Results

The 2002 AFTI Media Boy Poll started on January 8, 2003, and ended on January 14, 2003, at 23:59:59 PST. Fans around the world were invited to vote via the Internet for their favorite young male performers based on their work during the year 2002. Eligible nominees must have been a part of a production (either in the movies, TV, music, or stage) that had first run original status in any part of 2002, and 17 years of age or younger in any part of 2002. Voters were able to vote for their 5 favorite performers, with their #1 favorite receiving 5 points, their #2 favorite receiving 4 points, and so on.

Around 400 young performers were nominated to be 2002 AFTI Media Boy, from world-wide superstars to boys who may have only appeared in a TV commercial. Nearly half of the boys received some type of recognition by the voters in the 2002 AFTI Media Boy Poll.

Thanks to all the many devoted fans on the Internet for making the 7th annual AFTI Media Boy Poll successful. This year 248 ballots were included in the voting.

Here's what we've all been waiting for...the results of the 2002 AFTI Media Boy Poll! Congratulations to all the winners, and especially these notable success stories:

Biggest jump from last year: Jeremy Sumpter soared from 90th place to 9th! Rory Culkin was not too far behind, jumping from 90th to 15th place.

Highest debut performance: British actor Nicholas Hoult leapt into the charts at number 18, after international success in "About A Boy." Just behind him was French actor Jules Sitruk, who starred in the French top 10 box office winner "Monsieur Batignolle."

Last year we saw a high concentration of votes in the top 10. This year, things were more spread out, with a much higher percentage of votes going to the middle levels. Perhaps this means there's a powerful new generation of stars about to break out, but for 2002, the biggest votes went to the biggest names.

Here's the vote count. First you'll see last year's rank, then this year's rank, the star, and his point total. "New" means the performer was not on last year's ballot (although he may have been listed in previous years), "0" in last year's column means the performer was on the ballot but received no votes.

A big congratulations to David Gallagher, who is the only young performer to finish in the top 10 every year of the AFTI Media Boy Poll. We've watched him grow up on "7th Heaven" and continue to support David every year with our votes. Way to go, DG!

This year's biggest jump from last year went to Jeremy Sumpter, who rode the success of "Frailty" from 90th place in 2001 all the way to number 9 in 2002. Now in New Zealand filming "Peter Pan," we'll look forward to another big year for Jeremy in 2003.

The "Harry Potter" series turned into the most successful movies starring young performers for 2002, or just about any other year. So it's no surprise that the stars were well loved here - including Rupert Grint.

Our only tie in the top 10 goes to two all-time afti favorites who made their names in previous years.

It's a tribute to their long-lasting star power that Kevin Zegers and Haley Joel Osment capture so many vote points, despite a lower profile with their 2002 qualifying performances. Fans from around the world helped Kevin and Haley continue their strong showing in the afti top 10.

Jesse McCartney started the year with a high profile, singing with Dream Street and having just finished up his long, successful run on "All My Children." Then he was all over TV with a memorable commercial. Music and TV fans combined to put Jesse into the top 5.

We saw busy Aaron Carter profiled on "48 Hours," guest starring on other shows, performing live concerts coast-to-coast, and selling hundreds of thousands of copies of his new CD. Aaron's party continues as he repeats his #4 finish in the 2002 poll.

Last year: number one movie, talk show personality, everyone was talking about Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter. This year: more of the same success as Daniel - and Harry - successfully maneuvered into the teen years. And another year at #3 for the AFTI poll.

After a whirlwind year in 2001 of tours and CD's, Billy Gilman surprised everyone by taking things a bit easier this year. But his talent and star power keeps him close to the top of our poll. Votes from many countries helped give Billy a better finish than 2001.

He's the key part of the most talked about TV series featuring young stars in recent history. And this year, his film career moved to a new level, as he starred in a madcap comedy that made a hefty profit at the box office. Two years ago he debuted at #3 in the poll, last year he dipped to #7, and this year he makes a forceful comeback all the way to the top. Our number one performer? Congratulations, Frankie Muniz!

