There’s no doubt that Game of Thrones fever has hit the world all over again over the last couple of weeks, and Malta has been no exception. It’s been very tough for Maltese GOT fans to go to work in the morning if they hadn’t watched the latest episode for fear of spoilers galore, but we finally managed to pull through all the way to this week’s brilliant season finale. Spoilers aside, though, XFM celebrity radio hosts Oz and Jay took to Facebook this morning to ask which GOT character they’d prefer to “shack up with”. 

While the whole thing is reminiscent of a recent round of Kieku Kellek on Ben Camille’s TV show Tnejn Tnejn with Peppi Azzopardi and fellow Xarabank personality Mark Laurence Zammit, don’t worry; there’s something in here for the ladies too. This is, after all, a show consisting of around 45% nudity.

Disregarding the sizeable portion of replies who said they’ve never actually watched the TV series (which the radio hosts cheekily called out and said couldn’t possibly be true), here are the top ten GOT characters their listeners voted as the ones that made them shiver more than the Night King himself.

10. Jaime Lannister

He might look like the real-life version of Prince Charming, but Jaime surprisingly doesn’t seem to have that many Maltese fans. The country seems to be obsessed with Googling sex toys, but maybe a metal hand is where they draw the line.

9. Tormund Giantsbane

Let’s keep the unlikely replies going. Tormund actually got double as many votes as Jaime, so maybe bigger really is better in Malta.

8. Ygritte

There was a time when Jon Snow knew very little (nothing, even). Thanks to Ygritte, though, he learnt a helluva lot in very little time. Judging by XFM’s poll, it seems like a couple of Maltese people also want a piece of whatever Ygritte’s teaching.

7. Khal Drogo

Tall, muscly, inked, and sporting a long and pointy beard. Albeit his short stay towards the beginning of the series, Khal Drogo seems to have made a big hit with international fans. It seems like the situation is very similar back in Malta… maybe with some added flair, considering he was looking all macho and hot right in front of the now-collapsed Azure Window. Losing two icons might’ve been too much for us to handle.

6. Cersei Lannister

Let’s push aside the whole incestual and actually-evil banter; Cersei seems to have lit enough flames with her cold stares and snide smirking. We wonder whether it’s the long-haired or short-haired Cersei that really got to the Maltese fans. Also, just throwing it out there; this might confirm the whole xeba-adult-Maltese-men-are-still-mama’s-boys stereotype.

5. Sansa Stark

She’s had a tough couple of seasons, but Sansa seems to be getting more and more confident by the second. And that confidence sure is sexy to a lot of Maltese fans. 

4. Missandei

It turns out Grey Worm isn’t the only one crushing over the slave-turned-royal-advisor. Missandei is interestingly the third highest rated female character from Game of Thrones, and managed to beat far more prominent characters.

3. Melisandre

The night may be dark and full of terrors, but that’s not stopping dozens of people from lusting over Melisandre. You’d be hard pressed to find a scene from the last seven seasons where the Fire Priestess isn’t naked, so maybe that also helped with her positive ratings. Melisandre also happens to be who Oz himself voted for.

One comment that really put everything in perspective, however, pointed out: “Yeah sure, Melisandre. Imagine you rip the pendant mid-shag and it turns to her real self… I mean at that point you either still go at it like a pro or crawl up in a fetal position and cry.”

2. Jon Snow

Of course Jon Snow was going to be on this list! The King of the North (or whatever other name you want to call him by, wink wink) ranked the highest among the male characters, and you can’t really blame Malta. Snow’s character keeps getting stronger, more confident… and damn well fiercer in bed too.

1. Daenerys Targaryen

The First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons… and the main crush of most Maltese GOT fans, it seems.

Sure, having a couple of dragons of children might not be the biggest turn-on in the world, but everything else seems to be. 

Honourable Mentions:

1. The Sand Snakes

“lol I have to choose one? As if bro, waddabblu koċċ f’daqqa!” Is there anything more Maltese than that? We think not.

2. The Night King

Look, we’re not saying we don’t get it; the Night King does have a certain je ne sais quoi. But thinking about the logistics behind the whole thing is definitely confusing at best. 

3. Drogon

Y’all are messed up.

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David Grech Urpani

Lovin Malta's Head of Content, Dave has been in journalism for the better half of the last decade. Prefers Instagram, but has been known to doomscroll on TikTok. Loves chicken, women's clothes and Kanye West (most of the time).