2003 AFTI Media Boy
Poll

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:
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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

Mediajock


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