Congratulations to this year's duo of Champions, Gina Sacomani and Eric Doty, who picked an unprecedented 20 of the 24 Oscar winners. How is that even possible? Gina, my cousin, is a first-time OscarFest Champion, while Eric, the designer of the OscarFest website, wins for the third time.

As for the rest of us -- what happened? We saw every Oscar-nominated movie. We agonized for weeks over our picks. Yet, our scores would indicate that we simply closed our eyes and slammed the keyboard with a meat tenderizer.

Keep your heads up. Thanks to several generous contributions, $310 will be donated in the Champions' names to 1n10.org a non-profit organization that provides a safe environment for LGBTQ youth to develop positive self-esteem though life enhancing programs. Gina and Eric will take home the OscarFest crown (and complimentary OscarFest iPhone case), but in the end, we are all winners.

Thanks again to everyone who participated in this year's OscarFest, including those of you who did not respond negatively to having your heads attached to celebrity bodies for this year's posters.

See you next year,
John



2012 Results

RankNameCorrect Picks
(out of 24)
1.Eric Doty
OscarFest Champion
20
Gina Sacomani
OscarFest
Champion
3.Allison Hawley
OscarFest
Champion
19
Rob Barbieri
5.Anna Taylor
OscarFest
Champion
18
Boge Best Bets
Jessica Hohmann
Karma Gunther
Lisa Welty-O'Hare
Merrill Fratkin
Tim Ehrhardt
valerie carr
13.Andy Davison17
Carla Zamudio
Ed McCarthy
John Barrett
Katherine Gunther
Marina Volkov
Sara Dvorak-Torres
20.karen wang16
Nancy Tivol
Nicole Garbarini
Ron Doty
24.Liz Walter Shelly15
Lotus Donovan
Mark Tong
OscarFest Champion
Milan prpa
Theo Greene
29.Anuj Gupta14
Marty Ohab
steve trang
32.Jen Celusta
OscarFest Champion
13
Jim Le
Karin Foerde
Lindsay Ohab
Richard Mears
37.Adam Lincoln12
Carol Barbieri
OscarFest
Champion
Emily Jocoy
Joe Barbieri
Kim Mansfield
Lauren Giardina
Melissa Antman
Michael Dunford
OscarFest
Champion
vinay sagar
46.B/J Jackson11
Christian Andrews
Dante Sacomani
ingrid ramos
John Ohab
Karl Reichardt
Michael Rydin
Oggie Nolan
Sue Edmonds
55.Bart Leahy10
Ben Gutman
Gina Hernandez
Jenny Mehren
Julie Friedman
Marygrace Ohab
Mia Sacomani
Mindy Steinberg
63.Dana Wilson9
Darlene Cavalier
Devon Ohab
Erin Glavich
Jemal Zenuni
Karin Dvorak
Matt Egan
Molly Cheatum
Pat Ohab
Pete Henry
Rebecca Roth
Scott Sarver
75.Alice Berardi8
Barbara Toney
Bradley Kantor
Dustin Coffey
Ellen Walker
Emily Sandvig
Heather Stickney
Jessica Palmer
Joan Barbieri
Jose Zambrana
kathy le
Kristin Bash
Pouya Chami
Sylvia Vetrone
Val Miller
Yancy Naughton
91.Farideh Samadpour7
Greg Davey
James Mahoney
Laura Haylock
Patrick Clemins
Pejman Kalkhoran
R Quigley
Rick Welch
Roman Yusufov
Theresa Sacomani
101.A. McMellen Brannigan6
Arlene M
Ash & Lily Davison
Dorit Zuk
JT Lewis
Katie Karlsgodt
terry kelly
Thomas Young
109.Dan Stimson5
Darnel Doty
jackie marks
Janis Johnston
Kel Burtt
MaryAnne Giello
Puya Partow
RoRoBot Romerotron
Stephanie Davison
118.Chris Harden4
Libby "I'm in it to win it" O'Hare
Nathanael Hevelone
Sean McMahon
Shep Ryen
123.Charles Beebeebodacious3
Kristy Harden
125.Gene Gurkoff2
Lovisa Williams
Michael P. Jackson
128.Anthony Caruso0
Drew Fowler
Melody Cook
Oren Levine
Susan Barbieri

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