3 - Ross
2 - Alicia

Really pleased with the result with Ross winning, although I would've loved Charity to be higher than she was this year.

Thanks for doing this Reserved and all your hard work, I've enjoyed voting in every round and will do so again in 2016.

Delighted with the winner. They created a diamond character with Ross. A really great top ten on the whole.

Thrilled Ross was the winner! Michael Parr has been superb these last 12 months!

Thank you Reserved for your dedication, time and effort to this!

BIGGEST CLIMBER - Leyla Harding (+42)
BIGGEST DROP - Jai Sharma (-35)
HIGHEST NEWCOMER - Robert Sugden (04)

THE CLIMBERS:
Leyla Harding +42
Ashley Thomas +23
Ross Barton +20
Katie Sugden +20
Laurel Dingle +18
Pete Barton +15
Finn Barton +14
Kerry Wyatt +11
Brenda Walker +10
Priya Sharma +8
Harriet Finch +7
Chas Dingle +3
Andy Sugden +3
Alicia Metcalfe +2
Bernice Blackstock +2
Ali Spencer +2
David Metcalfe +1
Zak Dingle +1

THE FALLERS:
Jai Sharma -35
Dan Spencer -28
Megan Macey -26
Rishi Sharma -23
Rhona Goskirk -21
Noah Dingle -18
Amelia Spencer -16
Jacob Gallagher -16
Sam Dingle -16
Samson Dingle -14
Edna Birch -14
Moira Barton -13
Georgia Sharma -12
Ruby Haswell -12
Eric Pollard -12
Val Pollard -11
Jack Sugden -11
Archie Breckle -11
Jimmy King -10
Rodney Blackstock -9
Arthur Thomas -8
Adam Barton -8
Bob Hope -8
Belle Dingle -8
Vanessa Woodfield -8
Angelica King -5
Diane Sugden -5
Charity Dingle -5
Nicola King -4
Betty Eagleton -3
Pearl Ladderbanks -3
Leo Goskirk -2
James Barton -2
Debbie Dingle -2
Sarah Sugden -1
Sandy Thomas -1
Victoria Sugden -1

THE NON-MOVERS:
02 Cain Dingle
24 Paddy Kirk
49 Lisa Dingle
54 Marlon Dingle
63 Gabby Thomas
68 Cathy Hope
69 Heath Hope

THE NEWBIES:
03 Aaron Livesy RE
04 Robert Sugden NE
23 April Windsor NE
26 Chrissie White NE
26 Lawrence White NE
42 Lachlan White NE
44 Rakesh Kotecha NE
50 Kirin Kotecha NE
60 Doug Potts NE
71 Amba Sharma NE
72 Tracy Shankley NE

I just wanted to say thanks very much for doing this and all the effort you put in

I can't believe that Ross won though! Over Cain as well!

I'm gutted I missed the start of the voting as well but at least I will know where to look next year!

Thrilled with this result, Ross is without doubt the best newcomer to Emmerdale in years. He fully deserves his top placing. Happy with the whole top five actually! Well done Reserved too, you've done a great job.

I'm so happy that aaron got 3rd
But so surprised about Ross winning Cain
Really thought it was going to be Cain 1st
So looking forward to next year hope aaron comes 1st next year

Thank you for doing all this Reserved, excellent effort. Ross winning though... that's just wrong. Not happy with Robert being 4th either, but at least it wasn't higher. Well I've never been one to agree with the majority of Emmerdale fans, and for good reason looking at these results.

Just to to wrap it up nicely, and for anyone skipping to the back for a quick result:

THE FINAL (1-10):
01. Ross Barton - 11.38% ... 482 points
02. Cain Dingle - 11.26% ... 477 points
03. Aaron Livesy - 10.79% ... 457 points
04. Robert Sugden - 10.46% ... 443 points
05. Nicola King - 10.27% ... 435 points
06. Victoria Sugden - 10.01% ... 424 points
07. Alicia Metcalfe - 9.63% ... 408 points
08. Charity Dingle - 9.51% ... 403 points
09. Kerry Wyatt - 8.52% ... 361 points
10. Chas Dingle - 8.14% ... 345 points

ELIMINATED ROUND 4 (11-12):
11. David Metcalfe - 6.94%
12. Debbie Dingle - 6.86%

ELIMINATED ROUND 3 (13-18):
13. Finn Barton - 10.18%
14. Jimmy King - 10.06%
15. Leyla Harding - 9.17%
16. Diane Sugden - 9.10%
17. Zak Dingle - 8.13%
18. Eric Pollard - 7.77%

ELIMINATED ROUND 2 (19-36):
19. Val Pollard - 8.25%
20. Moira Dingle - 8.21%
21. Bernice Blackstock - 8.13%
22. Vanessa Woodfield - 7.62%
23. April Windsor - 7.58%
24. Paddy Kirk - 7.21%
25. Pearl Ladderbanks - 7.05%
26. Chrissie White - 6.91%
==. Lawrence White - 6.91%
28. Katie Sugden - 6.78%
29. Harriet Finch - 6.74%
==. Priya Sharma - 6.74%
31. Andy Sugden - 6.69%
==. Edna Birch - 6.69%
33. Ashley Thomas - 6.45%
34. Rodney Blackstock - 6.25%
35. Brenda Walker - 6.10%
36. Laurel Dingle - 4.07%

