FINAL 2017 Oscar Winner Predictions
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
|
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
|
ERIK
ANDERSON |
BRYAN
BONAFEDE |
CHRIS
PEPPER |
EVAN
KOST |
JAMES
NARVEY |
KENNETH
POLISHCHUK |
JÚLIA
ALBUQUERQUE |
MONIKA
NIKOLIĆ |
RICHARD
ANTHONY |
ROBERT
SCHIRMER |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Trek Beyond | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| 2 | Suicide Squad | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 36 |
| 3 | A Man Called Ove | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 34 |
Best Original Score
|
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
|
ERIK
ANDERSON |
BRYAN
BONAFEDE |
CHRIS
PEPPER |
EVAN
KOST |
JAMES
NARVEY |
KENNETH
POLISHCHUK |
JÚLIA
ALBUQUERQUE |
MONIKA
NIKOLIĆ |
RICHARD
ANTHONY |
ROBERT
SCHIRMER |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La La Land | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| 2 | Lion | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 38 |
| 3 | Moonlight | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
| 4 | Jackie | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | Passengers | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Best Original Song
|
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
|
ERIK
ANDERSON |
BRYAN
BONAFEDE |
CHRIS
PEPPER |
EVAN
KOST |
JAMES
NARVEY |
KENNETH
POLISHCHUK |
JÚLIA
ALBUQUERQUE |
MONIKA
NIKOLIĆ |
RICHARD
ANTHONY |
ROBERT
SCHIRMER |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “City Of Stars,” La La Land | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| 2 | “How Far I’ll Go,” Moana | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 36 |
| 3 | “Audition,” La La Land | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 34 |
| 4 | “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” Trolls | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | “The Empty Chair,” Jim: The James Foley Story | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Best Sound Editing
|
SOUND EDITING
|
ERIK
ANDERSON |
BRYAN
BONAFEDE |
CHRIS
PEPPER |
EVAN
KOST |
JAMES
NARVEY |
KENNETH
POLISHCHUK |
JÚLIA
ALBUQUERQUE |
MONIKA
NIKOLIĆ |
RICHARD
ANTHONY |
ROBERT
SCHIRMER |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hacksaw Ridge | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| 2 | Arrival | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 36 |
| 3 | La La Land | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| 4 | Deepwater Horizon | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Sully | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
Best Sound Mixing
|
SOUND MIXING
|
ERIK
ANDERSON |
BRYAN
BONAFEDE |
CHRIS
PEPPER |
EVAN
KOST |
JAMES
NARVEY |
KENNETH
POLISHCHUK |
JÚLIA
ALBUQUERQUE |
MONIKA
NIKOLIĆ |
RICHARD
ANTHONY |
ROBERT
SCHIRMER |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La La Land | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| 2 | Hacksaw Ridge | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 37 |
| 3 | Arrival | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 32 |
| 4 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Best Visual Effects
|
VISUAL EFFECTS
|
ERIK
ANDERSON |
BRYAN
BONAFEDE |
CHRIS
PEPPER |
EVAN
KOST |
JAMES
NARVEY |
KENNETH
POLISHCHUK |
JÚLIA
ALBUQUERQUE |
MONIKA
NIKOLIĆ |
RICHARD
ANTHONY |
ROBERT
SCHIRMER |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Jungle Book | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| 2 | Doctor Strange | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| 3 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 28 |
| 4 | Deepwater Horizon | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Kubo and the Two Strings | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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