Oscars Predictery

The Academy Awards prediction game for Twitter

The 2019 Academy Awards take place on Sunday 24 February 2019. How many winners can you predict? The game is simple: select your predicted winner in all 23 categories (see below) and you get a point for each correct forecast. In the incredibly likely event that multiple players share the top score at the end, determining our outright winner(s) will use the following tie-breaker procedure:

  1. in memory of @jonjonnyp a correct prediction for the colour of the Best Actress's dress (as determined by @kirstieh)
  2. from those remaining after the dress colour tie-breaker, the best prediction(s) of the total number of people winning Oscars
  3. anyone still inseparable after that will get a share of the prizes

How to play

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When does the Oscars ceremony take place?

In the States, ABC's coverage of the Academy Awards ceremony begins at 8e|5p on Sunday 24 February 2019, which translates to 1am Monday morning in the UK. Sky Cinema usually have coverage of the ceremony for UK television from 00.30-04.00am GMT, but there may be livestreams available.

The Nominations in full

Number of nominees for each nomination in square brackets.

1. Best motion picture of the year

  • BLACK PANTHER - Kevin Feige, Producer [1]
  • BLACKKKLANSMAN - Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele and Spike Lee, Producers [5]
  • BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - Graham King, Producer [1]
  • THE FAVOURITE - Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos, Producers [4]
  • GREEN BOOK - Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, Producers [5]
  • ROMA - Gabriela Rodriguez and Alfonso Cuaron, Producers [2]
  • A STAR IS BORN - Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper and Lynette Howell Taylor, Producers [3]
  • VICE - Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers [4]

2. Performance by an actor in a leading role

  • VICE - Christian Bale [1]
  • A STAR IS BORN - Bradley Cooper [1]
  • AT ETERNITY'S GATE - Willem Defoe [1]
  • BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - Rami Malek [1]
  • GREEN BOOK - Viggo Mortensen [1]

3. Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  • GREEN BOOK - Mahershala Ali [1]
  • BLACKKKLANSMAN - Adam Driver [1]
  • A STAR IS BORN - Sam Elliott [1]
  • CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? - Richard E. Grant [1]
  • VICE - Sam Rockwell [1]

4. Performance by an actress in a leading role

  • ROMA - Yalitza Aparicio [1]
  • THE WIFE - Glenn Close [1]
  • THE FAVOURITE - Olivia Colman [1]
  • A STAR IS BORN - Lady Gaga [1]
  • CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? - Melissa McCarthy [1]

5. Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  • VICE - Amy Adams [1]
  • ROMA - Marina de Tavira [1]
  • IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK - Regina King [1]
  • THE FAVOURITE - Emma Stone [1]
  • THE FAVOURITE - Rachel Weisz [1]

6. Achievement in directing

  • BLACKKKLANSMAN - Spike Lee [1]
  • COLD WAR - Pawel Pawlikowski [1]
  • THE FAVOURITE - Yorgos Lanthimos [1]
  • ROMA - Alfonso Cuaron [1]
  • VICE - Adam McKay [1]

7. Adapted screenplay

  • THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS - Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen [2]
  • BLACKKKLANSMAN - Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee [4]
  • CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? - Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty [2]
  • IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK - Written for the screen by Barry Jenkins [1]
  • A STAR IS BORN - Screenplay by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters [3]

8. Original screenplay

  • THE FAVOURITE - Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara [2]
  • FIRST REFORMED - Written by Paul Schrader [1]
  • GREEN BOOK - Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly [3]
  • ROMA - Written by Alfonso Cuaron [1]
  • VICE - Written by Adam McKay [1]

9. Best animated feature film of the year

  • INCREDIBLES 2 - Brad Bird, John Walker and Nicole Paradis Grindle [3]
  • ISLE OF DOGS - Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson [4]
  • MIRAI - Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito [2]
  • RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET - Rich Moore, Phil Johnston and Clark Spencer [3]
  • SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE - Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller [5]

10. Best foreign language film of the year

  • CAPERNAUM - Lebanon [1]
  • COLD WAR - Poland [1]
  • NEVER LOOK AWAY - Germany [1]
  • ROMA - Mexico [1]
  • SHOPLIFTERS - Japan [1]

