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 162 votes cast for any of the 404 submitted nominees during the 14 days the poll was open. From these:

190 different performers received at least one of the 1961 points awarded.

From these:

64 received at least one first place vote.

From these:

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

CURIOSITY: 4 of the Top 10 (Logan, Liam, Jake, Cameron) were all born in January - the month that the poll takes place. What a birthday gift they are getting!

Mentions

Here are the Top 24 actors in terms of mentions on ballots - regardless of rank on the ballot:

Mentions	Performer
46	Logan Lerman
32	Liam Aiken
30	Jeremy Sumpter
26	Jesse McCartney
26	Jake Thomas
21	Oliver Davis
20	Daniel Radcliffe
17	Freddie Highmore
14	Cameron Bright
11	Martin Spanjers
11	Erik Per Sullivan
10	Rupert Grint
9	Cole Sprouse
8	Justin Berfield
7	John Patrick Amedori
7	Zac Efron
7	Evan Ellingson
7	Declan Galbraith
7	Billy Gilman
7	Shane Haboucha
7	Connor Paolo
7	Thomas Sangster
7	Dylan Sprouse
7	Devon Werkheiser

Average ballot score of the Top 20

Perhaps it might be interesting to see how the Top 20 fared with each of their voters on average.

CURIOSITY: Note Pierre's 4.0 average: in 2002 another French actor, Jules Sitruk, also managed a 4.0 on their AFTI grade card. Tres bien les garcons!

Performer	Average Score
Pierre Boulanger	4.00
Aaron Carter	4.00
Billy Gilman	3.71
Logan Lerman	3.61
Freddie Highmore	3.59
Zac Efron	3.43
Thomas Sangster	3.43
Jake Thomas	3.38
Liam Aiken	3.38
Declan Galbraith	3.29
Erik Per Sullivan	3.27
Jeremy Sumpter	3.20
Jesse McCartney	3.19
Justin Berfield	2.88
Cameron Bright	2.79
Daniel Radcliffe	2.60
Oliver Davis	2.57
Cole Sprouse	2.56
Rupert Grint	2.30
Martin Spanjers	2.27

Dropping 5th place

Performer	Points
Logan Lerman	163
Liam Aiken	108
Jeremy Sumpter	93
Jake Thomas	85
Jesse McCartney	78
Freddie Highmore	61
Oliver Davis	48
Daniel Radcliffe	46
Erik Per Sullivan	36
Cameron Bright	34

Dropping 4th place

Performer	Points
Logan Lerman	153
Liam Aiken	90
Jeremy Sumpter	77
Jake Thomas	77
Jesse McCartney	74
Freddie Highmore	55
Oliver Davis	42
Daniel Radcliffe	40
Cameron Bright	32
Erik Per Sullivan	26

Most 1st place votes

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

Votes	Performers
17	Logan Lerman
12	Jesse McCartney
10	Jeremy Sumpter
7	Oliver Davis, Jake Thomas
6	John Patrick Amedori
5	Liam Aiken, Freddie Highmore, Jamie Johnston
4	Pierre Boulanger, Declan Galbraith, Drake Johnston, Aaron Renfree
3	Ryan Cooley, Zac Efron, Billy Gilman, Erik Per Sullivan
2	Justin Berfield, Aaron Carter, Harrison Chad, Yoann Cifuentes, Dino, Jason Dolley, Hunter Gomez, Frankie Ryan Manriquez, Jimmy "Jax" Pinchak, Daniel Radcliffe, Thomas Sangster, Kyle Searles, Dylan Sprouse
1	Spencer Achtymichuk, Seth Adkins, Michael Angarano, Cameron Bright, Daniel Clark, Giuseppe Cristiano, Joseph Cross, Ivan Dobronravov, Evan Ellingson, Kyle Gallner, Luis Armand Garcia, Anthony Ghannam, Noah Gray-Cabey, Elliot Henderson-Boyle, Frederik Christian Johansen, Dominic Scott Kay, Scotty Leavenworth, Nathaniel Lee Jr., Alex D. Linz, Daniel Magder, Dhylan Meyer, Trevor Morgan, Mitchel Musso, Connor Paolo, Tyler Garcia Posey, Joseph Sasson, Colton Shires, Daniel Siegert, Cole Sprouse, Khleo Thomas, Ben Tibber, Cole Evan Weiss, Anton Yelchin, Yagira Yuuya

