Tom's Oscar Contest Hall of Fame

Tom's 25th Annual Oscar Contest: 2008 Number of ballots: 35 First Place Prize: Lance Elko (102 points) Second Place Prize: Ezra Olson (95 points) Booby Prize: Amy Helen Johnson (2 points) 2008 scoreboard Tom's 24th Annual Oscar Contest: 2007 Number of ballots: 43 First Place Prize: Bryan Farmer (104 points) Second Place Prize: Lance Elko (96 points) Booby Prize: Amy Johnson (2 points) Last Place: Computer Booby* (0 points) 2007 scoreboard Tom's 23rd Annual Oscar Contest: 2006 Number of ballots: 36 First Place Prize: Robert Lock (113 points) Second Place Prize: Jessica Kerr (106 points) Booby Prize: Leslie Mizell (6 points) Last Place: Computer Booby* (4 points) 2006 scoreboard Tom's 22nd Annual Oscar Contest: 2005 Number of ballots: 43 First Place Prize (tie): Richard Mansfield (119 points) First Place Prize (tie): Tim Midkiff (119 points) First Place Prize (tie): Christopher Null (119 points) Second Place Prize: Robert & Caroline Lock (115 points) Booby Prize: Leslie Mizell (4 points) Last Place: Computer Booby* (1 point) 2005 scoreboard Tom's 21st Annual Oscar Contest: 2004 Number of ballots: 36 First Place Prize: Richard Mansfield (125 points) First Place (tie): Computer Average* (125 points) Second Place Prize: Leslie Mizell (123 points) Booby Prize (tie): Arlan Levitan (0 points) Booby Prize (tie): Leslie Mizell (0 points) Booby Prize (tie): Computer Booby* (0 points) 2004 scoreboard Tom's 20th Annual Oscar Contest: 2003 Number of ballots: 35 First Place Prize: Richard Mansfield (2 ballots, 84 points) Second Place Prize (tie): Selby Bateman (83 points) Second Place Prize (tie): Computer Average* (83 points) Booby Prize: Selby Bateman (8 points) 2003 scoreboard Tom's 19th Annual Oscar Contest: 2002 Number of ballots: 43 First Place Prize: Richard Mansfield (91 points) Second Place Prize: David English (89 points) Booby Prize (tie): Leslie Mizell (1 point) Booby Prize (tie): George Campbell (1 point) 2002 scoreboard Tom's 18th Annual Oscar Contest: 2001 Number of ballots: 33 First Place Prize: Todd Heimarck (100 points) Second Place Prize: Amy Helen Montgomery (99 points) Booby Prize (tie): Leslie Mizell (1 point) Booby Prize (tie, ineligible to win): Computer Booby*** (1 point) 2001 scoreboard Tom's 17th Annual Oscar Contest: 2000 Number of ballots: 34 First Place Prize: Selby Bateman (113 points) Second Place (ineligible to win): Computer Average* (109 points) Second Place Prize (tie): Christopher Null (96 points) Second Place Prize (tie): Tom Halfhill (96 points) Booby Prize (tie, ineligible to win): Computer Booby*** (1 point) Booby Prize (tie, ineligible to win): Computer Random**** (1 point) Booby Prize: Selby Bateman (2 points) 2000 scoreboard The 2000 contest was dedicated to Jim Coward, a frequent contestant, who passed away in 1999. Tom's 16th Annual Oscar Contest: 1999 Number of ballots: 32 First Place Prize: Richard Mansfield (98 points) Second Place Prize: Christopher Null (93 points) Second Place (ineligible to win): Computer Average* (93 points) Booby Prize (tie): Leslie Mizell (0 points) Booby Prize (tie): Selby Bateman (0 points) Booby Prize (ineligible to win): Computer Booby*** (0 points) 1999 scoreboard Tom's 15th Annual Oscar Contest: 1998 Number of ballots: 28 First Place Prize: Christopher Null (118 points) Second Place (ineligible to win): Computer Average* (115 points) Second Place Prize: Kathy Yakal (111 points) Booby Prize: Leslie Mizell (0 points) Tom's 14th Annual Oscar Contest: 1997 Number of ballots: 27 First Place Prize: Leslie Mizell (110 points) Second Place Prize (tie): Richard Mansfield (107 points) Second Place Prize (tie): Tim Midkiff (107 points) Second Place (ineligible to win): Computer Average* (107 points) Second Place (ineligible to win): Computer Smarty** (107 points) Booby Prize: Leslie Mizell (0 points) This was the first year Tom's Oscar Contest was carried live on the Internet during the Academy Awards show. Tom's 13th Annual Oscar Contest: 1996 Number of ballots: 37 First Place Prize: Leslie Mizell (102 points) Second Place Prize: Tim Midkiff (101 points) Booby Prize (tie): Selby Bateman (2 points) Booby Prize (tie): Leslie Mizell (2 points) The 1996 contest was dedicated to Sam Powers, Booby Prize winner in 1994-95, who passed away in 1995. Tom's 12th Annual Oscar Contest: 1995 Number of ballots: 44 First Place Prize: Selby Bateman (111 points) Second Place (ineligible to win): Computer Smarty** (107 points) Second Place (ineligible to win): Computer Average* (106 points) Second Place Prize (tie): Bryan Farmer (105 points) Second Place Prize (tie): Richard Mansfield (105 points) Booby Prize: Sam Powers (2 points) Tom's 11th Annual Oscar Contest: 1994 Number of ballots: 44 First Place (ineligible to win): Computer Smarty** (111 points) First Place Prize: Jon Feuerhelm (110 points) Second Place (ineligible to win): Computer Average* (110 points) Second Place Prize: Bryan Farmer (108 points) Booby Prize: Sam Powers (0 points) Tom's 10th Annual Oscar Contest: 1993 Number of ballots: 56 First Place (ineligible to win): Computer Average* (111 points) First Place Prize (tie): Richard Mansfield (102 points) First Place Prize (tie): Erin Murphy (102 points) Second Place Prize (tie): Joe Sikoryak (99 points) Second Place Prize (tie): Tim Midkiff (99 points) Booby Prize: Matt Firme (1 point) Tom's 9th Annual Oscar Contest: 1992 Number of ballots: 26 First Place (ineligible to win): Computer Average* (98 points) First Place Prize: Erin Murphy (89 points) Second Place Prize: Richard Mansfield (87 points) Booby Prize: Leslie Mizell (0 points) This was the first year a computer-generated virtual contestant won Tom's Oscar Contest. Tom's 8th Annual Oscar Contest: 1991 Number of ballots: 37 First Place Prize: Tim Midkiff (95 points) Second Place Prize: Leslie Mizell (94 points) Booby Prize: Leslie Mizell (0 points) Tom's 7th Annual Oscar Contest: 1990 Number of ballots: 36 First Place Prize: Leslie Mizell (96 points) Second Place Prize: Robert Lock (77 points) Booby Prize: Brian Carroll (1 point) Tom's 6th Annual Oscar Contest: 1989 Number of ballots: 24 First Place Prize: Ronny Welborn (86 points) Second Place Prize: Kevin Mykytyn (85 points) Booby Prize: Leslie Mizell (6 points) Sorry, records are not available for earlier contests (1984-88). *Computer Average is a computer-generated contestant created by Tom's OscarCalc program. It represents a mode average of the ballots entered by the human contestants. **Computer Smarty was a computer-generated contestant created by Tom's OscarCalc program. It represented a mode average of the human contestants, but during the contest it modified its ballot to represent the mode average of the contest's leaders. This virtual contestant was retired after the 1998 contest. ***Computer Booby is a more recent computer-generated contestant created by Tom's OscarCalc program. The first year it entered was 1999. It represents an inverse mode average of the ballots entered by the human contestants. ****Computer Random is another computer-generated contestant created by Tom's OscarCalc program. The first year it entered was 1999. It chooses nominees at random.