Who is your winner of GVI's Are You The Difference?
In a Facebook poll of 4,314 respondents, 34.4% chose “Tina Thorburn”. How we count
America showed up harder than anyone else for this poll — 112 votes, the single largest country bloc — and it went for Melissa Bobowski, not the eventual winner. Tina Thorburn took the crown anyway, built instead on Australia (58 votes) and the UK (35), plus a broader base at home, finishing at 34.4% to Melissa's 31.9% — a gap of just 105 votes out of 4,314 cast.
The split wasn't only geographic. Tina Thorburn's support skewed male (59 men to 46 women), while Melissa Bobowski's skewed female (44 men to 59 women) — two different coalitions converging on nearly the same final number. The overtake itself came early: Tina passed Melissa on day 5 and defended a roughly 30-point cumulative edge for the rest of the run.
- US bloc dissent · America's 112 votes, the largest country total, favored runner-up Melissa Bobowski
- Global counterweight · Australia (58) and the UK (35) both leaned winner Tina Thorburn
- Gender divide · Tina's fans skewed male 59-46; Melissa's skewed female 59-44
- Day 5 overtake · Tina passed Melissa on day 5 and held a ~30-point cumulative lead after