PLEASE - Spike could sure use another BEST VAMP VICTORY -  Vote and share with all your friends and groups -
http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/08/12/sfx200-poll-vampires/

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! It’s the one you’ve been waiting for. And it’s the last of of our 10 categories. So, fave bloodsuckers…

VAMPIRES

Welcome to another round in SFX’s 200 Greatest SF and fantasy characters ever poll in celebration of SFX’s 200th edition, coming up in August.

In part one of this poll SFX forumites posted hundreds and hundreds of suggestions for SF and fantasy’s greatest characters. We have now gone through those lists and a) tallied up who was getting the most votes and b) split the nominees into 10 categories.

Now we’re letting you to vote in each of those categories. The latest – and LAST – category is Vampires

I voted for Spike, but I was tempted to vote for Count Duckula.  LOL

Yup, voted for Spike too. It is possible to vote more than once though I'm not sure if the votes count or not.

Thanks for voting -

How do you find out who won?  I voted (it only allowed one vote based on the ISP addy so it should be a fair contest) but I never figured out how to see the results even as ongoing much less now that it is closed.

Kathleen

this is the final round for their big special issue - don't think the results will be up until the issue comes out -

 That's disappointing... :( Spike came in second to Dracula, and Buffy came in second to Sarah Connor for top heroine. A surprising #1 for top mentor, though, beating out the likes of Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Obi-Wan Kenobi, is our very own Giles. :D 

As for the vampires, Spike, Angel, and Dru were in the top 5, and Darla also made it to the top ten. So that's something. 

LINK

Here is the list for Top Vampires  - considering the competition - Spike coming in at No. 2 even with all the super popular current Vamps and being off the air all this time is great.  Same for Angel.  John Mitchell will be, IMVHO, the heir to Spike in the British Vampire Love & Favs - his character just keeps getting better and better as does the series.  If you get BBC America you should do "catch-up" watching online and watch the series.  It's like Buffy with the reflections of real world political and social themes and personal character stories. 

Great that Giles won - Big Surprise considering the list of competitors  - Joss Whedon was the Biggest creative success for the entire competition/poll - his characters came in super high in all the categories - lots of 2 and two came in top place.   What I really liked about this poll is the variety of characters and the wide range in time periods - and my all time fav character next to Spike is Spock - how is that for rhyme & reason & conversions.  These two characters, I just realized, are my perfect metaphor for what Spike represented in the series.  Spike is all that passion and primal force that Spock has learned to control. 

1. Dracula (picture of Christopher Lee)  not sure if this includes the actor playing the role or generic Dracula Literature character.
2 Spike (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
3 Angel (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel)
4 John Mitchell (Being Human)
5 Drusilla (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
6 Eric Northman (True Blood)
7 Mick St John (Moonlight)
8 Selene (Underworld)
9 Count Duckula (Count Duckula)
10 Darla (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
11 Lestat de Lioncourt (Interview With The Vampire)
12 Jessica Hamby (True Blood)
13 David (The Lost Boys)
14 Edward Cullen (Twilight)
15 William Herrick (Being Human)
16 Blade (Blade)
17 Damon Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries)
18 Bill Compton (True Blood)
19 Jasper Hale (Twilight)
20 Stefan Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries)

Fantastic that Spike and Angel did so well, especially with all the hoohah about the new guys.  Quality will out.. 

I completely agree about Mitchell....Being Human has the most layers of the current crop (although I completely enjoy True Blood and love Eric and Bill as well as Pam, they don't have the layers of the Buffyverse or BH vamps).

Looks like lots of Whedon love in the responses. 

I was happy to look at all the lists and the winners.  Not just the "current" hot thing but even older sci/fi, horror, fantasy was represented.  Even Robbie from Forbidden Planet made it with some serious votes in the robot category!

Now it's the "best of the best" and most Whedon fans are giving Giles a lot of support but my money is on the Doctor.  If Spike had won over Drac that would be SUCH a different story!

Kathleen