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Although to be pedantic, both got back together for their exits.

If you also count the Sutherlands and the Nashes (who were significantly younger than Alf/Ailsa and Pippa/2 husbands) then that's definitely the case.

They don't seem to do long-term older couples, though I'm happy to be corrected on that. Before that they'd widowed Pippa for a 2nd time. Then they killed Ailsa off. Fisher's marriage to June ended offscreen. If you move forward to the present day, Alf is effectively single again. Irene and John are on their own.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL. Hope you all have a good one.

There's definetly some good ones here Vinnie and Leah and Tom and Pip especially OMG agree with all of these especially since I'm such a big Roo and Frank shipper - I know recast Roo but we need a Frank and Roo 2025 comeback and also I'm a massive Will and Gypsy shipper too so agree with this one - hate they ruined them in 2010 OMG these two were so underrated and this is one definitely that more people need to know about! Agreed!

Observations about the current cast's performance: Marilyn is the most popular female, followed by Mackenzie. (Yes Felicity beat Marilyn, by a tiny 12 point margin, but I'm just looking at current ongoing characters.) For males of course it is Alf followed by Tane. This seems at odds with some forum opinions that Mackenzie and Tane are "well past their use by date". It's funny that top male and female Alf and Marilyn were two of the characters with the least screentime or storylines this year. Maybe less is more! (Although that didn't help Roo.) Or maybe it's largely "legacy votes" from long-term viewers, but that doesn't tally with Sally etc being so far below them. Top male Alf got more than double the points of top female Marilyn (3045 to 1476). Lyrik in order of popularity: 1. Eden, 2. Theo, 3. Remi, 4. Kirby. The six lowest ranked characters are all female. Remi is the lowest ranked male*, but "7th from bottom" in a cast of 21 is getting towards the mid-table group anyway. Exactly mid-table in the ranking of current cast are young men Mali, Levi and Theo. It's perhaps surprising that Justin and Leah are beneath them. It should be emphasised that all of the current cast did really well, all picking up hundreds more votes than Fisher, Pippa, Bobby, Morag, Shane & Angel, etc, with even Sally slotted in between Bree and Abigail. Obviously that's recency bias, but it's still an impressive achievement for the current show.

This is how the current cast ranked relative to each other, highest to lowest. The + figure next to their name is how many extra points they achieved than the character below them. E.g. Alf got 135 more points than Tane. It illustrates how some characters were much further apart, or closer, than they appear from the rankings. +135 Alf +1065 Tane Massive 1065 points jump from Cash up to Tane +369 Cash Big 369 points jump from Marilyn up to Cash +64 Marilyn +44 John +250 Mackenzie Big 250 points jump from Eden up to Mackenzie +102 Eden +100 Dana Not much separating Irene and Mali (29 points) +29 Irene +99 Mali Not much separating Levi, Theo, Justin and Leah (22, 16, 34 points) +22 Levi +16 Theo +34 Justin +63 Leah +85 Remi +92 Harper +90 Kirby +47 Rose +41 Roo +63 Bree Abigail

Totally agree RE these two! And their short longevity on screen adds to their enigma

Edward & Peta. Two characters who I thought were great and loved their romance.

Will you be updating the births, deaths and marriage pages?

Well done on the poll Red your little write ups make me laugh

The popularity of the character or storyline can't be measured by people commenting on this forum or social media. Out of all members/ followers, only a handful actually comment. That's why I find polls more reliable, people vote and move on, and don't open themselves to potential arguing with people who disagree. The Facebook poll showed that about 70% of people voting liked Harper and Tane together. This surprised me as judging by comments I thought the majority of people disliked them, but then as I said, most people who participate in polls don't ever comment. It's the same with Tane, Mac and Eden, judging by the people's comments on social media, one would think that they're currently the most despised characters, yet they all ranked high on the poll. Anyway, the results of this poll are pretty much what I expected. I had fun going through the results and remembering some characters who left the show long ago. Thank you for organising it this year.

1999 especially felt like the writers were trying to Mash her up.

