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Thanks to all who voted to find Buzzjack's favourite character from the most iconic, beloved and downright depressing soap on television. You turned out literally in your tens.

 

Will Janine be dethroned? Will even one of Walford's men sneak a place in the top 10? And just what did happen to Billy's stolen post? All will be revealed shortly. In the meantime predictions are welcomed and encouraged.

 

TOP TEN PREDICTIONS: Janine, Shirley, Tanya, Kim, Denise, Dot, Jean, Zainab, Tracy and Shenice Max. Brenda Boyle to be outed as Kat's illicit f**k buddy.

TOP TEN PREDICTIONS: Janine, Shirley, Tanya, Kim, Denise, Dot, Jean, Zainab, Tracy and Shenice Max. Brenda Boyle to be outed as Kat's illicit f**k buddy.

Missing Cora, but otherwise I'd say that's fairly accurate! Tiffany for last place PLEASE to forever forgive Buzzjack for her top ten placing of three years ago :(

Missing Cora, but otherwise I'd say that's fairly accurate! Tiffany for last place PLEASE to forever forgive Buzzjack for her top ten placing of three years ago :(

 

Someone had to make way for QUEEN TRACY. All children should be scrambling for bottom place, they have no place on my TV. Tiffany is particularly irksome because NO CHILD TALKS OR BEHAVES LIKE THAT.

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49 Shenice Quinn (1.40 / new)

Taking the dubious honour of last place it's Shenice, daughter of Kat's rough as old chips friend Martina. Shenice will be leaving the show soon (in fact her last scenes may have gone out already - Kat recently commented that she doesn't like it when the kids aren't around, which is quite the laughable claim given that she rarely even remembers she has a son, much less a daughter!). If this is not a sure sign that the end of the world is upon us then I'm mother of the year 2k12 (just gotta wrestle that title from Kathleen!).

 

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48 Nico Papadopoulos (1.80 / new)

Greasy Greek, bast*rd boss and grandson of Dot's tongue-twisting nemesis Mr 'Opadopa, Nico hasn't exactly set the screen alight since becoming a semi regular character this Summer, in fact probably the most memorable thing about him has been the fact that I routinely spot sweat patches under his arms when he's wearing his fetching green work outfit. The actor does fancy himself as a bit of a hunk if these shots are anything to go by. On past form I expect the fickle Buzzgais to vote Nico to the top next year.

 

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47 Morgan Jackson (2.50 / new)

The first of Bianca's brood to fall is Morgan, but I feel I should point out that for a child in soap he has a surprising lack of Satan about him and actually seems quite sweet. So of course he'll turn out to be a adulterous schizophrenic kleptomaniac by the time he's sixteen.

 

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46 Sasha Dixon (2.90 / new)

Now here we have a child who surely was conceived by Satan before some kind of baby swap took place and she ended up being raised by Ray Dixon, who for my money is quite a decent father (imagine!) and doesn't really deserve to be lumbered with a teenager whose idea of fun is an afternoon spent down the morgue. But hey ho, parental love is blind and all that.

 

Not a very surprising bottom 4, TBH. Shenice is barely even it it. Kat and Alfie struggle to remember her, how are we as viewers meant to?

SHENICE IS LAST?????? I DEMAND a recount.

All terrible so far.. so in their rightful place at the bottom.

Bar Shenice (I can only assume the low placing is due to ironic voting because she's a #1 CHARACTER MAKE NO MISTAKE) I don't think there's anybody there to take issue with. Nico is probably a little too old for the Buzzjack gais to get on board with no matter how much baby oil (or doner meat fat) he greases himself up with.

Denise, Zainab, Kim, Janine, Shirley, Jean,

 

In that order for me.

 

Still baffled by Max and Tanya being popular.

I've only just got back into Eastenders, and don't know who most of these people are so far :lol: I only know the greasy chip guy by face!

Still baffled by Max and Tanya being popular.

Two of the show's best characters easily! Jake Wood is a very natural actor imo.

