Actually three winners will be awarded:
– the best female protagonist
– the best male protagonist
– the overall best protagonist,
depending on which one has more votes.
This award honors only the art of acting, not the written characters.
The combined vote for is now final and shown in the following chart:
There have been 1471 votes by 290 voters (50%) and therefore 1471 additional votes where distributed by the jury of serieskiller.com (representing 290 voters; 50%) to come to the conclusion that BRYAN CRANSTON outperformed his competition at enacting AMC Breaking Bad’s character Walter White as a male protagonist as well as SIDSE BABETT KNUDSEN outperformed her competition at enacting DR1 Borgen’s character Birgitte Nyborg as a female protagonist in a drama of season 2012/2013. But only one can be the overall best protagonist and that is this year:
BRYAN CRANSTON for playing the role of AMC Breaking Bad’s character Walter White.
» FYI, the winners of recent years:
2011/2012: Breaking Bad [AMC]: BRYAN CRANSTON as “Walter White” (male & overall)
2011/2012: Homeland [SHO]: CLAIRE DANES as “Carrie Mathison” (female)
2010/2011: Justified [FX]: MARGO MARTINDALE as “Mags Bennett” (female & overall)
2010/2011: The Borgias [SHO]: JEREMY IRONS as “‘Pope’ Rodrigo Borgia” (male)
2009/2010: Breaking Bad [AMC]: AARON PAUL as “Jesse Pinkman” (male & overall)
2009/2010: Big Love [HBO]: CHLOË SEVIGNY as “Nicolette Grant” (female)