Yeah, pretty much. There briefly was a FKG Hall of Fame where anyone in it was ineligible for getting a new version even if they finished in the top three of the popularity polls. If memory serves, Anemone and Pinkladies were the only members of the HoF because they had each finished in the top three of the popularity polls so often that the results were basically Anemone + Pinkladies + *a warm body* in random order for first/second/third place. In particular, Pinkladies had never finished outside of the top three since she was first added to the game and Anemone was almost as consistent with her worst finish at the time being sixth (2015). The 'ban' seemed to work on Pinkladies since she finished well outside of the top three. Anemone finished #4 though, showing just how much the whales love her.

Anyhow, last year the limitation was removed and the results were (mostly) predictable:
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