The 2001 AFTI Media Boy Poll

The 2001 AFTI Media Boy Poll started on January 6, 2002, and ended on February 3, 2002, at 9pm eastern time. Fans around the world were invited to vote via the Internet for their favorite young male performers based on their work during the year 2001. Eligible nominees must have been a part of a production (either in the movies, TV, or music) that had first run original status in any part of 2001, and 17 years of age or younger in any part of 2001. Voters were able to vote for their 5 favorite performers, with their #1 favorite receiving 5 points, their #2 favorite receiving 4 points, and so on. Voters were also given the option to include up to 5 additional "Honorable Mention" names on their ballot. These Honorable Mentions did not earn points but gave additional recognition to some great young stars.

Around 400 young performers were nominated to be 2001 AFTI Media Boy, from world-wide superstars to boys who may have only appeared in a TV commercial or a game show. Well over half of the boys received some type of recognition by the voters in the 2001 AFTI Media Boy Poll.

Thanks to all the many devoted fans on the Internet, this was the most successful Media Boy Poll in its' 6-year history! This year 359 ballots were included in the voting, more than tripling the amount of last year's 103 ballots.

We're happy to say that there were no ties in the Top-10 for this year, each Top-10er solidly earning his place at the top of the list. Our most sincere congratulations to ALL the stars who earned points in this year's Poll, and especially to the Top-10 stars.

The 2001 AFTI Media Boy Poll Committee,
Captain Cook, Chris P., Likem, Mediajock, Mark L., and Max

Making it to the standings for the first time, Chris Trousdale of Dream Street rounds out the Top-10! With 2001 finally bringing us the release of the long-awaited Dream Street debut CD, along with a Live DVD, Chris received 139 points to secure his top-ten finish for 2001.

Taking the #9 spot for 2001 is David Gallagher of "7th Heaven" fame, with 152 points. David finished at #6 last year, #2 in 1999, and was the winner in 1998, 1997, and 1996, the poll's inaugural year. David has been in the Top-10 every year!

Justin Berfield takes the #8 spot with 156 points, his first foray into the Top-10. Justin is best known for his role as Reese in "Malcolm in the Middle" but in 2001 he also appeared in "Max Keeble's Big Move" and an episode of "The Nightmare Room". He finished at #13 last year, #29 in 1999, #69 in 1998, #32 in 1997, and #26 in 1996.

"Lucky 7" goes to "Malcolm in the Middle" star Frankie Muniz. Frankie scored a whopping 218 points. He finished last year's Poll at #3, his first appearance in the Poll, and remains in the Top-10. In addition to "Malcolm in the Middle", Frankie's credits for 2001 included the "Andy Dick Show", "The Simpsons" (voice), "Dr. Dolittle 2" (voice), "MTV Celebrity Undercover", "The Fairly Oddparents", and MTV's "Snowed In: Celebrity Say What? Karaoke"

The "Total Package" (as he is affectionately referred to in AFTI) Kevin Zegers makes a return to the Top-10 list with 232 points. This year Kevin was seen in the made-for-TV movie "Sex Lies and Obsession". Last year Kevin just barely missed the Top-10 at #12. The last time Kevin was in the Top-10 was 1999 when he finished at #4. In 1998 and 1997 Kevin finished at #2, and in 1996 Kevin was in a tie for #31.

Country Crooner Billy Gilman makes it to this year's Top-5 with 233 points! Billy was also last year's #5 star in his debut on the Media Boy Poll. Billy's "Dare To Dream" CD, released in May of 2001, his appearance on the celebrity kids week on "Hollywood Squares", and his aggressive touring schedule all helped keep Billy as one of our favorite media boys of 2001!

"The Little Prince of Pop" Aaron Carter finished this year's Poll with 259 points at #4, his best showing ever in the Poll! Airboy not only gave his fans another CD ("Oh Aaron"), laid down some tracks on the CD soundtrack for "Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius" and toured this year, but we also got to see him on TV in "Lizzie McGuire", "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", and "In Concert with Samantha Mumba". Aaron also appeared live in "Suessical the Musical" in NYC, April 4-May 13, 2001. Also in 2001, "Aaron's Party - Come get It" was certified double platinum, he won the award for "Favorite Rising Star" on the 2001 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, and was nominated for "Choice Male Performer" at this year's Teen Choice Awards. Aaron was last year's #10 in the Poll, #12 in 1999, #5 in 1998, #21 in 1997, and #69 in 1996.

