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Who will host the 2009 Academy Awards?

Current forecast: Someone Else (34% chance)
Combining all predictions, the current most likely outcome is Someone Else with a probability of 34% (unchanged in last 1 day)

Rumors are circulating around Justin Timberlake after his solid ESPY performance, but pehaps a recently married Ellen Degeneres or a politically sated Jon Stewart or Oscar legend Billy Crystal might make a return instead.

Who do you think will be the next host?
(Settles on official announcement)

Past hosts:
2007 Jon Stewart
2006 Ellen DeGeneres
2005 Jon Stewart
2004 Chris Rock
2003 Billy Crystal
2002 Steve Martin
2001 Whoopi Goldberg
2000 Steve Martin

Background: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/08/could_justin_timberlake_actual.html
 
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Justin Timberlake
25%
Billy Crystal
8%
Ellen DeGeneres
7%
Jon Stewart
26%
Someone Else
34%
Activity: H$18,534
Question suspends in 5 weeks
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

Suspend date: Wed 1st Oct 12:59am PDT (5 weeks to go)

Initial likelihoods: Justin Timberlake: 20%, Billy Crystal: 15%, Ellen DeGeneres: 15%, Jon Stewart: 10%, Someone Else: 40%

Action history:

Created Mon 4th Aug 1:34pm PDT by jenniandboys[Admin]
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

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Predictions

8 hours ago
twinboymommy predicted Ellen DeGeneres (H$50 at 6%)
1 day ago
daleo predicted Billy Crystal (H$100 at 7%)
4 days ago
maureen predicted Jon Stewart (H$20 at 24%)
4 days ago
kingk2469 predicted Someone Else (H$100 at 32%)
4 days ago
evilbeth predicted Justin Timberlake (H$50 at 25%)
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Comments

  1 cognos[Power User]
I think Ellen will be married by then. If so, you know it'll be her. If not, I going with "someone else".
posted 6 days ago

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