I was wondering that
W1, W11, E1 and E11
Seem to have long players very often

Is a player that Endermol think are going to be very entertaing put on the end of the wings...

Bunney who was entertaining, stood on W11 and was a long runner?
Lucy on E1 and was a long runner.
Elton on E1 who was a long runner too?
we have also had emotional Bianca on E11,
Raj the original on W11
Elaine was a long runner on E11
Carlton on W1 etc.....
Dave the smiler on W11

Endermol could guess this by the auditions?

this is my theory, but It may just be coincidence???

E1 seems to be alternating a bit...Lee did 17 shows, then Ned did 30, GK did 15, Elton did 30 and Tony did 18. E11 hasn't had anyone do more than 22 shows since Di Please, while W11 hasn't had anyone do fewer than 23 shows since Jim H (Yes, Jim from April). So I don't think it's necessarily always the case that the long-runners stand there, but they are probably the positions where the characters stand out more.

It seems people from E2 are normally the longest-standing contestant when they play (with the exception of Pam) , while W10 seem to have a lot of people doing short runs.

This is probably a hugely pointless exercise, but I thought I'd see how many shows each position has had the longest-running player, and how many players that consist of...if that makes sense. It'll probably tell us nothing whatsoever, but you never know...

W1 - 24 (Mark, Lee, Gerry, Carlton, Lance, Alasdair, Craig)
W2 - 19 (Shell, Liz, Anna, Pat G, Rhona, Amanda)
W3 - 37 (Madie, John M, Rich, Chris, Jeff, Tony, Conor, Andrew)
W4 - 12 (Lynn, John, Jenni, Steve, Patricia, Teresa)
W5 - 20 (Maurice, Peter, Sally, Dawn, Joey)
W6 - 29 (Jan, Melanie, Matt, Harry, Mariette, Dennis)
W7 - 34 (Sam, Kirsty, Paul, Sandra, Lucy)
W8 - 25 (Rachel, Irene, Jo, Linda E., Danny)
W9 - 35 (Len, Julie, Paula R., Gary, Emma B., Mark A., Madeleine)
W10 - 31 (Adrienne, Marie, Norma, Jainie, Sue, Khanny)
W11 - 45 (Raj, Fin, Dave W., Peter, Mark W., Mark P., Mark, Alfie, Bunney)

E1 - 64 (Elaine B., Mumtaz, Lucy, Scott, Pierre, Nev, Ned, Elton)
E2 - 52 (Trevor, Dave, Pat M., Buzz, Rosy, Mary, Brian, Nicola, Kay)
E3 - 26 (Natalie, Karen, Raj, Gaz, Brian)
E4 - 17 (Paul, Brenda, June, Yvonne)
E5 - 30 (Lyndsey, Gill, Helen, J.T., Sarah, Frank)
E6 - 25 (Haleem, Eddie, Wayne, Helen, Alex, Mike, Daniel)
E7 - 11 (Anita, Becca, Jennifer, Georgina)
E8 - 23 (Oli, Kai, Michael D., Mark, Connell, Ashley, David J.)
E9 - 20 (Jayne, Linda, Rachel)
E10 - 32 (Leigh, Terry, James, Lofty, Alan, John, Paul)
E11 - 16 (Dilys, Elaine H., Bianca, Diana)

Which shows that yes, the long-runners are normally on the board ends of the wings, but not so much on the far ends. And also that E7 is really rubbish.

Cheers for the stats Dan - E7 has had 2 long runners in a row

on average, now I am able to have a proper look at it, the ends of the wings *excluding* the original are quite high, not E11, but still.
E2 has has a lot of long running players and it is quite close to the end of the wing
thery useful, thanks Dan, you STAR