In 2001 he not only made his major big-screen debut as Harry Potter, but Daniel Radcliffe takes #3 in the Media Boy Poll, another significant debut! Danny racked up 274 points to finish in the Top-3. Danny also had a lesser role this year in "The Tailor of Panama".

A well-deserved honor at the #2 spot goes to Jesse McCartney of Dream Street with 279 points. 2001 marked Jesse's finale as J.R. in "All My Children", which brought us some amazing performances by a young actor, and brought Jesse an Emmy nomination. Jesse also continued singing with the "Sugar Beats". A brilliant actor, a multifaceted singer, a dancer, Jesse is a true Media Boy! Jesse ranked at #7 in last year's Poll, a big jump from his #105 debut in 1999.

Moving up from #4 last year to capture the top spot for the 2001 AFTI Media Boy Poll is Haley Joel Osment with 283 points. Haley was the Poll winner in 1999, placed at 28 in 1998, #21 in 1997, and #24 in the Poll's debut in 1996. The brilliant young actor starred as robot-boy David in Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence", was in the 2001 released movies "Edges of the Lord" and "I'll Remember April", and did voice work in the animated "The Hunchback of Notre Dame II". The talented young star is well-deserving of this coveted #1 spot in this year's Poll. Congratulations, Haley!

The Complete List

Place	Points	Name	Place last year	# of votes*	# of 1st Place votes	Honorable Mentions
1	283	Haley Joel Osment	4	87	18	5
2	279	Jesse McCartney	7	76	32	8
3	274	Daniel Radcliffe	---	83	35	12
4	259	Aaron Carter	10	81	15	9
5	233	Billy Gilman	5	65	25	12
6	232	Kevin Zegers	12	67	31	5
7	218	Frankie Muniz	3	77	8	17
8	156	Justin Berfield	13	51	10	13
9	152	David Gallagher	6	52	5	10
10	139	Chris Trousdale	---	50	7	4
11	106	Trevor Morgan	61	37	5	10
12	103	Rupert Grint	---	39	2	12
13	90	Frankie Galasso	55	38	2	2
14	88	Alex D. Linz	8	35	4	8
	88	Greg Raposo	84	32	4	1
16	76	Michael Angarano	1	24	6	10
17	71	Matt Ballinger	33	30	2	6
18	54	Ryan Merriman	---	18	1	8
19	44	Jake Thomas	---	20		8
20	42	Jamie Bell	2	12	4	3
	42	Gregory Smith	27	10	7	2
Place	Points	Name	Place last year	# of votes*	# of 1st Place votes	Honorable Mentions
22	40	Blake Foster	48	8	8	2
23	39	Scott Terra	72	15	3	8
24	38	Jonah Meyerson	---	17	4
25	37	Eli Marienthal	9	15	1	4
26	33	Michael Cuccione	33	10	3	2
27	32	Lil' Bow Wow	---	14	2	4
28	31	Tom Felton	---	14		1
29	29	Shia LaBeouf	32	13		3
	29	Jake Lloyd	68	8	3	3
31	28	Sean Biggerstaff	---	11	2
32	26	Andrew Lawrence	20	12	1	8
33	24	Erik Per Sullivan	28	10		6
34	22	Robert Clark	23	8	2	8
	22	Bobby Edner	---	9		9
	22	Griffin Frazen	---	10	1	6
	22	Lil' Romeo	---	9		3
38	21	Grant Rosenmeyer	---	8	2
39	20	Freddie Boath	---	7	1	6
40	19	Anton Yelchin	---	6	2	1
Place	Points	Name	Place last year	# of votes*	# of 1st Place votes	Honorable Mentions
