Over 20,000 votes were cast in this year’s Shortland Street Fan Awards with the vast majority before the big reveal of Joey Henderson as the serial killer. That hasn’t stopped him (and Johnny Barker, the actor who plays him) from scooping up four awards: favourite male character, favourite male actor, hottest male and favourite new character.

Fans on NZ’s TV community website Throng (throng.co.nz) and Shortland Street fansite StreetTalk (streettalk.co.nz) overwhelmingly praised this year’s season of the show, saying it was the best season yet and one which rivetted a nation. Many admitted they only began watching the show when receptionist Claire was found dead in a rubbish skip at the start of the serial killer storyline and are now completely hooked. More than one in five respondents gave the 15th season of the show a perfect 10/10.

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