Which Character Had You Saying Whoa!?

Melanie jumped out front on day one at 55% and never let go, but her cushion bled out fast — a 3-way race collapsed into a Melanie-vs-Malik dogfight by day 31, and her lead kept shrinking week after week, from 45% down to a nail-biting 40% margin that held for the entire back half of the poll.

The gender gap tells the real story: Malik pulled a staggering 623 male votes to Melanie's 564, nearly closing the gender split — but women crowned the winner, breaking Melanie 4,693 to Malik's 4,439. Parker faded to bronze at 19%, and Jasmine never left single digits, finishing at just 4.4% of 15,889 votes.

• Wire-to-wire leader · Melanie led from day 1's 55% through all 68 days.
• The Malik surge · Melanie's margin shrank from 55% to just 40% by day 31.
• Men nearly flipped it · Malik edged Melanie among men, 623 to 564 votes.
• Jasmine's quiet finish · Jasmine never broke 5%, ending with just 699 votes.