Most 2nd place votes

Votes	Performers
15	Logan Lerman
13	Liam Aiken
6	Cameron Bright, Jake Thomas
4	Freddie Highmore, Jesse McCartney, Jeremy Sumpter
3	Oliver Davis, Daniel Radcliffe

Most 3rd place votes

Votes	Performers
6	Logan Lerman, Daniel Radcliffe, Jake Thomas
5	Liam Aiken, Rupert Grint, Freddie Highmore, Jeremy Sumpter
3	Justin Berfield, Jesse McCartney, Thomas Sangster, Jacob Smith, Martin Spanjers

Most 4th place votes

Votes	Performers
9	Liam Aiken
8	Jeremy Sumpter
5	Logan Lerman, Martin Spanjers, Erik Per Sullivan
4	Jake Thomas
3	Oliver Davis, Freddie Highmore, Daniel Radcliffe, Cole Sprouse

Most 5th place votes

Votes	Performers
6	Oliver Davis, Daniel Radcliffe
5	Cameron Bright, Jesse McCartney
3	Stevie Brock, Evan Ellingson, Shane Haboucha, Logan Lerman, Connor Paolo, Jeremy Sumpter, Jake Thomas, Yannick Van De Velde, Devon Werkheiser

Biggest jump from 2003

2004	2003	Spread	Performer
23	100	77	Giuseppe Cristiano
13	89	76	Thomas Sangster
58	114	56	Kyle Orlando Massey
34	89	55	Aaron Renfree
24	78	54	Jacob Smith
36	89	53	Anton Yelchin
65	114	49	Taylor Ball
16	63	47	Declan Galbraith
80	114	34	Frederik Christian Johansen
58	89	31	Kyle Searles

CURIOSITY: Last year Anton, one of this year's biggest jumpers, was one of last year's biggest sliders. Call him the Comeback Kid!

Biggest slide from 2003

2004	2003	Spread	Performer
168	38	-130	Matt O'Leary
139	16	-123	Ryan Malgarini
120	16	-104	Christopher Gerse
139	48	-91	Mike Hansen
139	48	-91	David Henrie
139	63	-76	James Kirk
98	26	-72	David Dorfman
120	56	-64	Michael Cera
72	9	-63	Michael Welch
120	57	-63	Thomas Dekker

Tightest stickers since 2003

The performers that moved the least since last year:

2004	2003	Spread	Performer
51	51	0	Matt Weinberg
58	57	-1	Calvin Goldspink
3	1	-2	Jeremy Sumpter
98	100	2	Mark Rendall

Highest finish with no 1st place votes:

Martin Spanjers (12nd place, 25 points, 11 mentions)

Lowest finish with a first place vote:

Note that for this statistic, only ballots with five names have been included.

Spencer Achtymichuk (80th, 5 points, 1 mention)
Daniel Clark (80th, 5 points, 1 mention)
Kyle Gallner (80th, 5 points, 1 mention)
Frederik Christian Johansen (80th, 5 points, 1 mention)
Dominic Scott Kay (80th, 5 points, 1 mention)
Nathaniel Lee Jr. (80th, 5 points, 1 mention)
Mitchel Musso (80th, 5 points, 1 mention)
Joseph Sasson (80th, 5 points, 1 mention)
Colton Shires (80th, 5 points, 1 mention)
Daniel Siegert (80th, 5 points, 1 mention)
Yagira Yuuya (80th, 5 points, 1 mention)

Best New Artists

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

Rank	Performer
6	Freddie Highmore
28	Shane Haboucha
30	Ricky Ullman
37	Evan Ellingson
37	Drake Johnston
43	Jason Dolley
45	Dino
45	Hunter Gomez
65	Dhylan Meyer
65	Christoph Emanuel Oehme

CURIOSITY: Ricky Ullman makes his debut on the poll the last year he is eligible. Better late than never.

Jumpers	28
Sliders	38
New entries	62
Re-entries	61

Poll Skew:

Percentage of total points awarded that went to the Top 10:
39.93% = over 1/3

Percentage of actors that got just one vote:
47.89% = 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: 14.1

Number of days in the poll eligibility year: 366

Number of times I had wished Frankie was still eligible: 1.990000E+99

Celebrating a great year of extraordinary young actors: Priceless

Mediajock

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