Zinn–Ward rivalry (United Kingdom)

This article is about the United Kingdom rivalry between Ava Zinn and Tracia Ward. For the rivalry of the same name in America, see Zinn–Ward rivalry (United States).

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Ava Zinn-Tracia Ward

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Moderator images
Moderators involved	Ava Zinn Tracia Ward
First contested	Strictly Come Dancing 12 (20 December 2014)
Last contested	present
Number of competitions	2
Most victories	Ava Zinn (2)
Most losses	Tracia Ward (3)
Most recent meeting	The Voice UK 4 (4 April 2015)
All-time record	Ava: 2 Drawn: 1 Tracia: 0
All-time series  (Vote for the Girls UK only)	Ava: 2-0 Tracia: 0-2
Regular competitions	Ava: 0 Drawn: 1 Tracia: 0
Makeup competitions	Ava: 2 Drawn: 0 Tracia: 0
Best finish	Ava: Caroline Flack & Pasha Kovalev (winner of Strictly Come Dancing (series 12) 20 December 2014 (2014-12-20)) and Frankie Bridge & Kevin Clifton (runner-up of Strictly Come Dancing (series 12) 20 December 2014 (2014-12-20)) Tracia: Lauren Platt (4th Place on The X Factor (series 12) 6 December 2014 (2014-12-06))
Worst finish	Ava: Lola Saunders (10th on The X Factor (series 11) 2 November 2014 (2014-11-02)) Tracia: Alison & Aljaz (10th Place on Strictly Come Dancing (series 12) 9 November 2014 (2014-11-09))
Current win streak	Ava 2 Victories (December 2013-present)
Vote for the Girls UK Victories
Moderator Victories (2) Ava (2) – Caroline & Pasha, Frankie & Kevin Tracia (0) – Moderator Saves (1) Ava (1) – Fleur East Tracia (0) –

The rivalry between Ava Zinn and Tracia Ward is a moderator derby between inter-team rivalry serving as moderators on the UK version of Vote for the Girls and is spawned on the rivalry of the same name in the United States.

Since the second series of Vote for the Girls, it is an inter-league woman vs. transwoman matchup between the two moderators. Thus, a Zinn-Ward moderator match-up can be referred to as "Fort Wayne and Indy vs. Michiana in the UK" or The All-Indiana Super Bowl in the UK (referencing the Super Bowl XLI matchup between the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears due to both Zinn and Ward supporting both NFL teams).

History

The Ava Zinn and Tracia Ward rivalry has been considered an important derby, especially evident during the twelfth series of Strictly Come Dancing (a make-up competition for the web site following the site's very first loss on the third series of The Voice UK) when Zinn's supported contestants of eventual winner Caroline Flack & Pasha Kovalev, runner-up Frankie Bridge & Kevin Clifton, and fourth place contestant Mark Wright & Karen Hauer and Ward's final supported contestant finished fifth place in Week 12, Tracia Ward no longer have any remaining picks on her team following the elimination of Jake Wood and Janette Manrara. Additionally, that elimination resulted in an two transgender females (Zinn and Ray) in the Strictly final.

Competition results

The following is a list of results from all of the competitions between Zinn and Ward to the present.

Team Ava victory

Team Tracia victory

Finale

Tied Competition

Make-Up Competition

Winning Moderators in Bold

2010's (Zinn 2-0 Ward)

Year	Day	Date	Competition	Winning Moderator	Ward's Final Pick	Result	Zinn's Final Pick	Notes
2014-15	Sunday	14 December 2014	The X Factor 11	Ava Zinn	Lauren Platt (4th)	Moderator's Save Ava Zinn	Fleur East (2nd)
	Saturday	20 December 2014	Strictly Come Dancing 12	Ava Zinn	Jake Wood & Janette Manrara (5th)	DOUBLE VFTG VICTORY Ava Zinn	Caroline Flack & Pasha Kovalev (Winner)
							Frankie Bridge & Kevin Clifton (2nd)
					Steve Backshall & Ola Jordan (8th)		Mark Wright & Karen Hauer (4th)
					Alison Hammond & Aljaž Skorjanec (10th)		Pixie Lott & Trent Whiddon (6th)
	Saturday	4 April 2015	The Voice UK 4	Ava Zinn	Lara Lee	Moderator's Save Ava Zinn	Sheena McHugh/Lucy O'Byrne