Hundreds of Sherlock Holmes from around the world have entered the competition for one of the ten precious places at this weekend’s live Great Sherlock Holmes Debate 2. The debate is several times bigger than the record breaking first debate in November last year. The first eight audience members have been chosen (listed below) and two more will be chosen, one tomorrow and one on Friday. Fan participation has been huge this time around. As of this morning:

– 1,565 fans on The Great Debate Facebook Page – with 745 votes in the BBC Sherlock vs Warner Brothers Sherlock pre-event vote

– 6,674 fans on the Save Undershaw Facebook Page

Audience members so far:

Morgan Britt       Richmond, USA.

Yui Manabe       Kobe City, Japan.

Helene Colin      Nantes, France.

Wie Ping Young     Singapore

Mike Hogan        Bangkok, Thailand

Claire Ellull         Valetta, Malta

Chloe Smith        UK

Courtney Brown     Columbus, Ohio

You can still enter for one of the last two place – GSHD2 Entry Form

Don’t forget to click ‘like’ on the  Save Undershaw  page – and help save Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s house from destruction.

The Great Sherlock Holmes Debate 2 is made possible by the following:

MX Publishing in support of Save Undershaw

Team 1 – BBC Sherlock – Captain – Curly & the Baker Street Babes + Sherlock Holmes Society of London, Sherlockology, Kate Workman, Charlotte Walters, Dan Andriacco, Tracy Revels.

Team 2 – Warner Bros Sherlock – Captain – Burt Wolder + No Place Like Holmes, Gerry O’Hara, David Ruffle, Tim Symonds, Matthew Elliott.

Team 3 – The Traditionalists – Captain Nick Briggs (Voice of The Daleks) + Big Finish, Paul R Spiring, Phil Growick, Alistair Duncan, Marino Alvarez.

Press – Always 1895 and @always1895

Venue Sponsors – mPowa (Process credit cards with your smartphone)