2023 (movies released in 2022) BOPmadness Oscar Predictions results!
Here are the results of my annual Oscar prediction contest! I appreciate everyone who played…it was a fun year!
Let’s get right to the winners! I do need to point out that I should have been clearer on what I meant by “Game Name”. I meant that like a stage name or a pen name, something I should use to reference you. More than one person put in something like the name of this game, so that will be reflected in the listings below. Also, this year, I’ll list the winner, but also some of the other top scorers. I’ll go with players who scored 75% or higher in a category
The Big Six (acting/directing/picture)
- Brian Holder scored an impressive 91% on The Big Six, coming in first!
- BOPMadness got 89%
- Bologna Cologne got 86%
- KathiB got 83%
The group overall got 75%…and I was one of the ones who significantly brought that down. 
I seriously underestimated the Academy’s acceptance of Everything Everywhere All at Once. This was major recognition for a geek-friendly (sci-fi/fantasy/supernatural horror) movie! I think I need to get past the past, so to speak…I still think of the Academy looking down a bit on those movies, especially the acting in them. It’s evolving, and I loved Jamie Lee Curtis shouting out the fans!
The group was very sure about winner Michelle Yeoh with a 90% chance, & only gave a 68% chance to both Jamie Lee Curtis & Ke Huy Quan: all three were from Everything Everywhere All at Once. We also only gave a 70% to Best Actor winner Brendan Fraser…again, for me, I thought his past roles might influence the Academy’s vote.
The Incredibly Difficult Maven Section (everything else)
- I won the Maven section with 86%. Things were complicated this year outside of the game and I didn’t publish my predictions ahead of time. I completely understand if people want to discount them because of that. I typically do pretty well on this section…it was the Big Six that broke my overall score
- Bologna Cologne got 79%
- BOPMadness & Brian Holder each got 78%
- Oscar Predictions got 75%
As a group, we gave our highest odds to winners in Animated Feature (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio) & Visual Effects (Avatar: The Way of Water): 90% each! We were, again as a group, very surprised by song winner Naatu Naatu from RRR, only giving it 36% odds: a triumph of an underdog! Our Maven percentage as a group was 75%…the same as for The Big Six
Now for the Overall winner: this combines the scores for The Big Six and The Incredibly Difficult Maven Section!
Overall
- Congratulations to Overall winner Brian Holder with 82%!
- Bologna Cologne & BOPMadness were literally just 1 point behind (97 vs. 98), getting 81%!
- I had 76%…there are a lot more points in the Maven section (85) than in the The Big Six (35), so even though I was out of it on The Big Six, I still made it to 75% overall
Our group average this year on the Overall is 75%!
Thanks again to everybody who played…in the decades I’ve been doing this, this was among the most fun!
Note: if you played this year and I didn’t list you and you would like to see your results, or I did list you and you want to see them, or you know, for any reason, ;), feel free to let me know! You can comment on this post (which I can keep anonymous) or reach out to me on Twitter. That’s where I’ll announce future editions of the game:
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