ELIMINATED ROUND 1 (37-73):
37. Belle Dingle - 10.24%
==. Rhona Goskirk - 10.24%
39. Bob Hope - 9.97%
40. Sandy Thomas - 9.80%
41. Betty Eagleton - 9.59%
42. Lachlan White - 9.54%
43. Dan Spencer - 9.51%
44. Rakesh Kotecha - 9.20%
45. Ruby Haswell - 8.93%
46. Pete Barton - 8.83%
47. Georgia Sharma - 8.78%
48. Adam Barton - 8.59%
49. Lisa Dingle - 8.58%
50. Kirin Kotecha - 8.21%
51. Megan Macey - 7.95%
52. Sarah Sugden - 7.66%
53. Rishi Sharma - 7.44%
54. Marlon Dingle - 7.34%
55. Sam Dingle - 7.31%
56. James Barton - 7.24%
57. Angelica King - 6.58%
58. Jacob Gallagher - 6.28%
59. Noah Dingle - 6.02%
60. Doug Potts - 5.99%
61. Arthur Thomas - 5.78%
62. Amelia Spencer - 5.62%
63. Gabby Thomas - 5.39%
64. Samson Dingle - 5.24%
65. Ali Spencer - 5.16%
66. Leo Goskirk - 5.10%
67. Jai Sharma - 4.51%
68. Cathy Hope - 3.93%
69. Heath Hope - 3.92%
70. Jack Sugden - 3.81%
71. Amba Sharma - 3.45%
72. Tracy Shankley - 3.13%
73. Archie Breckle - 2.88%

Thanks again to all who's taken part, and hopefully I'll see you all next year

Thank toi so much for This.

Love Ross also.

But WTG Robert and Aaron 😍😍

Cain or Nicola didn't win?

I demand a recount !

Just 5 points between Cain and Ross in the end.
I'm not surprised that Ross won really as he is very popular on DS.
I don't like his character but I can't deny that he is a good actor.

Many applauds to you Reserved this has been a great competition you must have spent a lot of time putting it all together and trying to round up voters, especially now that sadly this thread is not allowed on the main pages

Thanks for all your hard work

It's a fix! I also demand a recount!

Would have prefered Cain or Aaron in first place but there you are.

Thank you for all your work on this. I don't know how you do it with all those figures and percentages.

Ever thought of taking up accountancy?

So, what's your personal top ten? I've been waiting for it

I could only do my top seven and then I had about 10 characters battling for the last three spots and couldn't decide who deserves it more - like them all equally!

It's funny you should say that...
Although, I'm very annoyed at myself because I've spotted a couple of mistakes - such as James Barton climbed +2 not fell -2. There was another mistake I noticed when I skimmed through the thread after completing it all, but I've forgotten what it was now. I'm thoroughly ashamed of myself - so much time trying to achieve perfection I will be better next year, I promise.

Several pages of facts and figures scattered all over my laptop. Time for a clean up and get everything re-organised and ready to go for 2016 I'm such a nerd.

Well done Ross-well deserved! Though I voted for Robert as my favourite character I loved all of the top 10 so pretty happy for any of them to win!

Thank you Reserved for doing this-great fun and have loved all you remarks about each character (even though you hate my Robert!)

Roll on next year!

Blast! I forgot

Ok. Top ten.

1. Debbie
2. Fabulous Charity
3. Cain
4. Ross
5. Val
6. Kerry
7. Zak
8. Alicia
9. Chas
10. Diane

11. Nicola
12. Bernice

Debbie and Charity are pretty tied for first place really. Cain; well everyone loves Cain. Ross; excellent actor and brilliant new addition.. easy on the eye too. Val; just love her. Kerry; bloody hilarious. Gotta love head of the Dingle's Zak. Wouldn't be ED without him. Alicia; just lovely. Chas; I just love t'Dingles. Diane; wouldn't be ED without t'Oar

Thought I'd give Nicola and Bernice a mention as they are pretty close and almost in my top ten

Sorry! It's mainly down to the fact he's a recast that I can't accept him. I despise them.
Also, I just don't think he's a very appealing villain. I felt the same way about Cameron. Apart from the siege, he didn't really 'do it' for me as a villain, and Aaron, Ross and Cain already fill the 'bitter and snide' roles when it comes to taking swipes at people and throwing their weight around, so even if he doesn't turn full on villain, we don't need another character like that, taking their anger out on everyone around them.

Interesting list - a nice mix of characters in there! Mine is much more dull and I tend to go for the 'nicer' characters than the controversial, marmite ones.

1. Charity
2. Nicola
3. Bernice
4. Victoria
5. Val
6. Belle
7. Leyla

Then any three of Jimmy/Finn/Rodney/Rhona/Vanessa/Harriet/Ashley/Priya/Rakesh/Katie/Kerry/Alicia/Gabby/Debbie/Brenda.

Yes, I cheated and picked half the cast, but I can't separate them. Different days, different episodes, different scenes changes my opinion of those outside my top seven Sometimes, even the likes of Ross, Cain and Laurel sneak up there, but I tell myself to stop being silly.

Overall, a solid cast on Emmerdale; even those I dislike I can appreciate are good characters - or most of them, anyway