SURVEYS

1997 POAW Survey Results

Introduction

This was the first survey to be conducted on the web site - prevous surveys had only involved members of the Eternal Mailing List. As a result of being on the web site, the response was overwhelming, and it took me ages to compile the results! Fortunately this won't happen in future, as I have a special program which compiles the results for me.

The numbers in brackets show the position from the previous survey


Question 1 - What are your favourite Eternal songs?

No change at the top as "Just A Step From Heaven" proves itself to be the ultimate Eternal song of all time. It beats "Power Of A Woman" by a comfortable, if not huge, margin.

  1. ( 1)  Just A Step From Heaven
  2. ( 2)  Power Of A Woman
  3. (=3)  Stay
  4. ( 5)  I Am Blessed
  5. ( 8)  Oh Baby I...
  6. ( 6)  Save Our Love
  7. (=3)  Crazy
  8. ( -)  Good Thing
  9. ( -)  Secrets
  9. ( -)  Someday

Question 2 - What's are your favourite Louise songs?

It was a close call between Naked and Light Of My Life, even though Naked was very new at the time of voting.

  1. ( 1)  Naked
  2. ( -)  Undivided Love
  3. ( 3)  In Walked Love
  4. ( 2)  Light Of My Life
  5. ( -)  One Kiss From Heaven
  6. ( -)  The Best That You Bring
  7. ( -)  Discussions
  8. ( -)  I'll Fly Away
  9. ( -)  Back To Love
 10. ( -)  Never Too Late

Question 3 - What are your favourite Eternal videos?

It was an incredibly close call between the two leaders, though "Power Of A Woman" holds onto its title as the favourite Eternal video.

  1. ( 1)  Power Of A Woman
  2. ( 2)  Just A Step From Heaven
  3. (=5)  Oh Baby I...
  4. ( 3)  Stay
  5. ( -)  Good Thing

Question 4 - What's your favourite Louise video so far?

Once gain, Naked is vastly more popular than its nearest rival.

  1. ( 1)  Naked
  2. ( -)  Undivided Love
  3. ( -)  One Kiss From Heaven
  4. ( 3)  In Walked Love
  5. ( 2)  Light Of My Life

Question 5 - Which is your favourite Eternal album?

This was before "Before The Rain" was released.

  51%  Always & Forever
  37%  Power Of A Woman

Question 6 - Which (ex-)member of Eternal do you like best overall?

No surprises here - her high profile as a solo singer helps Louise retain her lead as most the popular one.

  1. ( 1)  Louise
  2. ( 3)  Easther
  3. ( 2)  Kéllé
  4. ( 4)  Vernie

Question 7 - Do you prefer Eternal's new or old image (before Louise left or after)?

A close call, but more people do prefer Eternal's newer image.

  44%  New image
  32%  Old image

Question 8 - Which of Eternal & Louise's diverse musical styles do you enjoy the most?

  1.  Pop
  2.  R&B
  3.  Dance
  4.  Soul
  5.  Gospel

Question 9 - Which of the following Eternal items do you have? (on any format)

  Singles

  42%  Stay
  32%  Save Our Love
  40%  Just A Step From Heaven
  34%  So Good
  41%  Oh Baby I...
  36%  Crazy
  52%  Power Of A Woman
  45%  I Am Blessed
  42%  Good Thing
   6%  Who Are You
  38%  Someday
  42%  Secrets

  Albums

  74%  Always & Forever
  67%  Power Of A Woman

  Compilations

   5%  Tapestry Revisited
  14%  A Platinum Celebration
  12%  The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

  Videos

  43%  Always & Forever
   1%  Tapestry Revisited

Question 10 - Which of the following Louise items do you have? (on any format)

  Singles

  49%  Light Of My Life
  46%  In Walked Love
  58%  Naked
  53%  Undivided Love
  46%  One Kiss From Heaven

  Album

  71%  Naked

Question 11 - Have you ever seen Eternal or Louise perform live?

Like last year, around one third of you have seen Eternal live (though this was before the current tour).

  63%  (64%)  No
  37%  (36%)  Yes

Question 12 - What is the best Eternal or Louise TV appearance you've seen?

An extremely wide range of performances were cited, here are the most popular programmes to have featured Eternal on occassion:

  1. Top Of The Pops
  2. Live & Kicking
  3. The Brit Awards

Question 13 - Who are your favourite five artists at the moment?

It was a resounding victory for Louise, well ahead of Eternal. And the Spice Girls make an impressive debut.

  1. ( 2)  Louise
  2. ( 1)  Eternal
  3. ( -)  Spice Girls
  4. ( 3)  Mariah Carey
  5. ( -)  Toni Braxton
  6. ( 4)  Oasis
  7. ( -)  Fugees
  8. ( -)  Boyzone
  9. ( -)  Backstreet Boys
 10. ( -)  Celine Dion

Question 14 - What are your favourite five current songs?

There are no previous positions given because most of these songs weren't around last time.

  1.  One Kiss From Heaven by Louise
  2.  Secrets by Eternal
  3.  2 become 1 by The Spice Girls
  4.  Say You'll Be There by The Spice Girls
  5.  Un-break My Heart by Toni Braxton
  6.  Naked by Louise
  7.  Breathe by The Prodigy
  8.  Wannabe by The Spice Girls
  9.  Don't Let Go (Love) by En Vogue
 10.  Words by Boyzone

Question 15 - What gender are you?

Only a slight tilt towards a 50:50 balance then...

  72%  (76%)  Male
  28%  (24%)  Female

Question 16 - How old are you?

For some reason the average age has dropped considerably, possibly as more young people have been able to access the Internet.

  Youngest: 10  (10)
  Average:  15  (19)
  Oldest:   33  (33)

Question 17 - Where do you live?

I'm only including countries with 3% or more. Although half the respondants were from England, the rest were a pretty international bunch, and the web site is accessed from all corners of the globe.

  54%  (52%)  England
   4%  ( 8%)  Scotland
   4%  ( 4%)  USA
   3%  ( 4%)  Australia
   3%  (  -)  Germany
   3%  ( 4%)  Northern Ireland

Question 18 - How long have you been using the Internet?

As the Internet is still growing so fast, most of you have been on for less than a year.

  Shortest:  0 mths  (1 mth)
  Average:  11 mths  (1 yr, 1 mth)
  Longest:  10 years (4 yrs)

Question 19 - Which of the following do you have access to?

As time goes by, there's an increasing trend towards people using the WWW but less of the other services the Internet offers.

  98%  (92%)  WWW
  46%  (52%)  Usenet/newsgroups
  43%  (68%)  FTP
  32%  (52%)  Telnet
  28%  (44%)  IRC

Question 20 - Have you ever...

Still only about half of you have found it worth the effort...

  52%  (52%)  Downloaded and played a sound sample from a web site?
  40%  (40%)  Downloaded and played a video/animation from a web site?

Question 21 - Did you find this survey,,,

I suppose it's about right then...

  15%  (5%)   Too long?
  77%  (86%)  About right?
   8%  (9%)   Too short?