Poll Stats, "What If", Fun Facts, and Trivia

Many thanks to Mediajock for all his hard work putting this very interesting information together!

Folks,

The annual Media Boy Poll has always been a special time for us - a time to reflect on a year of many memorable faces and performances. I have always found this occasion to mean so much more then just who came in #1, but also to be a celebration of great young talent.

So, to give us a more in-depth look at who came in where and who the many, many standouts were - here is a numerical rundown of our poll results from many angles.

There were 102 votes cast for any of the 444 submitted nominees during the 14 days the poll was open. From these:

124 different performers received at least one of the 1497 points awarded.

From these:

49 received at least one first place vote.

From these:

There was one clear cut top finisher but all were winners.

Mentions

Here are the Top 15 actors in terms of mentions on ballots - regardless of rank on the ballot:

Mentions	Performer
46	Jeremy Sumpter
20	Martin Spanjers
16	Griffin Frazen
14	Billy Gilman
12	Frankie Muniz
11	Shia LaBeouf
11	Jesse McCartney
10	Scotty Leavenworth
9	Bobby Edner
9	Logan Lerman
9	Tyler Garcia Posey
9	Scott Terra
8	Ryan Pinkston
8	Erik Per Sullivan
8	Michael Welch

Average ballot score of the Top 20

Perhaps it might be interesting to see how the Top 20 (21 due to ties at #19) fared with each of their voters on average.

Performer	Average Score
Alexander Gould	4.00
Billy Gilman	3.93
Ryan Malgarini	3.83
Tyler Garcia Posey	3.78
Jeremy Sumpter	3.76
Michael Welch	3.62
Martin Spanjers	3.45
Liam Aiken	3.43
Haley Joel Osment	3.43
Shia LaBeouf	3.36
Logan Lerman	3.33
Christopher Gerse	3.29
Frankie Muniz	3.25
Griffin Frazen	3.19
Jake Thomas	3.14
Bobby Edner	2.89
Erik Per Sullivan	2.88
Ryan Pinkston	2.75
Scotty Leavenworth	2.60
Jesse McCartney	2.55
Scott Terra	2.44

Dropping 5th place

Only counting the first 4 names on each ballot yields no change in the Top 10:

Performer	Points
Jeremy Sumpter	172
Martin Spanjers	67
Billy Gilman	55
Griffin Frazen	48
Frankie Muniz	37
Shia LaBeouf	36
Tyler Garcia Posey	32
Logan Lerman	29
Michael Welch	28
Jesse McCartney	25

Dropping 4th place

Only counting voters' first 3 choices yields some small changes in the Top 10:

Performer	Points
Jeremy Sumpter	158
Martin Spanjers	61
Billy Gilman	51
Griffin Frazen	44
Shia LaBeouf	36
Frankie Muniz	33
Tyler Garcia Posey	32
Michael Welch	26
Logan Lerman	25
Alexander Gould	23

Logan and Michael switch as do Frankie and Shia; Alexander Gould enters the Top 10 at this point.

CURIOSITY: To date, Alexander Gould is most likely the highest finisher in poll history to get there primarily on work in an animated feature (Finding Nemo).

Most 1st place votes

If everyone just had to pick their favorite, here is how everyone would rank:

Votes	Performers
17	Jeremy Sumpter
6	Billy Gilman, Martin Spanjers
4	Griffin Frazen, Tyler Garcia Posey, Michael Welch
3	Stevie Brock, Joseph Cross, Harry Eden, Alexander Gould, Logan Lerman, Frankie Muniz
2	Michael Angarano, Kevin Alexander Clark, Ethan Dampf, Christopher Gerse, Frankie Ryan Manriquez, Jake Thomas
1	Seth Adkins, Liam Aiken, Naoya Akama, Bow Wow, Aaron Carter, Rory Culkin, Oliver Davis, David Dorfman, Patrick Alan Dorn, Bobby Edner, Duel Farnes, Blake Foster, Canyon Grove, Mike Hansen, Zachary Hanson, Tyler Hoechlin, Joel Homan, Sosuke Ikematsu, Imanol, Shia LaBeouf, Alex D. Linz, Manuel Lozano, Ryan Malgarini, Jesse McCartney, Haley Joel Osment, Ryan Pinkston, Max Pirkis, Grant Rosenmeyer, Mattie J.T. Stepanek, Tang Yun, Khleo Thomas

