Moving on to Round 3. Today we’ll vote on the Religious and Sad songs, and tomorrow will be the Seasonal and Secular again. After that, there’ll be few enough songs left that I’ll just start posting all divisions at the same time.
Religious Division Round 2 Stats
- Most upvoted song: O Holy Night (#1) with 59 votes
- Least upvoted song: What Child Is This (#17) with 12
- Biggest blowout: O Holy Night over What Child Is This with final score of 59-12
- Closest match: We Three Kings (#9) over Joy to the World (#8) with a final score of 41-30
- Winner with least votes: Do You Hear What I Hear (#7) with 38 votes
- Loser with most votes: Joy to the World with 30 votes
Sad Division Round 2 Stats
- Most upvoted song: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (#1) with 67 votes.
- Least upvoted song: I Wonder as I Wander (#16) with 2 votes
- Biggest blowout: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas over I Wonder as I Wander with a final score of 67-2
- Closest match: Fairy Tale of New York (#3) over The Island of Misfit Toys (#14) with a final score of 31-23
- Winner with least votes: Please Come Home for Christmas (#9) with 28 votes
- Loser with most votes: Island of Misfit Toys with 23 votes
Interestingly, in both groups, all of the top seeds won out except for #8. Matches for Round 3 include seeds 1 through 7 and seed 9.