And the winner is ... "The Halo."

That's the new official name of the $180,000 big gold icon in the median of Hall Road in Sterling Heights.

It was the top vote-getter in an online contest by the city to name the icon, which has been called "The Golden Butthole of Macomb County," or a variation of that name, based on a satirical Facebook page.

"Golden butthole" wasn't one of the choices the city offered as an official name option.

"The Halo" received 26 percent of the 3,620 responses, according to the city. The city received more than 18,000 name ideas and whittled the finalists down to five for the public to vote on this week.

The 35-foot-by-35-foot icon near Lakeside Mall was completed in January and has been the butt of jokes and some anger regarding its cost. Two welcome signs with a similar, smaller circle icon cost $85,000 each.

The city previously said about "The Halo": Halo is a disk or a circle of light around the sun, moon or other luminous body caused by a refraction through ice crystals in the atmosphere. Also can be called "The Halo" on Hall Road. Idea first submitted by Connie Truszkowski of Sterling Heights.

In a post Friday morning on its Facebook page, the city said "The Halo" was a very popular submission idea for the naming contest.

"You can call it the 'Halo on Hall Road' or the 'Hall Road Halo' or just stick with 'The Halo,'" according to the city's post.

The city said "The Halo" will have a page on the city's website and be mentioned in promotional materials.

"We're happy to have hosted this contest to promote positivity and a bright future for Hall Road," according to the post.

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