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2006-2007 Academy Awards
Grading the Oscar Winner Predictors

The Top 25:





The standings on the left are an attempt at seeing how the Oscar winner predictors did at predicting the actual Oscar winners. This list was created with those predictors with the highest number of correctly predicted winners ranked highest. When a tie occured, an attempt at breaking that tie was made by determining the total percentage correct. When ties still existed, those ties were broken by the predictor's predicted top eight category prediction percentage. Even still, ties remain and we've attempted to list these ties in the same order they are listed in on the complete chart page. As always, we can either stick with the ties or break them with the winner of any future fist fights.

Update: With 19 out of 24 correctly predicted winners, Lou Lemenick takes first place. Our apologies to Lou for originally incorrectly calculating and placing him in a tied fifth place.

Though Erik Childress wasn't the only person to predict 18 categories correctly, he does take second place as his percentage of correctly predicted winners was higher than the other three: Anne Thompson, David Poland and Variety's Academy Tracker.

Please, keep in mind that this is by no means a scientific standing and was determined only from the 83 prediction lists featured here where you will find what is believed to be an accurate reading of the final Oscar winner predictions of these predictors. Though I've tried to remain as accurate as I can, these standings and the snapshot below may very well contain errors and miscalculations. Please send comments, corrections, updates and additions to us via our comment form.

Congratulations to all... see you next year!

1.
Lou Lumenick (NY Post)
19
2.
Erik Childress (eFilm Critic)
18
3.
Anne Thompson (Hollywood Reporter)
18
3.
David Poland (Movie City News)
18
3.
Variety (Academy Tracker)
18
 
6.
Kevyn Knox (The Cinematheque)
17
6.
Gerard Kennedy (Tech Support)
17
8.
Darren Keeny (Movie Experience)
16
9.
Matthew Lucas (From the Front Row)
16
10.
Adam (Oscar Beachhouse)
16
 
10.
David Carr (New York Times)
16
10.
Kris Tapley (In Contention)
16
10.
Sasha Stone (Oscar Watch)
16
10.
Scott Feinberg (...and the winner is)
16
10.
Tom O'Neil (The Envelope)
16
  
16.
R Cameron (Oscar Igloo)
15
17.
Gregg Ellwood (MSN Movies)
15
18.
K Doucette (Oscar Igloo)
15
18.
Mark Bakalor (Oscar Central)
15
18.
Nathaniel Rogers (Film Experience)
15
 
18.
Nick (Award's Avenue)
15
18.
Russ (And the Oscar Goes To...)
15
23.
Lucas Gorham (Oscar Intel)
15
23.
Ron (Film-Otaku)
15
23.
Susan Wloszczyna (USA Today)
15

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