My thanks to all who make this annual "walk down memory lane" possible and so enjoyable. It always brings back memories of characters I'd forgotten all about and miss and also leads me to ponder anew ones I wish I had no memory of.

Firstly, my thanks to @Chris J, @Dan F and Matt for all their hard work in collating the results and turning my commentary into such an excellent presentation. I always feel I have the easy job while they have to handle the technical stuff! Secondly, my thanks to everyone that's been following the reveals and posting their thoughts on the results and my commentary in here: It's been interesting seeing the reactions! As ever, a few mentions for characters who've gone missing since the last poll: As noted, no Fin, the highest placed character not to return. No More Recent Chloe (thanks, @atrus!), the most recent regular not to get votes. No Kit, who usually picks up points from someone. And no Zac, meaning only three of Leah's four husbands got votes!

That would be good. A most popular guest character poll would be great. We've had many that were basically regulars, some even lasting longer than regulars. We'll also get a few unique options of characters no one has thought about for 20+ years. I wonder who would wi- who am I kidding we all know it'll be Freya Duric by a landslide though she's basically a regular so it'll be pretty much cheating

Yes so happy to see Alf take top spot. Rightly deserved. Shame Tane and Cash both annoy me currently so neither of them deserve second and third place in my eyes.

A very enjoyable rundown as ever! I'll make no comment on Tane and Cash being voted the second and third best characters of all time, but Alf's victory is deserved even if it's only by a whisker this time. And anyway, the fun is in the journey and the ever-entertaining writeups. Thanks to all those involved and for the hard work behind the scenes.

Thank you to @Chris J @Dan F and @Red Ranger 1 for all the hard work they do for the Most Popular Character polls, it's so appreciated. Very happy that Alf won. Now to see the results again in two years time. Would love a Most Popular Couples poll to happen as A one of like you did way back in 2004 or 2006 can't remember which one it was to see who the Most Popular Couple of all time is. I feel like it would be fitting if it was Alf and Alisa or Sally and Flynn.

And there we have it, the Top Three have been announced. Click through for our news story where we recap on the Top 20 before revealing the final result. Find out who was voted Home and Away's Most Popular Character in our 2024 vote... Big thanks once again to @Red Ranger 1 for his commentary, and to those that voted in our eleventh Most Popular Home and Away Character poll.

Completely agree! I've always used the term "sticking plaster" when evaluating and describing the impact of Rebecca and Travis' era. So said, I really do have a (somewhat recently rediscovered) fondness for many of the characters introduced in that 98/99 era who didn't last long into the Sutherland era... Especially Edward, Judith, Joel, Shauna, Natalie 2 and Mitch. I miss them all when they're gone (which I cannot say for many of the post-2000 introductions, especially the Sutherlands themselves). As much as it pains for me to admit it, I have to agree RE Ailsa. The writers had damaged her characterisation & role (irreparably so) in the community / show so much by the late 90s that I don't miss her when she's gone (it's more a case of missing her as she WAS, especially in the first year but even still a bit until about 94/5). Ailsa left for good for me in about 1994. She's more often than not pretty unlikeable from then onwards and, whilst her having more storylines again was great (and well performed by Judy), there's only so many times you can be held up at gunpoint, have car accidents and nervous breakdowns.

100% agree. ''Having Harper take over her life''...This hurt my feelings.I hate it here because you aren't wrong.Felicity may not have wanted a child but Harper did gaslight Felicity into believing She had no interest in Tane when she obviously was. Alf best be number one.I don't dislike Cash but He doesn't deserve first place and Tane barely deserves to live never mind win. My beloved Noah and Queen Felicity are dancing up a storm in summer bay heaven and nobody can tell me otherwise.

I was just recently watching some 1994 episodes and yeah they really don’t make the show that good anymore do they? The golden years were so much better.

Felicity was robbed. That leaves Alf/Cash/Tane left.

Glad that Queen Felicity made it to number four, but she deserved to be higher than Cash and Tane. I hope the baby kidnapper doesn't win.