EastEnders fans predict killer and body in RadioTimes.com poll results

The Six women at the centre of the flash-forward are the prime suspects to be killers in the death, these women being Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner), Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal), Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), Denise Fox (Diane Parish), and Kathy Cotton (Gillian Taylforth).

Seven suspects have been presented as potential candidates to be the body on the big day, but who will meet their maker?

RadioTimes.com have been voting to answer both questions and now the results are in...

The male character with the most votes to be the dead body on Christmas Day is Walford villain Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry), with almost a third of the vote and at quite some distance to the next closest candidate, evil rapist Dean Wicks (portrayed by actor Matt Di Angelo).

However, after Nish and Dean, most of the remaining fans are convinced that the body is not one of the seven candidates presented in promotional material by the show.

Find the rankings in the poll results of 1000 participants below.

1. Nish Panesar - 33%
2. Dean Wicks - 17%
3. Someone else... - 14%
4. Jack Branning - 12%
5. Keanu Taylor - 10%
6. Rocky Cotton - 7%
7. Ravi Gulati - 4%
8. Phil Mitchell - 3%

The man deemed least likely to be killed by fans is Walford icon Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) - surely they wouldn't, would they?

Meanwhile, fans also voted for which of the Six they considered most likely to be the killer on Christmas Day in EastEnders - and it provided a surprising twist - with most voting that it would be none of them.

That's right, many are indeed theorising that there is a seventh person in the room, with a long-running theory being that another woman stands across from the Six.

The prospect of 'someone else' is ahead by quite some margin, but the member of the Six deemed most likely to be a killer outside of this is Suki Panesar.

Find the rankings in the poll results of 1000 participants below.

1. Someone else... - 29%
2. Suki Panesar - 19%
3. Denise Fox - 13%
4. Kathy Cotton - 12%
5. Stacey Slater - 10%
6. Linda Carter - 9%
7. Sharon Watts - 7%

The woman deemed least likely to be the killer on Christmas Day is original cast member Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), whose wedding is set to be very dramatic indeed.

Fans are certainly in for a treat on Christmas Day after the Six women had confrontations on Friday 22nd December 2023, but will they all be proven right?

Read more:

• EastEnders spoilers: Whitney Dean heartache in tragic fostering story
• EastEnders must give tragic heroine Whitney the happy ever after she deserves
• EastEnders boss Chris Clenshaw previews Christmas 2023 and The Six aftermath
• EastEnders' Letitia Dean on whether Sharon can forgive Keanu for kidnap secret
• EastEnders' Gillian Taylforth on Kathy and Rocky: "She can’t live with the constant lies"
• EastEnders' Diane Parish teases "heartbreak" in Christmas episode
• EastEnders' Lacey Turner on whether Stacey will kill again: "She will do whatever it takes to protect Eve"
• EastEnders' Balvinder Sopal: "People will be on the edge of their seats"
• EastEnders' Kellie Bright: "The body wasn't who I thought it would be"

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