The winner of this year’s contest was Danny Brown with an incredible score of 97/100! (our highest score ever!) Congrats my man! Here’s what he had to say about his win: “Wow! I’m so stoked I won the contest. Thank you so much for this prize. I was sitting watching the oscars going down the list thinking I’m pretty sure I got a bunch of these right. Boy was I right. Can’t believe I have the highest points in JoBlo history. So cool. I would just like to thank you for having such a wonderful site. There isn’t a day where I’m not on JoBlo.com!“. To check out your own score compared to others, CLICK HERE to see the full list. Thanks to everyone who participated and we’ll see you again next year!
For anyone who is not yet aware, the Oscars will be announced this coming Sunday night, February 24th, starting at 8pm EST, but until then, you get a chance to win $300 bucks courtesy of JoBlo.com (as well as ‘bragging rights’, of course) if you are the person who ends up predicting the Oscars the best. This will be our 13th ANNUAL OSCAR PREDICTION CONTEST on JoBlo.com, which is now running directly on the Golden Schmoes section of our website.
All you need to do is enter your name or username, as well as a valid email address (if you put a phony one, we won’t be able to email you if you win – we don’t do anything else with ’em), and then choose your picks from a list. The highest score that you can attain is 100, you can see the list of nominees and their point values below, along with the basic contest guidelines. Once you SUBMIT your picks, you will be able to PRINT them for yourself afterwards. Good luck!! PS: If you haven’t done so, make sure to vote for the Golden Schmoes afterwards, we hand those winners out this Friday!
RULES OF THE CONTEST:
1) Your guesses should be for those movies/people who you think WILL win the Oscar, not who you think should win! A very clear difference.
2) Points will be allotted to each category as specified below. Whoever ends up with the most points….well, wins!
3) In case of a tie, the winner will be determined according to the one who picked correctly the top-most categories (i.e. if one person got BEST PICTURE correct and the other didn’t, all the way down the categories). The winner will ultimately be chosen at the discretion of the accountants at JoBlo Media Inc. (that’s “code” for ME!!)
4) If you haven’t included a valid email address with your picks, we won’t be able to email you if you win, hence, you automatically forfeit the prize to the next person on the list.
5) The contest begins on February 18th and ends on February 24th at 6pm (EST). The Oscars will be handed out on February 24th at 8pm (EST).
CLICK HERE TO ENTER!!
1) BEST PICTURE (10 points)
AMOUR
ARGO
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
DJANGO UNCHAINED
LES MISERABLES
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
ZERO DARK THIRTY
2) BEST ACTOR (8 points)
Bradley Cooper – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Daniel Day-Lewis – LINCOLN
Hugh Jackman – LES MISERABLES
Joaquin Phoenix – THE MASTER
Denzel Washington – FLIGHT
3) BEST ACTRESS (8 points)
Jessica Chastain – ZERO DARK THIRTY
Jennifer Lawrence – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Emmanuelle Riva – AMOUR
Quvenzhané Wallis – BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Naomi Watts – THE IMPOSSIBLE
4) BEST DIRECTOR (8 points)
Michael Haneke – AMOUR
Benh Zeitlin – BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Ang Lee – LIFE OF PI
Steven Spielberg – LINCOLN
David O. Russell – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
5) BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE (6 points)
Alan Arkin – ARGO
Robert De Niro – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Philip Seymour Hoffman – THE MASTER
Tommy Lee Jones – LINCOLN
Christoph Waltz – DJANGO UNCHAINED
6) BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE (6 points)
Amy Adams – THE MASTER
Sally Field – LINCOLN
Anne Hathaway – LES MISERABLES
Helen Hunt – THE SESSIONS
Jacki Weaver – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
7) BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (6 points)
AMOUR, Written by Michael Haneke
DJANGO UNCHAINED, Written by Quentin Tarantino
FLIGHT, Written by John Gatins
MOONRISE KINGDOM, Written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
ZERO DARK THIRTY, Written by Mark Boal
8) BEST ADAPATED SCREENPLAY (6 points)
ARGO, Written by Chris Terrio
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, Written by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
LIFE OF PIi, Written by David Magee
LINCOLN, Written by Tony Kushner
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, Written by David O. Russell
9) BEST ART DIRECTION (5 points)
ANNA KARENINA
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
LES MISERABLES
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
10) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (5 points)
ANNA KARENINA
DJANGO UNCHAINED
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
SKYFALL
11) BEST FOREIGN FILM (4 points)
AMOUR (Austria)
KON-TIKI (Norway)
NO (Chile)
A ROYAL AFFAIR (Denmark)
WAR WITCH (Canada)
12) BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (3 points)
ANNA KARENINA
ARGO
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
SKYFALL
13) BEST ANIMATED FILM (3 points)
BRAVE
FRANKENWEENIE
PARANORMAN
THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS
WRECK-IT RALPH
14) BEST COSTUME DESIGN (3 points)
ANNA KARENINA
LES MISERABLES
LINCOLN
MIRROR MIRROR
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
15) BEST VISUAL EFFECTS (3 points)
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
LIFE OF PI
THE AVENGERS
PROMETHEUS
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
16) BEST ORIGINAL SONG (3 points)
CHASING ICE (“Before My Time”, Music and Lyrics by J. Ralph)
TED (“Everybody Needs A Best Friend”, Music by Walter Murphy; Lyrics by Seth MacFarlane)
LIFE OF PI (“Pi’s Lullaby”, Music by Mychael Danna; Lyrics by Bombay Jayashri)
SKYFALL (“Skyfall”, Music and Lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
LES MISERABLES (“Suddenly”, Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil)
17) BEST FILM EDITING (2 points)
ARGO
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
ZERO DARK THIRTY
18) BEST MAKE-UP (2 points)
HITCHCOCK
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
LES MISERABLES
19) BEST SOUND EDITING (2 points)
ARGO
DJANGO UNCHAINED
LIFE OF PI
SKYFALL
ZERO DARK THIRTY
20) BEST SOUND MIXING (2 points)
ARGO
LES MISERABLES
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
SKYFALL
21) BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (2 points)
5 BROKEN CAMERAS
THE GATEKEEPERS
HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
THE INVISIBLE WAR
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN
22) BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT) (1 point)
INOCENTE
KINGS POINT
MONDAYS AT RACINE
OPEN HEART
REDEMPTION
23) BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) (1 point)
ADAM AND DOG
FRESH GUACAMOLE
HEAD OVER HEELS
MAGGIE SIMPSON IN “THE LONGEST DAYCARE”
PAPERMAN
24) BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) (1 point)
ASAD
BUZKASHI BOYS
CURFEW
DEATHS OF A SHADOW (Dood van een Schaduw)
HENRY