Most 2nd place votes

Votes	Performers
11	Jeremy Sumpter
5	Shia LaBeouf
4	Liam Aiken, Scotty Leavenworth, Martin Spanjers
3	Kevin Alexander Clark, Bobby Edner, Griffin Frazen, Billy Gilman, Ryan Malgarini, Frankie Muniz, Haley Joel Osment, Tyler Garcia Posey

Most 3rd place votes

Votes	Performers
10	Jeremy Sumpter
5	Martin Spanjers
4	Griffin Frazen, Shia LaBeouf, Max Morrow
3	Aaron Carter, Ryan Cooley, Devin Douglas Drewitz, Billy Gilman, Erik Per Sullivan, Scott Terra

Most 4th place votes

Votes	Performers
7	Jeremy Sumpter
5	Emmett Shoemaker
4	Ryan Pinkston, Scott Terra
3	David Henrie, Jesse McCartney, Martin Spanjers, Erik Per Sullivan

Most 5th place votes

Votes	Performers
3	David Dorfman, Gavin Fink, Griffin Frazen, David Henrie, Nicholas Hoult, Erik Knudsen, Scotty Leavenworth, Jesse McCartney, Matt O'Leary

Biggest jump from 2002

2003	2002	Spread	Performer
26	124	98	Stevie Brock
26	124	98	David Dorfman
48	124	76	Devin Douglas Drewitz
38	108	70	Imanol
57	124	67	Thomas Dekker
13	77	64	Liam Aiken
9	69	60	Michael Welch
35	84	49	Ethan Dampf
7	50	43	Tyler Garcia Posey
63	101	38	Zachary Hanson

CURIOSITY: David Dorfman and Stevie Brock not only tied for Biggest Jump but both held the same rank this year and last.

CURIOSITY: With David Dorfman, Devin Douglas Drewitz, Dekker, Dampf, and a drummer (Zac Hanson) - this is the most D's we have ever had in this category. D-lightful.

Biggest slide from 2002

2003	2002	Spread	Performer
100	38	-62	Mark Rendall
100	40	-60	Michael Weinberg
78	30	-48	Tyler Hoechlin
57	10	-47	David Gallagher
78	32	-46	Pablo Santos
100	55	-45	Juan José Ballesta
63	18	-45	Nicholas Hoult
114	69	-45	Aaron Johnson
57	23	-34	Gavin Fink
89	60	-29	Anton Yelchin

CURIOSITY: Nicholas Hoult was 2002's Best New Artist (#18).

CURIOSITY: This is the first year in 8 years (and poll history) David Gallagher did not crack the Top 10, his last year of eligibility albeit.

Tightest stickers since 2002

The performers that moved the least since last year:

2003	2002	Spread	Performer
3	2	-1	Billy Gilman
19	18	-1	Jake Thomas
11	13	2	Bobby Edner

Highest finish with no 1st place votes:

Scotty Leavenworth (11th place, 26 points, 10 mentions)

Lowest finish with a first place vote:

Tyler Hoechlin (78th, 1 mention)

CURIOSITY: Last year, Tyler Hoechlin was actually the highest finisher with no 1st place votes (30th in 2002).

Best New Artists

Here are the Top 10 first time entrants to the poll with overall rank:

Rank	Performer
8	Logan Lerman
13	Alexander Gould
16	Ryan Malgarini
19	Ryan Pinkston
22	Max Pirkis
26	Kevin Alexander Clark
34	Oliver Davis
35	Mattie J.T. Stepanek
35	Khleo Thomas
40	Frankie Ryan Manriquez

Jumpers	27
Sliders	32
New entries	44
Re-entries	21

Poll Skew:

Percentage of total points awarded that went to the Top 10:
36.41% = over 1/3

Percentage of actors that got just one vote:
36.29% = over 1/3

Quite obvious this year's results are VERY skewed to the top. Thus indicating some very clear and decisive winners.

Other numbers:

Average age of the Top 10 finishers: 15.1

Number of days in the poll eligibility year: 365

Number of times AFTIers collectively narrowed down their choices, then modified them and started all over again: 770,636,702,525,744,122,580,682,574,275,352,690,836,987,402

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