Html.DropDownList selected value not working using ViewBag

Question

Well, after a couple hours reading stuff over here, trying unsuccessfully all the solutions, also found this article that i thought it would save my life... nothing.

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Answer 1

ViewBag.yearDropDown = new SelectList(years, "Value", "Text", years.Where(x => x.Selected).FirstOrDefault());

Last parameter here is SelectListItem, but it must be selected value (string in your example)

SelectList Constructor (IEnumerable, String, String, Object)