User blog comment:Webkinz Mania/Project 10 - August 2017/@comment-460966-20170801040312

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.

July 2017

 * 1)  Wow, the results for Best and Funniest Pair  - Looking at the first place votes alone, top three pairs received twenty or more first place votes, while the there were three pairs that received more than ten first place votes, but less than thirteen. Either way, there was some clear separation in the top three and at the end of the month, the Ice Dancers and Reality TV Pros (one point for fourth place!) However, the fact we had the top two within a third place vote... what a great month of voting. Funniest Pair was decided by only ONE vote. ONE. This is great.
 * 2)  Worst Pair was an easy choice  - I don't really agree with it and I'm actually surprised the LARPers didn't get any additional pity votes for Best Pair, but wow... no competition for Worst Pair.
 * 3)  Alphabetical order a major advantage in Rapid Fire  - In the Rapid Fire section, nominees were listed in alphabetical order. For instance, Jacques was ahead of Josee. Of the eighteen pairs, only three winners had a name starting in a lower alphabetical letter than the runner-up (Kitty, Lorenzo, Geoff).
 * 4)  Alphabetical order a major advantage in Rapid Fire  - Two Rapid Fire votes stand out: Crimson squeaked out Ennui and Jen squeaked out Tom. There were several blowouts (Best Friends, Police Cadets, Rockers, Sisters) as well, but I liked seeing how close some of the pairs were.
 * 5)  Nemma won Best Couple  - I did not expect Nemma to win, but that is what happened. In fact, Noah also won the Best Character in the Reality TV Pros as well, which caught me off-guard. I am guessing that due to the birthday and the excess of votes compared to previous months, more opinions from users that do not edit the Wiki as actively got in the mix, causing some upsets.
 * 6)  United States World Tour locations popular  - New York and Hawaii, visited in both the Ridonculous Race and Total Drama World Tour were among the favorites for both seasons. Frankly, Iceland deserved more love. Did we forget about Bjork? Vinsamlegast gefa mer mina travel abending.
 * 7)  To the surprise of nobody, the Ice Dancers had the best elimination  - This likely contributed to A Million Ways to Lose a Million Dollars being voted the best episode of the season as well. A few late season eliminations (Daters, Best Friends) surprisingly took fourth and fifth place in this category, though I guess the latter can be argued as a feel-good moment.
 * 8)  Lots of choices for Best Episode  - The top three separated from the rest of the pack, like a number of categories this month. If you were fans of French is an Eiffel Language, Bjorken Telephone, or Last Tango in Buenos Aires, however, your vote would have made the difference in one of those episodes getting fourth place and the two that rounded out the top five missing out completely.
 * 9)  All votes mattered for Worst Episode too  - Six nominees received over 160 points for this category. Second place was decided by four points and even third place was decided by one vote.
 * 10)  Close votes EVERYWHERE  - So yeah, you can see that this was hands down the closest month of voting we have had in Project 10. Lots of categories decided by a first place vote or two. Some major categories were decided by a third or fourth place vote. One thing is for sure: the series went back on track with the highest season rating since Total Drama Island charmed us ten years ago.