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81st Academy Awards: Who will win the Oscar for Best Original Song?

Settled as Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire)

Background: Background: Surprisingly, Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" was shut out of the Best Song competition, leaving Wall-E to battle giant Slumdog Millionaire for the gold.

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Down to Earth from Wall-E


Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire


O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire

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

 
Forecast history %
Down to Earth (Wall-E)
21%
Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire)
77%
O Saya (Slumdog Millionaire)
2%
Settled as Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire) on Sun 22nd Feb 8:20pm PST

Suspend date: Sun 22nd Feb 5:30pm PST
Settlement date: Sun 22nd Feb 8:20pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 22nd Feb 5:30pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Down to Earth (Wall-E): 40%, Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire): 30%, O Saya (Slumdog Millionaire): 30%

Action history:

Created Thu 22nd Jan 4:46pm PST by jenniandboys[Admin]
Changed Description Thu 22nd Jan 4:53pm PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: show details
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Suspended Sun 22nd Feb 5:30pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settled as 'Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire)' Sun 22nd Feb 8:20pm PST by jenniandboys[Admin]

Suspend date: Sun 22nd Feb 5:30pm PST
Settlement date: Sun 22nd Feb 8:20pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 22nd Feb 5:30pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

Predictions (175)

39 weeks ago
jenniandboys[Admin] predicted Down to Earth (Wall-E) (H$100 at 20%)
39 weeks ago
pmk2668 predicted Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire) (H$1,000 at 76%)
39 weeks ago
pmk2668 predicted Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire) (H$2,100 at 67%)
39 weeks ago
nick_awesome predicted Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire) (H$7 at 60%)
39 weeks ago
wallysparks predicted Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire) (H$300 at 59%)

Comments (3)

are these the only songs nominated?
posted 43 weeks ago
  2 chuck
Yeah, here's a link: http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=nominees
I think all the nominees came out yesterday.
posted 43 weeks ago
it's likely that the vote will be split between the two SD songs, and wall-e would be likely to win
posted 43 weeks ago

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