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[Weez]

http://i54.tinypic.com/2w1vz8k.jpg

At the very top, between "About us" and "Sponsors", hover over "Vote 2010/11" and the "Results so far!" will pop up (er, down). See it on the pic? Click there. Or use Marius's link if this still genuinely does not work for you.

[Alexandra]

Ah, got it. Thank you, Weez and Judy (not very obvious, is it?) But Jenny Jules still isn't winning.

[judyfan]

I'm still not getting this, really.  Two weeks ago the results went up. One production had only been open two weeks at that point, unlike the others in the category.
The percentage for the 'new' production has gone down a couple of points.  Did the first two weeks audience vote, but not the past two weeks audience?

[judyfan]

Guest, on 15 December 2010 - 11:23 AM, said:

No. This can happen very easily. Maybe the production got more buzz in the first weeks than the others, and now some have caught up, have gotten more votes, and thus the percentages of votes for this particular 'new' production went down. It makes perfect sense, please accept it.

Thanks guest...the production I'm on about is 'the talk of London, buzzing with excitement.'  What I'm saying is....the other productions will have got most votes at first because their audiences/productions have been going quite a while. The production I am on about had only been opened for two weeks at the start of the votes; and immediately got a lot of votes.  the others haven't really moved except for 1% off here 1%  added there etc. What I'm saying is, most 'fans' will have voted for those by now and it would indeed slow down; but the production I am on about has now been open four weeks and the % goes down 1 or goes up 1.By now, the %  should have risen far more.  It's puzzling me that's all

[Viceroy]

judyfan, on 15 December 2010 - 12:08 PM, said:

Thanks guest...the production I'm on about is 'the talk of London, buzzing with excitement.'  What I'm saying is....the other productions will have got most votes at first because their audiences/productions have been going quite a while. The production I am on about had only been opened for two weeks at the start of the votes; and immediately got a lot of votes.  the others haven't really moved except for 1% off here 1%  added there etc. What I'm saying is, most 'fans' will have voted for those by now and it would indeed slow down; but the production I am on about has now been open four weeks and the % goes down 1 or goes up 1.By now, the %  should have risen far more.  It's puzzling me that's all

I am guessing the production from your forum "name", and possibly part of the answer may lie in the fact that the production probably received immediate votes from people who saw the show on its previous regional run, therefore the initial high was not just those attending at the moment, and was not sustainable indefinitely from what is a small West End theatre.

If that makes sense!

[judyfan]

Viceroy, on 15 December 2010 - 12:34 PM, said:

I am guessing the production from your forum "name", and possibly part of the answer may lie in the fact that the production probably received immediate votes from people who saw the show on its previous regional run, therefore the initial high was not just those attending at the moment, and was not sustainable indefinitely from what is a small West End theatre.

If that makes sense!

Yes that makes sense  .....thanks

[judyfan]

Look what's on here

[Mark_E]

sorry judyfan but you seem convinced that there is some sort of mis-voting going on here. I loved Tracie Bennett's performance in End of the Rainbow, and would have voted for her, but I had already voted in the awards before I went to see the show. It was a last minute trip, and I can't change my vote. As has been said, thousands and thousands of people vote in these awards and they represent a much wider range of theatre goers than those who post on this board. The Olivier's are better for this since the voting panel see all of the shows nominated in any given year. The fact is the WOS awards are a popularity contest of who has been in the West End. Zoe Wanamaker and Kim Cattrall are known much more than the other nominees, and were both in shows that ran a long time. I'm willing to bet a lot of people didn't even see their performances and just voted for them anyway. Just look at the votes for Les Mis at the Barbican. Did all those people really see the show at the Barbican or are they just voting for it because they like Les Mis. It is at the end of the day, a popularity contest.

[Pharaoh's number 2]

Mark_E, on 15 December 2010 - 03:21 PM, said:

because they like Les Mis. It is at the end of the day, a popularity contest.

Like the pun Mark!