User blog comment:Webkinz Mania/Project 10 - October 2017/@comment-460966-20171001040102

10 For Project 10
Each month, I will provide analysis based on the results of each month's ballot. I will list the top ten trends that stood out or fascinated me. I encourage any viewers to comment on anything that fascinates them.

September 2017

 * 1)  Nostalgic factor of Chris plays in his favor  - Instead of focusing on Chris in his later seasons, it appears that most voters weighed the first generation seasons more than the other three he hosted. I felt like Don was a better character and a best host. His narrations and wit was something that was deeply missed by season two or three of the series with Chris.
 * 2)  Blaineley stood no chance  - Not this month for best debut, even though she was one of the best characters all season long. Not this month for best Total Drama Aftermath host, even though the Aftermath episodes with her are ones I regard as the best ones the show did. She was a fantastic host, stayed true to her character (granted, she had one appearance to build off of), and had memorable moments in every Aftermath episode in Total Drama World Tour. Looking at the big picture, she was more consistent and provided the bigger laughs than any other host and Courtney.
 * 3)  More nostalgia wins  - Camp Wawanakwa, Dock of Shame, and even the first season where contestants traveled to locations saw wins in the respective location categories. It was not even close for the categories with more than two nominees.
 * 4)  Alejandro and Heather… your favorite interaction  - This was not a surprise, after last minute votes put them over the top for Best Conflict! It would have been nice to have this category feature Heather and Leshawna as Best Conflict to make the votes closer, but I still think Alejandro and Heather would have taken the category. They dominated the voting, given that they were two thirds of the ballot. Like Blaineley in the categories she was nominated for, Noah and Owen stood no chance.
 * 5)  Close upset for Gwen  - Although she fared better in Best Character in Total Drama Island than Owen, Gwen lagged far behind when it came to Funniest Character and Best All-Around Character. Many consider Owen to be the face of the franchise for being the original winner of the show and also appearing in the Ridonculous Race. The voters this month did not care about that though. They looked specifically at who did more to get to that position and many consider Owen a floater in the first season. I went with Owen, but it is hard to get that angry about the result. It was a contested category and more people went with Gwen, who would have been a good winner too.
 * 6)  Duncan also won a close one against Beth  - Edging out the closest vote of the month was the Total Drama Action finalists vs. Total Drama Island finalists. It was a two percent separation up until the final week, when Duncan reached his sixtieth ballot, sealing the deal. Compared to the blowouts for the next five seasons, I am surprised how neck-and-neck the first two seasons were. The other seasons saw winners take over 70 percent of the vote.
 * 7)  Meanwhile, how did Cameron blow Lightning out?  - Huh? I can’t justify this, unless all of Cameron’s voters were a certain user who likes to wear fedoras.
 * 8)  Don’t have any problems with Rank the Final Twos  - Clearly, Alejandro and Heather are the golden standard. The Battle of _wens are second. The rest? Don’t really have a problem with it, except Mike and Zoey still have way too many votes, averaging over a one. Even if we got rid of the 1 before the 66, I’d argue 66 is still too much for them. Yuck.
 * 9)  Majority of last month’s voters retained  - Given that this was not a seasonal vote, I was surprised how many voters from last month were retained. We have not had a single month under 100 votes all year long (this should help out when it comes to the Prediction Contest). Once again, thanks for voting!