41	18	Paul Franklin Dano	---	6	1	4
	18	Adam Lamberg	---	8		5
	18	Lee Thompson Young	---	8		1
44	17	Taylor Hanson	22	6		2
	17	Scotty Leavenworth	86	5		3
	17	Matthew O'Leary	---	8		2
	17	Gabriel Thomson	---	6		2
48	16	Ryan Cooley	---	7		2
	16	Drew (Moolah Beach)	---	5	1	2
	16	Tyler Hynes	41		1	1
	16	Myles Jeffrey	15	7
52	15	Jared Daperis	---		2	4
	15	A.J. Trauth	---	7		1
54	14	Chris Egan	---	6	1	1
	14	Philip Lawall	---		2	1
	14	Christopher Marquette	21		2	4
	14	Will Rothhaar	104	5	1	4
58	13	Clark (Moolah Beach)	---	5		2
	13	Ryan James	---		1	3
	13	Michael Welch	61	5		5
Place	Points	Name	Place last year	# of votes*	# of 1st Place votes	Honorable Mentions
61	12	Luke Eberl	---		1
	12	Nicolas King	---			1
	12	Matt Weinberg	---		1
64	11	Joseph Cross	18		2	3
	11	Mason Gamble	68			1
	11	William Greenblatt	---		1
	11	Miko Hughes	26		1	1
	11	Erik Knudsen	---			1
	11	Amit Paul	---		1	1
	11	Joey Pearson	---
	11	Jacob Smith	39			1
	11	Dylan Sprouse	---			5
73	10	Michael Cera	48		2
	10	Zachary Hanson	104	5	1	3
	10	Jonas Kenner	---		1
	10	Max Morrow	---			1
	10	Andi Schaupp	---
	10	Anton Tennet	---
79	9	Dhani Lennevald	---			1
	9	Eric Lloyd	24	5		5
	9	Tahj Mowry	---			4
	9	Logan O'Brien	86
	9	Zach (Sail Away)	---		1	1
Place	Points	Name	Place last year	# of votes*	# of 1st Place votes	Honorable Mentions
84	8	Markus Attinger	---
	8	Todd Emerson	---
	8	Jordi Landeta	---		1
	8	Cole Sprouse	104			5
	8	Peter Tambakis	---			1
	8	Andrew Van Hise	86		1	1
90	7	James Bentley	---			2
	7	Rory Culkin	72			1
	7	Jake Epstein	104			2
	7	Alexander Gomes	---
	7	Bobby Gonzalez	---
	7	Eddie Karr	---			1
	7	David A Kaye	---			2
	7	Jeremy Sumpter	---		1
98	6	Thomas Dekker	55			1
	6	Bug Hall	72
	6	Jeffrey Licon	---			1
	6	Andrew Martin	---		1
	6	Joe Pichler	---
	6	Michael Purvis	---
	6	Michael Seater	---
Place	Points	Name	Place last year	# of votes*	# of 1st Place votes	Honorable Mentions
105	5	Seth Adkins	33		1	3
	5	Liam Aiken	19		1
	5	Fabio Atterrato	---		1
	5	Juan Jose Ballesta	---		1
	5	Trevor Blumas	---			2
	5	Todd Bosley	72		1
	5	E.J. de la Pena	---		1
	5	Ryan DeBoer	72		1
	5	Jake Dinwiddie	72			1
	5	Jon Foster	---
	5	Steven Gerraghty	---		1
	5	Bryce Hodgson	---			1
	5	Jacob (Moolah Beach)	---		1	1
	5	Nathan Lawrence	---
	5	Reiley McClendon	---		1	1
	5	Trever O'Brien	---			1
	5	Brian Christopher Stark	---
	5	Christopher Tavani	---		1
	5	Shawn Toovey	---
	5	Calum Worthy	---		1
Place	Points	Name	Place last year	# of votes*	# of 1st Place votes	Honorable Mentions
126	4	Brendon Ryan Barrett	40			3
	4	Jamie Bell (2)	---
	4	Nicholas Braun	---
	4	Francis Capra	---
	4	Ryan Dennis	55
	4	Michael Galeota	---			1
	4	Eric Ian Goldberg	---
	4	Jesse James	86			2
	4	Nicholas King	---
	4	Steven Anthony Lawrence	---
	4	Cody McMains	---
	4	Emil Odepark	---
