A Voting Gauntlet in progress, showing the state of the contest between
Palla and
Minerva.
The Voting Gauntlet (Japanese: 投票大戦 Voting Battle) is a gameplay mode in Fire Emblem Heroes, which pits themed groups of characters from across the Fire Emblem series against each other in a contest of popularity.
Gameplay
At the start of each Voting Gauntlet, the player is shown the bracket for the contest, and asked to select which character they would like to support. The player must then earn points for their chosen character by participating in Voting Gauntlet battles; these battles do not consume stamina, and may be fought once every 30 minutes. The total score of all players supporting a character determines that character's score. Each round runs for 45 hours. At the end of each round, the characters with the lowest score in each matchup are eliminated from the contest, and the winners proceed to the next round. If the player's chosen character is victorious, they will continue to support them in the next round; if not, they will be asked to choose another character to support.
Battling for your team
Battles in the Voting Gauntlet pit the leaders of the player's current team, a randomly chosen friend who supports the same character, and a random player from the player's supported character's team, against the preferred characters of three randomly selected players from the opposing character's team. The objective is to simply defeat all three members of the opposing army. Unlike in the Arena, Light's Blessing may be used, and the player's score is not penalized if any player characters are defeated; however, experience and skill points cannot be earned.
If the player is victorious, they earn points based on the number of friends they have (50 points for no friends, plus 5 additional points per friend, up to a maximum of 100 points), and receive a 10% bonus if they used the same character as the one they are supporting. The player may also use Battle Flags to boost their score; the score will be multiplied by the number of Battle Flags spent, up to a maximum of 200.
For the third Voting Gauntlet (Battle of the Mages), the scores earned by players on a losing team was tripled, in order to give them a better chance of competing. From the fourth Voting Gauntlet (War of the Clerics) onward, this multiplier is instead based on the length of time elapsed since the beginning of the round, starting at 3.1×, and increasing by 0.1× each hour to a maximum of 7.5× in the final hour. For the first six Voting Gauntlets, a team was designated as "weaker", and would receive this bonus, if their score equated to 90% or less of the leading team's score; from the seventh Voting Gauntlet (The Blood of Dragons) onward, this requirement was changed to 99% or less.
Rewards
At the end of each round, players are ranked based on their individual scores, and are awarded Hero Feathers based on their ranking within their chosen character's team—the higher a player's ranking is, the more Feathers they earn. Players supporting a winning character also receive a bonus 500 Feathers in the first two rounds, and 1,000 Feathers for supporting the winner of the final round. At the end of the overall contest, players also receive Hero Feathers based on their overall ranking across all participating players.
In earlier gauntlets, if the total points earned across all characters in all three rounds exceeds a given amount, all players will be rewarded with a number of other prizes in the form of special log-in bonuses—these may include Orbs, Hero Feathers, and Badges. In more recent gauntlets these prizes have been shifted over daily quests; generally requiring the player to participate in a set amount of battles in the gauntlet.
Past Voting Gauntlet results
July 2019: Headband Brawl
This Voting Gauntlet ran from 7am UTC on 1 July, 2019, until 4am UTC on 7 July. The overall winner was Mia, who defeated Jeorge in the final round by just under 12 billion votes.
Round 1
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Jeorge
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Gray
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 6,544,148,282 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 5,632,153,252 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Barst
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Tibarn
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 9,520,732,120 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 8,959,921,620
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Sue
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Mia
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 13,249,455,113 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 15,668,369,040 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Sanaki
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Olivia (Sky-High Dancer)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 18,110,060,558 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 21,068,246,584 votes
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Round 2
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Jeorge
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Barst
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 17,617,255,034 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 17,288,992,987 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Mia
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Olivia (Sky-High Dancer)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 48,773,820,036 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 48,248,145,253 votes
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Final Round
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Jeorge
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Mia
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 66,657,275,809 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 78,612,327,535 votes
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August 2019: Beach Ballot Battle!
This Voting Gauntlet ran from 7am UTC on 1 August, 2019, until 4am UTC on 7 August. The overall winner was Ursula, who defeated Wolt in the final round by over 10 billion votes.
All characters in this gauntlet come in their summer variants.
Round 1
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Laegjarn
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Lyn
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 18,483,948,813 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 18,590,334,734 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Laevatein
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Wolt
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 6,373,358,398 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 6,486,696,882 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Helbindi
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Lilina
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 9,526,556,708 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 10,646,232,118 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Gunnthrá
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Ursula
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 7,847,215,328 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 7,963,590,361 votes
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Round 2
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Lyn
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Wolt
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 32,746,882,588 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 33,194,070,555 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Lilina
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Ursula
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 21,782,109,682 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 21,999,746,373 votes
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Final Round
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Wolt
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Ursula
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 80,190,023,146 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 90,857,648,590 votes
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September 2019: Brave Rivalries
This Voting Gauntlet ran from 7am UTC on 29 August, 2019, until 4am UTC on 4 September. The overall winner was Camilla, who defeated Micaiah in the final round by roughly 150 million votes.
Round 1
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Micaiah (Queen of Dawn)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Ike (Vanguard Legend)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 22,993,225,862 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 20,727,977,689 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Alm (Imperial Ascent)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Berkut (Purgatorial Prince)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 4,050,246,187 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 4,145,471,756 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Eliwood (Marquess Pherae)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Hector
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 8,999,713,192 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 8,640,552,288 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Camilla (Light of Nohr)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Hinoka (Blue Sky Warrior)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 13,066,354,782 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 12,828,642,609 votes
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Round 2
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Micaiah (Queen of Dawn)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | BerkutBerkut (Purgatorial Prince)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 40,304,708,138 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 30,310,892,285 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Eliwood (Marquess Pherae)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Camilla (Light of Nohr)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 28,350,985,719 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 28,781,591,801 votes
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Final Round
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Micaiah (Queen of Dawn)
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Camilla (Light of Nohr)
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 88,127,811,896 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 88,274,091,346 votes
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October 2019: Dance Competition!
This Voting Gauntlet ran from 7am UTC on 1 October, 2019, until 4am UTC on 7 October. The overall winner was Rinea, who defeated Inigo in the final round by over 2.4 billion votes.
All characters in this gauntlet appear in their variants introduced in Performing Arts or A Splendid Soiree.
Round 1
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Shigure
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Inigo
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 7,054,367,627 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 7,102,361,436 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Ishtar
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Rinea
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 22,568,951,645 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 24,731,672,066 votes
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Nephenee
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Olivia
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 11,768,490,518 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 11,888,816,634 votes
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Round 2
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style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Rinea
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Olivia
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 48,967,731,057 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 41,394,687,592 votes
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Final Round
style="Template:Roundtl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Inigo
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style="Template:Roundtr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | Rinea
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vs.
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style="Template:Roundbl; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 60,250,224,063 votes
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style="Template:Roundbr; width: 150px; border: none; background-color: #222222;" | 58,822,760,404 votes
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November 2019
This Voting Gauntlet ran from 7am UTC on 31 October, 2019, until 4am UTC on 6 November.
Round 1
Round 2
Final Round
Trivia
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions
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Language
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Name
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Definition, etymology, and notes
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English
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Voting Gauntlet
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Spanish
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Torneo de votos
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Tournament of Votes
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French
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Tournoi
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Tournament
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German
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Wahlturnier
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Voting Tournament
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Italian
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Sfida ai voti
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Voting Challenge
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Traditional Chinese
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投票大戰
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Voting War
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Gallery
Artwork used in the background of the Voting Gauntlet.
External links