On the eighth day, the judges continued to batter the
Mr. Bliss tribe, converging on Mrs. Knight in a stunning show of solidarity for two of the more canonical characters.
Mrs. Knight: 6 votes
Man-in-the-Moon: 2 votes
Queen of Faerie: 1 vote
And so, whether because of her name, her obscurity, or her banana fetish, Mrs. Knight was shown the door. And after she had seen the door, she was boiled to death in a vat of bleachwater.
Day the Ninth finds 40 contestants shaking in their boots:
Farmer Giles of Ham
Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham)
Gram, his dog
The Giant from the Wild Hills
King Augustus Bonifacious
Chrysophylax Dives
The Miller
The Parson
Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith
Smith of Wooton Major/Leaf By Niggle
Master Cook Rider
Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie
Smith of Wooton Major
Nell
Queen of Faerie
Niggle
Mr. Parish
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems)
Goldberry
Badger
Old Man Willow
The Barrow-wight
Goodman Maggott
Princess Mee
Fíriel
The Mewlips
Troll
Roverandom
Roverandom
The Wizard Artaxerxes
The Little Boy
Mew, the Seagull
Man-in-the-Moon
Moon-dog
Mer-dog
Uin, the Whale
Mr. Bliss
Girabbit
Mr. Day
Archie
Teddy
Bruno
Herbert Dorkins
Egbert Dorkins
Sergeant Boffin