Originally Posted by FriendlyFacez

Funny enough, the special gacha reward sort of defeats the purpose of the popularity contest.

Every time one of these is done, the newest 6* character is destined to win no matter how much we like or dislike her characterization.

I’d prefer it if Nutaku offered the additional reward of accelerating the release of the winner’s Bloomed form, that would justify me voting Madonna.

That's not entirely true, at least historically. The last time we had this event, the winners were Herbaceous Peony, Lycoris, and Black Baccara (don't recall the placing); while HB was newer than the other two, she premiered in the previous event (Acacia was the new 6* in the popularity contest event).