Fans Vote The Deathly Hallows the Most Spell Binding Potter Novel
MSN Entertainment Poll Reveals UK’s Favourite Potter Tales
Reading – UK – 3rd September 2007 - Just one month after its release, JK Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel,The Deathly Hallows, has got the UK under its spell after being voted the nation’s favourite Potter book in a new poll by MSN Entertainment.
45,000 potty Potter fans cast their votes online at http://entertainment.uk.msn.com and over a third (37%) agreed that Rowling saved the best for last with the final and darkest instalment of the heptalogy, which sees several of the favourite characters come to a sticky end.
Whilst Rowling’s much hyped second novel,Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, may have flown off the shelves faster than a golden snitch, it didn’t score so well with MSN’s Potter fans, coming bottom of the list with just4% of the votes.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the most honoured work in the series, came second in the fantastical list with15% of the votes, followed by the fourth taleHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire which was a favourite for one in seven(14%) Potterites.
The full results of the online poll are below:
| • | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) 37% |
| • | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) 15% |
| • | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) 14% |
| • | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1) 11% |
| • | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) 10% |
| • | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 7) 10% |
| • | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) 4% |
MSN Entertainment Manager, Mike Lok says: “Harry Potter fever is clearly still alive with the enduring legacy of the books continuing to grip fans of every age. Following the launch of the final novel and the fifth movie release, we created two dedicated MSN Specials sites* packed full of Potter news, reviews, games and photos which have already been visited by over 350,00 fans showing their immense popularity.
“Potter addicts can still get their fix of magic and mystery at the all new MSN entertainment channel http://entertainment.uk.msn.com which is crammed with news on all the latest book and movie releases, plus up-to-the-minute reports from across the world of entertainment.”
The redesigned MSN Entertainment site now boasts a brand new look and feel, featuring even more news and gossip, photo galleries from the latest movies, concerts and celebrity events plus online video clips giving you direct access to the world of showbiz.
* MSN Specials sites mentioned in the release can be found at:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/news/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=5554827
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie special: http://specials.uk.msn.com/harrypotter5
About the research
All figures sourced from a survey carried out on the MSN Entertainment site (http://uk.msn.com/entertainment) over the months of July and August over a two week period from 21st July to 4th August from a total sample size of 45,554 people.
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