Voting is now closed in our twelfth annual Predict the Academy Awards competition are we're ready to announce
our predictions for who will win in each category.
Our readers have a great track record over the years for predicting the eventual winners of the Oscars.
We're scoring 9 out of 11 on Best Picture winners, and 6 out of 7 for Best Animated Feature.
The overall prediction rate in the major categories is about 70% over the history of the competition.
So, without further ado, click on the links below to see who we're predicting will win this year:
- Predicted Winners
- Total Votes in Each Category
Here's this year's selection of great prizes:
Grand Prize: All five Best Picture Nominees
(The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,
Frost/Nixon,
Milk,
The Reader
and Slumdog Millionaire)
on DVD.
Second Prize:
Two Oscar-winning DVDs of your choice.
Third Prize:
Vicky Cristina Barcelona on DVD, plus a Spanish-English Dictionary
Fourth Prize:
Benjamin Button soundtrack
Fifth Prize:
Bruce Lee Dragon Immortal Collection on DVD
Sixth Prize:
Repo! The Genetic Opera on DVD.
Nominations
To help your research, here is a complete list of nominations...
| Documentary Short |
| The Conscience of Nhem En | |
| The Final Inch | |
| Smile Pinki | |
| The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 | |
| Short Film (Animated) |
| La Maison en Petits Cubes | |
| Lavatory - Lovestory | |
| Oktapodi | |
| Presto | |
| This Way Up | |
| Short Film (Live Action) |
| Auf der Strecke (On the Line) | |
| Manon on the Asphalt | |
| New Boy | |
| The Pig | |
| Spielzeugland (Toyland) | |
Awards Season News Stories
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Results from 2008:
- The actual Oscar winners.
- Complete vote tallies from The Numbers readers in each category.
- Our list of predicted winners.
Prize winners in 2008:
Grand Prize: All five Best Picture Nominees on DVD -- Gerald Granozio, Amagansett, New York
First Runner-up: Two Oscar winning DVDs of her choice -- Joanna Baldwin, Santa Clara, California
Second Runner-up: Twin Peaks - The Golden Collection -- Matt Dy, Austin, Texas
Third Runner-up: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones - Volume 2 -- Kevan Tucker, Brooklyn, New York
Fourth Runner-up: The Chronological Donald - Volume 3 -- Frieda Timms, Covington, Louisiana
Fifth Runner-up: Disneyland - Secrets, Stories and Magic -- Bob Ray, Centralia, Illinois
Results from 2007:
- The actual Oscar winners.
- Complete Numbers vote tallies in each category.
- Our list of predicted winners.
Prize winners in 2007:
Grand Prize: Jamison Mills, Elbridge, New York (19 out of 24)
Second Prize: Shawn Cornwell, Arcata, California (17 out of 24)
Third Prize: John Schweitz, Newark, Delaware (17 out of 24)
Fourth Prize: B.Y. Randall, Los Angeles, California (17 out of 24)
Fifth Prize: Colin Bunnell, Bayonne, New Jersey (17 out of 24)
Sixth Prize: Chris White, Durham, New Hampshire (17 out of 24)
News stories from 2007:
- Oscar nominations
- Golden Globes Box Office Analysis
- PGA: Little Leads the Way
- Golden Globes: The Queen has Golden Dreams
- WGA: The Writing is on the Wall
- SAG: SAG Spreads the Love
- PGA Nominations: Swinging Away
- Golden Globe Nominations: Babel and Departed are Golden
- Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Results from 2006:
- The actual Oscar winners.
- Complete Numbers vote tallies in each category.
- Our list of predicted winners.
- Our
announcement of the winner
News from 2006:
- Mountain of Oscar Nominations
- SAG Spreads Out the Love
- DGA: Brokeback Beats Competition
- Producers Guild Picks Pair
- Globe Winners are Good as Gold
- Golden Globes: Cowboys are Golden
- PGA Nominations: Cowboys Produce another Nomination
- Cowboys and Virgins among WGA Nominations
- SAG Singles out Cowboys
Results from 2005:
- The actual Oscar winners.
- Complete Numbers vote tallies in each category.
- Our list of predicted winners.
- Our
announcement of the winner
News from 2005:
- Oscar
Nominations
- Early
Oscar Bounce
- Independent
Spirit Awards - Nominations
- Golden
Globe Nominations
- Golden
Globe - Early Bounce
- Golden
Globe - Winners
- Golden
Globe - Final Bounce
- PGA
Awards
- DGA
Awards
- SAG
Nominations
- SAG Awards
Results from 2004:
- The actual Oscar winners.
- Complete Numbers vote tallies in each category.
- Our list of predicted winners.
Results from 2003:
- The actual Oscar winners.
- Complete vote tallies in each category.
- Our list of predicted winners.
Results from 2002:
- The actual Oscar winners.
- Complete vote tallies in each category.
- Our list of predicted winners.
Thursday, February 26, 2009