11. Production Design

  • BLACK PANTHER - Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart [2]
  • THE FAVOURITE - Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton [2]
  • FIRST MAN - Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas [2]
  • MARY POPPINS RETURNS - Production Design: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim [2]
  • ROMA - Production Design: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Barbara Enriquez [2]

12. Achievement in cinematography

  • COLD WAR - Lukasz Zal [1]
  • THE FAVOURITE - Robbie Ryan [1]
  • NEVER LOOK AWAY - Caleb Deschanel [1]
  • ROMA - Alfonso Cuaron [1]
  • A STAR IS BORN - Matthew Libatique [1]

13. Achievement in costume design

  • THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS - Mary Zophres [1]
  • BLACK PANTHER - Ruth Carter [1]
  • THE FAVOURITE - Sandy Powell [1]
  • MARY POPPINS RETURNS - Sandy Powell [1]
  • MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS - Alexandra Byrne [1]

14. Best documentary feature

  • FREE SOLO - Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill [4]
  • HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING - RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim [3]
  • MINDING THE GAP - Bing Liu and Diane Quon [2]
  • OF FATHERS AND SONS - Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert [4]
  • RBG - Betsy West and Julie Cohen [2]

15. Best documentary short subject

  • BLACK SHEEP - Ed Perkins and Jonathan Chinn [2]
  • END GAME - Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman [2]
  • LIFEBOAT - Skye Fitzgerald and Bryn Mooser [2]
  • A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN - Marshall Curry [1]
  • PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE. - Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton [2]

16. Achievement in film editing

  • BLACKKKLANSMAN - Barry Alexander Brown [1]
  • BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - John Ottman [1]
  • THE FAVOURITE - Yorgos Mavropsaridis [1]
  • GREEN BOOK - Patrick J. Don Vito [1]
  • VICE - Hank Corwin [1]

17. Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

  • BORDER - Goran Lundstrom and Pamela Goldammer [2]
  • MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS - Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks [3]
  • VICE - Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney [3]

18. Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original score)

  • BLACK PANTHER - Ludwig Goransson [1]
  • BLACKKKLANSMAN - Terence Blanchard [1]
  • IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK - Nicholas Britell [1]
  • ISLE OF DOGS - Alexandre Desplat [1]
  • MARY POPPINS RETURNS - Marc Shaiman [1]

19. Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original song)

  • "ALL THE STARS" from Black Panther - Music by Mark Spears, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Anthony Tiffith; Lyric by Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Anthony Tiffith and Solana Rowe [4]
  • "I'LL FIGHT" from RBG - Music and Lyric by Diane Warren [1]
  • "THE PLACE WHERE LOST THINGS GO" from Mary Poppins Returns - Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyric by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman [2]
  • "SHALLOW" from A Star Is Born - Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt [4]
  • "WHEN A COWBOY TRADES HIS SPURS FOR WINGS" from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - Music and Lyric by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch [2]

20. Best animated short film

  • ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR - Alison Snowden and David Fine [2]
  • BAO - Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb [2]
  • LATE AFTERNOON - Louise Bagnall and Nuria Gonzalez Blanco [2]
  • ONE SMALL STEP - Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas [2]
  • WEEKENDS - Trevor Jimenez [1]

21. Best live action short film

  • DETAINMENT - Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon [2]
  • FAUVE - Jeremy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon [2]
  • MARGUERITE - Marianne Farley and Marie-Helene Panisset [2]
  • MOTHER - Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Maria del Puy Alvarado [2]
  • SKIN - Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman [2]

22. Achievement in sound editing

  • BLACK PANTHER - Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker [2]
  • BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone [2]
  • FIRST MAN - Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan [2]
  • A QUIET PLACE - Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl [2]
  • ROMA - Sergio Diaz and Skip Lievsay [2]

23. Achievement in sound mixing

  • BLACK PANTHER - Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor and Peter Devlin [3]
  • BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali [3]
  • FIRST MAN - Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis [4]
  • ROMA - Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and Jose Antonio Garcia [3]
  • A STAR IS BORN - Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve Morrow [4]

24. Achievement in visual effects

  • AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR - Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl and Dan Sudick [4]
  • CHRISTOPHER ROBIN - Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones and Chris Corbould [4]
  • FIRST MAN - Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. Schwalm [4]
  • READY PLAYER ONE - Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and David Shirk [4]
  • SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY - Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Dominic Tuohy [4]