Gurus o’ Gold: Frontrunners & Potential Upsetters

This week, The Gurus offer their weekly look at the Top Ten and then, a look at the category frontrunners and potential upsets.

A “1” is a vote for a frontrunner and is worth 10 points. A “*” is the vote for an upsetter and is worth 1 point. Gurus also had the option of voting for “none” or “multiple” in the upsetter category.

In the 10 categories being voted for, 5 frontrunners got a perfect score… but still, “none” is not the leading answer to potential upsetters in only the Animated Feature category.

Rank	Last Chart	Best Picture	Breznican	Ellwood	Hammond	Harris	Howell	Karger	Olsen	Poland	Pond	NathanielR	Stone	Tapley	Thompson	Wloszczyna	Whipp	Votes	Total
1	1	12 Years A Slave	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	15	130
2	2	Gravity	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	15	123
3	3	American Hustle	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	15	107
4	4	The Wolf of Wall Street	7	6	5	8	4	6	4	5	4	6	4	6	8	5	5	15	67
5	5	Nebraska	4	9	6	9	6	4	8	8	9	4	5	5	5	4	6	15	58
6	7	Captain Phillips	8	8	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	5	7	4	4	8	9	15	50
7	6	Dallas Buyers Club	5	5	8	6	5	7	9	6	5	8	9	8	7	6	4	15	47
8	8	Philomena	9	7	4	5	8	8	5	4	8	7	8	7	9	7	8	15	46
9	9	Her	6	4	9	4	9	9	6	9	6	9	6	9	6	9	7	15	42

Rank	Actress - Frontrunner/Potential Upsetter	Breznican	Ellwood	Hammond	Harris	Howell	Karger	Olsen	Poland	Pond	NathanielR	Stone	Tapley	Thompson	Wloszczyna	Whipp	Votes	Total
	Cate Blanchett	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	15	150
	Amy Adams	*			*	*		*	*	*				*	*	*	9	9
	Judi Dench			*								*	*				3	3
	none						*				*						2	2
One Vote Wonders
	Sandra Bullock		*														1	1

Actor - Frontrunner/Potential Upsetter	Breznican	Ellwood	Hammond	Harris	Howell	Karger	Olsen	Poland	Pond	NathanielR	Stone	Tapley	Thompson	Wloszczyna	Whipp	Votes	Total
Matthew McConaughey	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	15	141
Chiwetel Ejiofor					1	*	*						*	*		5	14
Leonardo DiCaprio		*	*							*	*	*			*	6	6
multiple				*				*								2	2
Bruce Dern	*								*							2	2

Rank	Sppt Actor - Frontrunner/Potential Upsetter	Breznican	Ellwood	Hammond	Harris	Howell	Karger	Olsen	Poland	Pond	NathanielR	Stone	Tapley	Thompson	Wloszczyna	Whipp	Votes	Total
	Jared Leto	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	15	150
	none			*			*		*		*					*	5	5
	Michael Fassbender				*	*								*	*		4	4
	Barkhad Abdi	*						*				*					3	3
	Jonah Hill		*										*				2	2
One Vote Wonders
	Bradley Cooper									*							1	1

Sppt Actress - Frontrunner/Potential Upsetter	Breznican	Ellwood	Hammond	Harris	Howell	Karger	Olsen	Poland	Pond	NathanielR	Stone	Tapley	Thompson	Wloszczyna	Whipp	Votes	Total
Lupita Nyong'o	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	15	150
Jennifer Lawrence	*	*			*	*	*	*	*	*		*	*	*	*	12	12
June Squibb			*	*							*					3	3

Director - Frontrunner/Potential Upsetter	Breznican	Ellwood	Hammond	Harris	Howell	Karger	Olsen	Poland	Pond	NathanielR	Stone	Tapley	Thompson	Wloszczyna	Whipp	Votes	Total
Alfonso Cuaron	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	15	141
Steve McQueen	*	*	*	*	*		*	*	*	*	1		*	*	*	13	22
none						*						*				2	2

Rank	Original Screenplay - Frontrunner/Potential Upsetter	Breznican	Ellwood	Hammond	Harris	Howell	Karger	Olsen	Poland	Pond	NathanielR	Stone	Tapley	Thompson	Wloszczyna	Whipp	Votes	Total
	Her	1	1	1	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	*	1	1	15	87
	American Hustle	*		*	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	*	1	*	*	14	77
One Vote Wonders
	Dallas Buyers Club		*														1	1

Rank	Adapted Screenplay - Frontrunner/Potential Upsetter	Breznican	Ellwood	Hammond	Harris	Howell	Karger	Olsen	Poland	Pond	NathanielR	Stone	Tapley	Thompson	Wloszczyna	Whipp	Votes	Total
	12 Years A Slave	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	15	150
	Philomena							*				*	*	*			4	4
	none						*				*					*	3	3
	Before Midnight	*								*					*		3	3
	The Wolf of Wall Street			*		*			*								3	3
One Vote Wonders
	multiple				*												1	1
	Captain Phillips		*														1	1

Animated Feature - Frontrunner/Potential Upsetter	Breznican	Ellwood	Hammond	Harris	Howell	Karger	Olsen	Poland	Pond	NathanielR	Stone	Tapley	Thompson	Wloszczyna	Whipp	Votes	Total
Frozen	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	15	150
none			*	*		*		*		*		*				6	6
The Wind Rises		*					*		*					*	*	5	5
The Croods	*				*						*		*			4	4

Rank	Foreign Language - Frontrunner/Potential Upsetter	Breznican	Ellwood	Hammond	Harris	Howell	Karger	Olsen	Poland	Pond	NathanielR	Stone	Tapley	Thompson	Wloszczyna	Whipp	Votes	Total
	The Great Beauty	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	*	*	1	1	1	15	114
	The Hunt		*	1		*	*		1				1	*	*	*	9	36
	Broken Circle Breakdown	*						*		*	*						4	4
One Vote Wonders
	Omar											1					1	10
	multiple				*												1	1

Documentary - Frontrunner/Potential Upsetter	Breznican	Ellwood	Hammond	Harris	Howell	Karger	Olsen	Poland	Pond	NathanielR	Stone	Tapley	Thompson	Wloszczyna	Whipp	Votes	Total
20 Feet From Stardom	*	1	1	*	*	1	1	*	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	15	105
The Act of Killing	1	*		1	1	*		1	*		1			*	*	10	55
The Square			*				*			*		*	*			5	5

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One Response to “Gurus o’ Gold: Frontrunners & Potential Upsetters”

John Calhoun says:

February 7, 2014 at 9:04 am

Spell Cate Blanchett’s name correctly, please.