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41 Ben Mitchell (3.55 / more 09s / new)

In the beginning, God made Phil Mitchell. A fearsome thug with more than a passing resemblance to a tomato who would nonetheless slap you into next century if you disrespected his faaahmily or refused to sign over your business to him. By all logic, Phil's child should've inherited at least a handful of these personality traits, but in his first incarnation, Ben Mitchell was weak, hated confrontation and was more into musical theatre than handbooks on the mechanics of a V6 engine. In short, Phil's antithesis. On paper this was genius, but Charlie Jones was simply not cut out for the job, and by the time they started writing Ben as a spanner-brandishing juvenile delinquent with a penchant for slappin' dahn black kids, it was clear he had to go. They say everybody who lived within a five mile resident of Elstree became a crack addict simply by consuming the fumes from the writers' room. (Of course they got over it a week later. It's the soap way.)

 

Anyway, Ben came back six months later with a new head, the potato to Phil's tomato, and with a decent actor in Joshua Pascoe they could finally go to darker avenues with his character in a convincing way. Even so, nobody really thought sweet, tap-dancing, occasional physical abuser Ben would evolve into a cold blooded killer, in the process giving EastEnders its best story in a long while. I wonder if Ben's lack of popularity is a result of his indifference at having killed the hallowed Hev (before joking about her failure to turn up for a free meal in FABULOUSLY callous fashion)? Perhaps people just didn't take to Joshua's portrayal in the same way I did. One thing we can say for certain is that Ben will be back in a few years, most likely played by a hunk and plotting somebody else's downfall. Bring it on.

 

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42 Andrew Cotton (3.55 / new)

I have to be honest, I'm struggling here. Andrew's personality is every bit as loosely sketched as the Moon brothers, but for a few months this winter he served a purpose on the show - he made Hev happy in a way that only cheese slices and Last Christmas had in past. So it stands to reason that the minute Hev was off the scene and six feet under, Andrew was deadwood. After popping up occasionally this summer looking miserable and breathing heavily, he boarded a tube for Saafend, never to be seen (or indeed spoken of) again.

 

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43 Tyler Moon (3.35 / new)

Not quite as catastrophic a failure as his simpering brother, Tyler is nonetheless damning proof that having decent arms is no substitute for an engaging personality. Being inoffensive is one thing, but Tyler's characteristics seem to float away with a mild breeze. For about two weeks last summer we were supposed to believe he had 'anger issues', cue punch-ups in the market galore; quickly forgotten of course when he hooked up with Whitney (in the process completing her transition from future star of the show to widely despised idiot, but we'll get to that later) and became an attentive, loving boyfriend, all memory of those three sisters he boffed long since banished. I must confess I've become accustomed to him nowadays, but the fact that he's blandly likable is hardly cause for him to stick around taking up screentime.

 

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44 Anthony Moon (3.25 / new)

What is there to say? Anthony didn't so much come, see and conquer as come, passively observe, give Amira such a pathetic seeing-to that she sobbed afterward, piss eight grand and a business up the wall and leave without a trace of dignity or achievement. A week on and it's as if he never existed. If only.

 

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45 Bobby Beale (3.15 / new)

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. For most children, this goes in one ear and straight out the other. Not Bobby Beale. Ian's least evil offspring waited three months for the breakfast he was promised by Ian on his wedding day. I felt cheated when I realised the moment of truth had occurred off-screen. Just what was in Bobby's breakfast? Was he permitted seconds? Did Ian manage not to toss his engagement ring into the pancake mix this time?

Edited September 9, 201212 yr by Jark

Tyler is a truly redundant presence, particularly now that he has few family links, a romance that not one viewer gives too hoots for (POOR FATBOY), and the role of useless-but-pretty plank has been snatched away by Joey Branning. Anthony was a disastrous character but at least you knew what that character was (BUMBLING FOOL), whilst I challenge anybody to name a single Tyler Moon personality trait.

 

I am now of the belief that Charlie Jones was the GREATEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO EASTENDERS. I live for the day when he wins the role back from the more accompolished actor a la Daniella Westbrook, and recreates an ESSENTIAL Ben Mitchell Moment by making his return bursting through Phil Mitchell's door in Gaga-esque costume shrieking "Don't be a drag just be a QUEEN".

Edited September 10, 201212 yr by Shoat

Two of the show's best characters easily! Jake Wood is a very natural actor imo.

 

 

I dont agree with your first statement.

It's only just occurred to me that Anthony screwed his business (Tyler's only source of income) and we've not even seen Tyler's reaction to his brother leaving. These characters were made of fail.

Tyler isn't in Walford at the minute because the actor was having his court trial so they wrote him out temporarily. It was mentioned in passing.

It's still pretty rubbish either way.

BUMP!

Jarky, why couldn't you be less floppy? Like me.