Complete Results

This Year's Rank	Last Year's Rank	Performer	Number of Points
1	7	Frankie Muniz	161
2	5	Billy Gilman	154
3	3	Daniel Radcliffe	148
4	4	Aaron Carter	126
5	2	Jesse McCartney	119
6	6	Kevin Zegers	108
6	1	Haley Joel Osment	108
8	12	Rupert Grint	101
9	90	Jeremy Sumpter	93
10	9	David Gallagher	90
11	8	Justin Berfield	89
12	10	Chris Trousdale	80
13	23	Scott Terra	75
13	34	Bobby Edner	75
15	90	Rory Culkin	73
16	44	Matt O'Leary	72
17	34	Griffin Frazen	67
18	18	Jake Thomas	60
18	new	Nicholas Hoult	60
20	new	Jules Sitruk	56
This Year's Rank	Last Year's Rank	Performer	Number of Points
21	0	Martin Spanjers	54
21	73	Max Morrow	54
23	0	Gavin Fink	45
24	14	Alex D Linz	42
24	28	Tom Felton	42
24	48	Ryan Cooley	42
27	44	Scotty Leavenworth	40
27	new	Oliver Adams	40
29	41	Paul Franklin Dano	39
30	new	Tyler Hoechlin	35
31	33	Erik Per Sullivan	33
32	new	Pablo Santos	32
33	41	Adam Lamberg	29
33	29	Shia LaBeouf	29
35	79	Cole Sprouse	27
36	new	Declan Galbraith	26
37	new	Ryan Kelley	25
38	0	Mark Rendall	22
38	new	Calvin Goldspink	22
40	163	Mike Weinberg	21
40	64	Dylan Sprouse	21
This Year's Rank	Last Year's Rank	Performer	Number of Points
42	13	Frankie J Galasso	18
42	20	Jamie Bell	18
44	14	Greg Raposo	17
44	0	Emile Hirsch	17
46	52	Andrew James Trauth	16
46	11	Trevor Morgan	16
46	98	Bug Hall	16
46	16	Michael Angarano	16
50	194	Tyler Garcia Posey	15
51	105	Seth Adkins	14
52	32	Andrew Lawrence	12
52	90	Jake Epstein	12
52	27	Lil' Bow Wow	12
55	163	Holden Truelove	11
55	new	Jack DeSena	11
55	64	Joseph Cross	11
55	105	Juan José Ballesta	11
59	new	Soren Fulton	10
60	40	Anton Yelchin	9
60	new	Josh Wise	9
60	64	Jacob Smith	9
This Year's Rank	Last Year's Rank	Performer	Number of Points
63	new	Vincent Rottiers	8
63	new	Penn Badgley	8
65	61	Matt Weinberg	7
65	0	Emmett Shoemaker	7
65	54	Will Rothhaar	7
65	17	Matt Ballinger	7
69	58	Michael Welch	6
69	64	Joey Pearson	6
69	0	James Kirk	6
69	90	Eddie Karr	6
69	new	Aaron Johnson	6
69	64	Mason Gamble	6
69	52	Jared Daperis	6
69	163	Daniel Clark	6
77	new	Augustus Prew	5
77	79	Logan O'Brien	5
77	79	Tahj Mowry	5
77	163	Hayato Ichihara	5
77	48	Tyler Hynes	5
77	new	Noel Fisher	5
77	105	Liam Aiken	5
This Year's Rank	Last Year's Rank	Performer	Number of Points
84	44	Gabriel Thomson	4
84	new	Jeff Sutton	4
84	126	Clayton Snyder	4
84	new	Dylan Smith	4
84	new	Ryan Sheckler	4
84	new	Trunh Nguyen	4
84	126	Cody McMains	4
84	new	John Paul Macleod	4
84	79	Eric Lloyd	4
84	new	Jonathan Lipnicki	4
84	64	Erik Knudsen	4
84	16	Myles Jeffrey	4
84	64	William Greenblatt	4
84	new	Ethan Dampf	4
84	new	Christian Craft	4
84	new	Alex Black	4
84	0	Richard Banel	4
This Year's Rank	Last Year's Rank	Performer	Number of Points
101	new	Andrew Sandler	3
101	new	Ryne Sanborn	3
101	0	Jack Johnson	3
101	73	Zachary Hanson	3
101	new	Calum Gittins	3
101	144	Scotty Cox	3
101	new	Evan Matthew Cohen	3
108	194	Josh Zuckerman	2
108	194	Craig Lamar Traylor	2
108	new	Thomas Sangster	2
108	34	Lil' Romeo	2
108	new	Oliver Phelps	2
108	new	Devon Murray	2
108	new	Matthew Lewis	2
108	new	Devon Lawrence	2
108	new	Shane Kippel	2
108	0	Imanol	2
108	105	Bryce Hodgson	2
108	0	J B Gaynor	2
108	163	Noah Fleiss	2
108	34	Robert Clark	2
108	163	Jake Burbage	2
108	new	Drake Bell	2
This Year's Rank	Last Year's Rank	Performer	Number of Points
124	41	Lee Thompson Young	1
124	105	Calum Worthy	1
124	79	Peter Tambakis	1
124	new	Micah Schow	1
124	new	Keaton Savage	1
124	new	Jimmy Pinchak	1
124	new	James Phelps	1
124	new	Jack Osbourne	1
124	25	Eli Marienthal	1
124	163	Jonathan Malen	1
124	126	Steven Anthony Lawrence	1
124	194	Billy Kay	1
124	new	Sammy Kahn	1
124	163	Liam Hess	1
124	new	Joshua Herdman	1
124	0	Brandon Gilberstadt	1
124	new	Max Felder	1
124	163	Devin Douglas Drewitz	1
124	0	David Dorfman	1
124	98	Thomas Dekker	1
124	new	Oscar Copp	1
124	new	Bruce Cook	1
124	new	Barry Cavanagh	1
124	new	Stevie Brock	1
124	new	Taylor Ball	1
124	new	Stefan Pagels Andersen	1

Thanks again to the poll committee: Duncan, Mediajock, Chris, Likem, Max, and Mark. And a big thanks to everyone who voted.

Poll History

Lonomyth Media Boy Poll

AFTI Media Boy Poll

Results

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