Welcome to the fourth survey of Eternal fans to be conducted on the Internet.

Sorry for the delay in posting the results! Although I now have a program which takes most of the work out of it, a combination of other commitments and good, old-fashioned laziness meant it took a couple of months to upload the results...

As usual, the numbers in brackets represent the result from last year, for comparison.

So here goes - the results for the 1998 Eternal survey!

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1. What are your favourite Eternal songs ever? (Top 10)

Some new hits released since the last survey have come into the chart, and for the first time ever Just A Step From Heaven has been knocked from the top spot!

  1. ( -)  I Wanna Be The Only One
  2. ( -)  Angel Of Mine
  3. ( 1)  Just A Step From Heaven
  4. ( 2)  Power Of A Woman
  5. ( 7)  Crazy
  6. ( 3)  Stay
 =7. ( -)  Don't You Love Me
 =7. ( 4)  I Am Blessed
  9. ( 5)  Oh Baby I...
 10. ( 8)  Good Thing

2. Which is your favourite Eternal album?

It looks like Eternal's last release has gone down exceptionally well with the fans... or is it just because it's still fresh & new? Only next year's results will tell...

  1.  Before The Rain
  2.  Always & Forever
  3.  Greatest Hits
  4.  Power Of A Woman

3. What are your favourite Eternal videos? (Top 5)

Although no longer the most popular song, Just A Step From Heaven's video still gets well-deserved recognition as an Eternal classic! Meanwhile, the video for Power Of A Woman seems to have been forgotten in favour of their newer, also supremely cool, videos!

  1. ( 2)  Just A Step From Heaven
  2. ( -)  Don't You Love Me
  3. ( -)  I Wanna Be The Only One
  4. ( 1)  Power Of A Woman
  5. ( -)  Angel Of Mine

4. Who is your favourite member of Eternal?

It's an incredibly close one this, with Vernie having received just three more votes than either of the other two. This just goes to show, all three girls are essential to the group! (Last year's survey included Louise, who came tops).

  1. (4)  Vernie Bennett
 =2. (3)  Kéllé Bryan
 =2. (2)  Easther Bennett

5. What Eternal singles & albums do you own?

Good to see all the albums are popular, though not many people have been able to get hold of those singles released in Japan only.

Singles:

  41%  Stay
  33%  Save Our Love
  38%  Just A Step From Heaven
  45%  So Good
  50%  Oh Baby I...
  48%  Crazy
  80%  Power Of A Woman
  59%  I Am Blessed
  53%  Good Thing
  12%  Who Are You?
  67%  Someday
  56%  Secrets
  64%  Don't You Love Me
   8%  Finally
  69%  I Wanna Be The Only One
   5%  Think About Me
  72%  Angel Of Mine

Albums:

  78%  Always & Forever
  80%  Power Of A Woman
  78%  Before The Rain

Compilations:

  10%  Tapestry Revisited
  21%  A Platinum Celebration
  14%  The Hunback Of Notre Dame
  29%  The Number One Dance Mixes
  80%  Greatest Hits

6. Have you ever seen Eternal perform live?

Good to see a few more people have been lucky enough to see the girls live!

  57%  (63%)  No
  43%  (37%)  Yes

7. Who is your favourite artist (inluding Eternal)? (Top 10)

Last year's survey was on the Louise site too, but this year an Eternal-only response has led the girls back to the top of the chart. Meanwhile, fans have accepted All Saints as being another girl group to watch!

  1. ( 2)  Eternal
  2. ( 1)  Louise
  3. ( -)  All Saints
  4. ( 3)  Mariah Carey
  5. ( -)  Janet Jackson
  6. ( 3)  Spice Girls
  7. ( -)  Madonna
  8. ( 8)  Boyzone
  9. (10)  Céline Dion
 10. ( -)  Shola Ama

8. Are you male or female?

It's looking like a more even split all the time.

  61%  (72%)  Male
  39%  (28%)  Female

9. How old are you?

The average age has gone up this time... does that mean the teenage fan base has lost interest, or are Eternal just more mature?

  Youngest: 12 years, 0 months  (10 yrs)
  Average:  17 years, 9 months  (15 yrs)
  Oldest:   49 years, 0 months  (33 yrs)

10. How long have you been on the Internet?

As usual, still a fairly short average time as people are joining the Internet all the time...

  Shortest:  0 years, 0 months  (0 mths)
  Average:   1 year,  3 months  (11 mths)
  Longest:  11 years, 0 months  (10 yrs)