An Oscar Ballot is typically a printed form that Oscar party guests complete as part of an Oscar themed game. Traditionally, guests will select their choices for the winner of each category by placing a check-mark beside each Oscar nominee. After the winners are announced, make-shift Oscar Award statues or other items are rewarded as prizes.
This Oscar Ballot 2010 page provides links to blank and downloadable ballot forms for the 2010 Academy Awards. The Oscar Ballot simply lists each category and all the nominations within each category. For each category there are 5 nominations except for Best Picture which has 10 and Makeup and Visual Effects which both have 3 nominations each.http://earbuds.popdose.com/zack/Ballot1.pdf
There are 24 categories on the official Oscar Ballot 2010 form including:
Leading Actor, Supporting Actor, Leading Actress, Supporting Actress, Animated Feature, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Directing, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Film Editing, Foreign Language Film, Makeup, Original Score, Original Song, Short Film Animated, Short Film Live Action, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, Screenplay Adapted, Screenplay Original and most importantly of all Best Picture. http://oscar.go.com/media/2010/pdf/OSCAR_BALLOT.pdf
Many people organize an Oscar Pool on Oscars Night each year. To do this is quite straight forward, all you need to do is simply download a ballot form direct from one of the website links provided on this page. Once downloaded, you simply print as many copies as are required for your Oscar night. It is best if you can get the guests to fill out the ballot before the party. If this is not possible, it is not too much of a problem for guests to fill the form out when they arrive. You will find this adds amazing excitement to the results as they emerge throughout the night. If you do not like the thought of gambling, you do not have to play for money, instead you could play for prizes instead.
Links to Blank and Downloadable Oscar Ballot Forms
The following are sources of downloadable ballot forms for the Oscars:
Oscar Ballot Party Games
In this ExpertVillage YouTube video, Stephanie from PartyLandUtah explains what an Oscar Ballot is and how to integrate an Oscar Ballot game into your party.
While You Watch The Oscars
2010 Oscar Information
References
Fast Facts
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What is an Oscar Ballot?
Printable Oscar Ballots include the title of the award and the people who are nominated
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Where can I find Oscar Ballots?
The Oscars releases a new official Oscar Ballot every year, but you may want to make your own to match the extact theme of your party.
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When were the Oscars?
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Categories
There were 24 categories on the Oscar Ballot 2010
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Oscar Ballot Money or Prizes?
It is up to you. Playing for either money or prizes is acceptable.
