The Black Ball
Best Original Score contenderAlso known as La Bola Negra.
To win Best Original Score
Number 3 of 13 by average priceKalshi12%Polymarket7%Thin market: nobody bidding or nobody selling, a wide gap between buy and sell offers, or little trading, so a small amount of money can move this price.
To be nominated for Best Original Score
Number 3 of 13 by Kalshi pricePrice history
Market-implied chance to win, the average of Kalshi and Polymarket at the end of each day.Prices at the end of each day, New York time. A day without a new price keeps the day before’s. On a day a Kalshi market ends thin (nobody bidding, or more than 10¢ between buy and sell offers), its close is the last traded price.Days before 2 October 2026 come from each platform’s published price history; later days from the prices this site records.Show the numbers
| Day | Average |
|---|---|
| 10 Oct 2026 | 9% |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 9% |
| 26 Sep 2026 | 8% |
| 19 Sep 2026 | 10% |
| 12 Sep 2026 | 8% |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 9% |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 11% |
| 22 Aug 2026 | 6% |
| 15 Aug 2026 | 6% |
| 8 Aug 2026 | 9% |
Also in the running
Podcast buzz
Named in 22 episodes of awards podcasts in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 7
The Next Best Picture Podcast · 5 Oct
Circuit Gays · 5 Oct
Season Kickoff: Fall Festivals & The Early Oscars Draft (opens in a new tab)
The Town · 5 Oct
The Next Best Picture Podcast · 4 Oct
Academy Watch · 3 Oct
Mike, Mike, and Oscar · 2 Oct
Digger Oscars Profile - This Could've Been an Email 10/3/26 (opens in a new tab)
Screen Talk · 2 Oct
The Big Picture · 2 Oct
From what is said on 28 film and awards podcasts (an episode’s title and show notes until it is transcribed), updated daily (last checked 6 Oct). A mention means the film or person is named, whatever the category or context. It is not a prediction or a recommendation.
The 28 podcasts
The Next Best Picture Podcast · Frontrunners and Challengers · The Awards Watch Podcast · Awards Circuit · Prestige Junkie · Little Gold Men · The Big Picture · Screen Talk · The Awardist · Awards Radar: The Podcast · Awards Central Podcast · Oscars Outsider · Awards Chatter · The Envelope · Doc Talk · Kermode & Mayo’s Take · The Film Comment Podcast · Filmspotting · Team Deakins · Art of the Cut · Soundtracking with Edith Bowman · Scriptnotes · Mike, Mike, and Oscar · Lights Camera What’s The Action? · The Rolling Tape · Circuit Gays · Academy Watch · The Town
All 13 contenders for Best Original Score
Market data, not advice.Prices are what traders paid on Kalshi and Polymarket, shown per platform or as their average; they are not predictions or recommendations.