	4	Richard Taylor Olson	---
	4	Clayton Snyder	---
	4	Ross Turner	---
	4	Jordan Blake Warkol	104
	4	Austin Waters	---			3
	4	Tyler Wilkinson	86
	4	Ryan Wilson	---
Place	Points	Name	Place last year	# of votes*	# of 1st Place votes	Honorable Mentions
144	3	Bryan (Bug Juice 3)	---			1
	3	Peter Comale	---
	3	Scotty Cox	---
	3	Xavier Dolan-Tadros	---
	3	Sammy Elliot	---
	3	Geo (Sail Away)	---			1
	3	Brett Groneman	---
	3	Jesse Head	---			1
	3	Shane Hunter	---
	3	Quinton Jones	---
	3	Jeremy James Kissner	84
	3	Ross Malinger	---
	3	Benjamin Meyerson	---
	3	Nathaniel Olderman	---
	3	Sam Schwarz	---
	3	Kyle Sullivan	---
	3	Rhys Williams	---
	3	Tanner Withrow	---
Place	Points	Name	Place last year	# of votes*	# of 1st Place votes	Honorable Mentions
163	2	Jake Burbage	---			3
	2	Alex Campbell	---
	2	Daniel Clark	86			2
	2	Dee Jay Daniels	---
	2	Kyle J. Downes	---
	2	Devin Douglas Drewitz	86
	2	Jordan Fennell	---
	2	Noah Fleiss	86
	2	Christopher Gerse	---
	2	Liam Hess	---			1
	2	Patrick Higgins	---
	2	Hayato Ichihara	---
	2	Kenny (Zoom)	---			1
	2	Matt Koruba	---
	2	Jonathan Malen	---			1
	2	Miles Marsico	---			1
	2	Fraser McGregor	---			1
	2	Tim Redwine	---
	2	Sam Saletta	---
	2	Michael Shulman	---
	2	Brian Sites	---
	2	Daniel Smorgan	---
	2	Hayden Tank	86
	2	Jesse Lee Thomas	---
	2	Holden Truelove	---
	2	Chad Tucker	---
	2	Rollo Weeks	72			2
	2	Mike Weinberg	---
	2	Adam Wylie	---
	2	Jordan Yates	---
	2	Joey Zimmerman	68
Place	Points	Name	Place last year	# of votes*	# of 1st Place votes	Honorable Mentions
194	1	Alvin Alvarez	---			1
	1	Cody Arens	---
	1	Spencer Breslin	104
	1	Cory Buck	104			1
	1	Dan Byrd	---
	1	John Francis Daley	14			1
	1	Kyle Earhart	---
	1	Taylor Emerson	---
	1	Billy Kay	---			2
	1	Ryan Kirkpatrick	---
	1	Kyle (Moolah Beach)	---			1
	1	Chris Lazar	---
	1	Henrik Lundstrom	---
	1	Bryan Matsuura	---
	1	Greyson Erik Pendry	---
	1	Tyler Garcia Posey	---			2
	1	Daryl Sabara	---
	1	Adi Stein	---
	1	Travis Tedford	---
	1	Fernando Tielve	---
	1	Craig Lamar Traylor	---
	1	Connor Widdows	---
	1	Chad Wilson	---
	1	Axel Zuber	---
	1	Josh Zuckerman	---			3
The Stars listed below did not receive any 1st-5th place votes but did receive Honorable Mentions.
		Name				Honorable Mentions
		Aubrey (Sail Away)				2
		Brandon Baker				1
		Daniel Daperis				1
		Gavin Fink				1
		Brandon Gilberstadt				1
		Jake Goldsbie				1
		Jean Raphael Gonzalez				1
		Theo Greenly				1
		Todd Harrison				1
		Imanol				1
		Marc John Jeffries				1
		Zachary Kady				1
		Mahmoud (Promises)				1
		Lewis McKenzie				1
		Fred Medill				1
		Bradley Pierce				1
		Shawn Pyfrom				1
		Rawy Mattar Kmeir				1
		Mark Rendall				1

*those with less than 5 total votes are not currently included in "# of votes"

Poll History

Lonomyth Media Boy Poll

AFTI Media Boy Poll

The Complete List