Which 2006 Tony Awards Pundit Had the Clearest Crystal Ball?

Every year Broadway journalists try to predict the Tony Award winners—with varying degrees of success. There were some hotly contested categories this year and a lot of close calls. Which pundit had the clearest crystal ball? Martin Denton of NYTheatre.com and David Sheward of Backstage predicted the most Tony Award winners with 15, only picking two incorrectly though they only did predictions for 17 of the categories, not the full 24.

Show People's Patrick Pacheco had the distinction of being the only one to predict The Pajama Game would win Best Revival over the heavily-favored Sweeney Todd. Likewise Entertainment Weekly's Melissa Rose Bernardo was the only pundit to pick winner Christian Hoff in the Best Featured Actor in a Musical category.

Here is a more complete picture of how each pundit did:

Melissa Rose Bernardo, Entertainment Weekly*: 14 out of 17 correct=82%
David Cote/Adam Feldman, Time Out New York:13 out of 16 correct=81%
Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com*: 15 out of 17 correct=88%
Elysa Gardner, USA Today: 10 out of 15 correct=67%
Charles McNulty, The Los Angeles Times*: 13 out of 17 correct=76%
Tom O'Neil, The Envelope*: 13 out of 17 correct=76%
Patrick Pacheco, Show People *: 12 out of 16 correct=75%
Michael Riedel, The New York Post: 10 out of 15 correct=67%
Campbell Robertson, The New York Times: 9 out of 12 correct=75%
Paul Sheehan, Envelope.com contributor: 12 out of 17 correct=71%
David Sheward, Backstage*: 15 out of 17 correct=88%
Robert Simonson, Playbill.com*: 10 out of 17 correct=59%
Paul Wontorek, Broadway.com: 14 out of 17 correct=82%
*As predicted on Showbiz Awards' Gold Derby