The highly-anticipated Bird of the Year vote is set to close tonight - with the champion bird due to be announced tomorrow.

The annual contest has grown into a cultural phenomenon, and it's produced plenty of memes, international headlines, a bit of vote-rigging scandal, and even controversy when Last Week Tonight got involved.

Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall weighed in on the most popular birds - ahead of voting closing at 5pm tonight.

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