User blog comment:Christlover357/Top Ten Best Total Drama Characters - Part 1/@comment-24301964-20140517024249/@comment-24152851-20140517131818

Thing with Cody is, he wasn't necessarily as popular as the poll suggested. Most likely a lot of Cody fans got in early, then others who saw that their wasn't any hope for their favourite character went and switched to Cody as a second choice since he had a better chance of winning.