Talk:Flower/@comment-53539-20140420114804/@comment-53539-20140420155936

Its the wikia regulars nickname for the 8 most common Vocaloids, "Big 8" is another commons one and I've seen (and what I usually call them myself) someone used "Gr8" also. The name for them changes...

I think they've just earnt this nickname because they're all anyone cares/talks about in the general fandom. Rather then listing them all every time we speak about them, its better to give them a nickname. At one stage, nearly every PV going had a member of the 8 in it so their sighting is common... They get a lot of related edits and so forth... Most producers have at least one of them.

The traditional '8' is changing slowly, but these guys still are pretty common to see around the fandom.