User blog comment:Webkinz Mania/Project 10 - April 2017/@comment-460966-20170401040053

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.

March 2017

 * 1)  The new characters added some life  - To the surprise of absolute nobody, the new characters added some life to the series. Alejandro was the runner-up for Best Character and Sierra also placed in the top five. In fact, pre-merge victims in Total Drama Island (Cody and Noah) also made their way to the top five, due to their prolonged tenure on the show. Even when it came down to the worst characters, there was some fresher blood.
 * 2)  Her real name isn't Blaineley, but who cares?  - Why do people hate Blaineley? I just want to know! In my eyes, she is one of the funniest characters all season, even if she competed in two episodes. Her illegal alliance with Chef was hysterical and led to some of Chef's final memorable moments on the show. After the always hatable Ezekiel, Blaineley was the Worst Character of the season. Did we all forget about the Blaineley Tea Party (her elimination)?
 * 3)  Everyone Hates Harold  - Four votes for Best Character a month after he came in second place. Harold only competed in three episodes, but going from second place to just four votes is going to be our biggest single-season turnover of Project 10. Harold's obnoxious traits received more focus during the short time he was on the show, his relationship with Leshawna derailed and over one hundred votes went toward Harold as the Worst Character of the season.
 * 4)  The season was all about Alejandro and Heather  - Just like how Total Drama Action was all about Lindsay with Lindsay taking nearly every single award, Heather and Alejandro consistently won award after award this season. The top two for Best Character also won Best Couple and Conflict. In addition, Alejandro won Best Newcomer and Heather was the Best All-Around Character. Finally, people gravitated toward their eliminations the most for the Best Elimination.
 * 5)  The writers succeeded in creating new friendships  - After a lack of friendly interactions in the previous season, the writers threw in Sierra, returned some peppy characters like Cody and gave Owen a new-old buddy (Noah). Noah and Owen's friendship ran away with the category, scoring slightly less than double the amount of points from second place (Cody and Sierra). This was a category that lacked competition last season and strayed away from classic friendships like Gwen and Leshawna, so most seemed relieve to have new options available.
 * 6)  Excellent eliminations  - Counting Courtney and Blaineley's double elimination, five of the last six eliminations of the season received enough votes to win or receive mentions for the Best Elimination. For most of the month, Courtney and Blaineley's eliminations were tied. Funny enough, Blaineley's elimination got one pity vote (Saddest). Cody's elimination was the only elimination that was not among the Best Elimination finalists, but it did come in the top three for Saddest Elimination.
 * 7)  A TIE  - While Lindsay was ahead for the Saddest Elimination until the final day, we have encountered our very first tie in Project 10 history! Any additional vote for either Lindsay or Noah would have put them over the top! For ties, we go to first-place votes and it appears that Noah edged out Lindsay by ONE first place vote. Wow. At this point, I would not be surprised to see Lindsay win saddest elimination in Total Drama All-Stars.
 * 8)  How about that final stretch?  - With the show's climax and legitimate drama that had viewers hooked until the very end, five of the final eight shows received more than one hundred points as Best Episode. Three of the final four (non-Aftermaths, of course) received more than one hundred-fifty points. Finally, the final two episodes received a combined five hundred points. The perfect storm.
 * 9)  Love triangle fatigue  - There definitely seemed to be some love triangle fatigue. Once Gwen was eliminated, the episodes' scores started to go up. The four episodes from Duncan's return to Gwen's elimination were four of the most disliked episodes of the season, culminating in Picnic at Hanging Dork's first place victory for Worst Episode, easily above the rest. In addition, Gwen and Duncan received the most votes for Worst Couple of the season.
 * 10)  3.00  - One thing I will guarantee is that you will see no season above 3.00 (I'm not even saying 3.50, which is what this season got!) Voters were much kinder to the third season of the series with no one-star votes and simply two votes for two-stars. Over fifty votes went for five-stars and as a result, we have our only season with an average over a 3.00.