LogFAQs > #911723684

Sticking with characters who have been in this contest and at least one other, because there's no intrinsic reason to think characters from only CBX will keep being nominated, and because I don't want this list to be too long:

Lightning (No need for another match to prove that even a widely hated character can blow out sufficiently awful fodder.)
Neku Sakuraba (Winless fodder from a cult game.)
Yu Narukami (We really don't need multiple foddery Persona protagonists in one bracket.)
Aya Brea (She's got her win now, and one is enough for irrelevant fodder.)
Dragonborn (Skyrim's popular, sure, but he's just too weak and not distinct enough as a character.)
John Marston (Anyone who can be SFF'd by Kratos of all characters, especially despite new game hype, just doesn't belong.)
Ryo Hazuki (He shouldn't return unless Shenmue 3 actually comes out and blows everyone away.)
Ezio Auditore da Firenze (The Assassin's Creed series may have been influential, but it's also deader than disco on GameFAQs, and character design couldn't help Ezio enough.)
Riku (In retrospect, it's not surprising that his design and archetype would age badly, but still.)
Lucina (Marth actually has some proven strength, and Roy or Robin would at least be brand-new high fodder.)
Miles Edgeworth (Five contests is more than enough for fodder of this degree. Sometimes the truth hurts.)
Geno (Super Mario RPG fan-favorite status alone clearly isn't enough to have any strength on GameFAQs.)
Draven (Self-explanatory, but I'm glad he did come back this time.)
Lloyd Irving (At least Velvet is somewhat relevant and has character design that appeals strongly to voters.)