Golden Globes 2025: Best prediction scores by our experts, editors, and users
Congratulations to our user maya2000 for an excellent score of 86.67 percent in predicting the 2025 Golden Globes movie winners on Sunday. Our top scorer is actually tied with Choekaas but has the better point score of 9.072 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.
A total of 4,620 people worldwide predicted the film champs, with our top scorer getting 13 of 15 categories correct for the Beverly Hills ceremony hosted by Nikki Glaser. Among the upsets picked accurately were Demi Moore (The Substance) and Sebastian Stan (A Different Man) for the comedy lead categories.
You can see how your score compares to all others in our movie leaderboard rankings, which also includes links to see each participant’s predictions. To see your own scores, go to the User menu in the top right corner of every page of Gold Derby when you’re signed in to the site. Use the drop down menu to go to “View Profile,” then look for the links to your “Award Show Scores.”
For our 11 Gold Derby editors predicting, Rob Licuria is best with 73.33 percent correct. We then have a four-way tie at 53.33 percent for Denton Davidson, Marcus James Dixon, Joyce Eng, and Matt Noble. Tied at 46.67 percent are Charles Bright, Ray Richmond, Christopher Rosen, and myself. Daniel Montgomery is next at 40 percent, and then Debra Birnbaum at 33.33 percent. See editors’ scores.
Other than Birnbaum, Eng, Richmond, and Rosen, we had 29 other experts predicting. Pete Hammond (Deadline), Matt Neglia (Next Best Picture), and Brian Truitt (USA Today) are tied at 60 percent. Up next at 53.33 percent are Erik Davis (Fandango), Kate Erbland (Indiewire), Tariq Khan (Gold Derby), Scott Mantz (KTLA), Wilson Morales (BlackFilmandTV), Keith Simanton (IMDb), and Peter Travers (ABC). Following at 46.67 percent are Thelma Adams (Gold Derby), Shawn Edwards (WDAF), Cole Jaeger (The Oscar Expert), Mark Johnson (The Contending), Hanh Nguyen (Salon), Michael Musto (Queerty), and Susan Wloszczyna (Gold Derby). Tied at 40 percent each are Jacqueline Coley (Rotten Tomatoes), Clayton Davis (Variety), Scott Feinberg (The Hollywood Reporter), Jazz Tangcay (Variety), and Anne Thompson (Indiewire). Following at 33.33 percent are Eric Deggans (NPR), Susan King (Gold Derby), and Perri Nemiroff (Collider). Joey Nolfi (Entertainment Weekly) is next at 26.67 percent, and then Nikki Novak (Fandango) and Jenelle Riley (Variety) at 20 percent. John Horn (NPR) predicted 5 of 14 categories for 35.71 percent. See experts’ scores.
For our TV predictions contest, a total of 2,622 people worldwide made their picks. We have a seven-way tie at 91.67 percent with Dfh223 out front with the best point total of 10,050. You can see how your score compares to all others in our television leaderboard rankings of all contestants.
Among our 11 Gold Derby editors predicting TV winners, I have the best score of 75 percent. Tied at 66.67 percent are Charles Bright, Joyce Eng, Daniel Montgomery, and Christopher Rosen. Up next at 58.33 percent are Denton Davidson, Matt Noble, and Ray Richmond. We then have Debra Birnbaum at 50 percent, Marcus James Dixon at 41.67 percent, and Rob Licuria at 33.33 percent. See editors’ scores.
In addition to our Gold Derby editors (Birnbaum, Eng, Richmond, and Rosen), we had 21 other experts making picks. The best at 83.33 percent are Jacqueline Coley (Rotten Tomatoes), Shawn Edwards (WDAF), and Matt Roush (TV Guide). Tied at 75 percent are Scott Feinberg (Hollywood Reporter), Hanh Nguyen (Salon), Nikki Novak (Fandango), Keith Simanton (IMDb), and Jazz Tangcay (Variety). Following at 66.67 percent are Kristen Baldwin (Entertainment Weekly), Clayton Davis (Variety), Pete Hammond (Deadline), and Wilson Morales (BlackFilmandTV). Up next at 58.33 percent are Eric Deggans (NPR), Dave Nemetz (TV Line), Ben Travers (Indiewire), and Peter Travers (ABC). Tied at 50 percent are Thelma Adams (Gold Derby), Tariq Khan (Gold Derby), Susan King (Gold Derby), Lynette Rice (Deadline), and Susan Wloszczyna (Gold Derby). See experts’ scores.
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Note: Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge and Penske Media Corporation, which owns Gold Derby.