Which 2008 Tony Pundit Picked the Most Winners? Ours!

The 2008 Tony Award results are in, and it's time to see which Broadway pundit did the best job of choosing the winners. Almost everyone chose the winning productions correctly although four pundits predicted that Macbeth would be named Best Revival rather than the eventual winner, Boeing-Boeing and a consensus came together around most of the winning actors, as well though Patrick Stewart, Raul Esparza and Martha Plimpton were picked by several experts. Although there were 26 categories in all, the numbers below reflect the fact that some pundits did not choose winners in every category. To see the pundits' original predictions, click here.

And the winner is...none other than Broadway.com's own editor-in-chief, Paul Wontorek, who chose 24 out of 26 categories correctly, missing only choreography and orchestrations. Here's how each pundit did:

1. Paul Wontorek, Broadway.com: 24 out of 26 correct
2. David Cote/Adam Feldman, TimeOut NY: 23 out of 26 correct
3. tie Melissa Rose Bernardo, Entertainment Weekly & David Sheward, Backstage: 21 out of 26 correct
4. Matt Windman, AM New York: 20 out of 26 correct
5. Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com: 18 out of 26 correct
6. Tom O'Neil, TheEnvelope.com: 17 out of 22 correct
7. Linda Winer, Newsday: 16 out of 25 correct
8. Susan Haskins, Theater Talk: 14 out of 26 correct
9. tie Ben Brantley, The New York Times & Charles Isherwood, The New York Times: 13 out of 16 correct
10. Elysa Gardner, USA Today: 11 out of 25 correct
11. Paul Sheehan, TheEnvelope.com: 9 out of 14 correct