The official World Monologue Games Rankings
The official World Monologue Games Rankings
Main Professional Category
1. Tracey Collis, France
2. Hugo Capelato, Brazil
3. Alex Ballesteros, Australia
4. Michael Moses Dodi, Italy
5. Sean Keenan, Australia
6. Josie Rios, United States
7. Charlotte Wyman, United Kingdom
8. Ezgi Sheref, Turkey
9. Aditya Putcha, Australia
10. Ruslan Barenboym, Ukraine
11. Michaela Short, United Kingdom
12. Jay Jay Jegathesan, Australia
13. Emily Teede, Australia
14. Cherilyn Doherty, New Zealand
15. Athina Kefalopoulou, Greece
16. Mark Simpson, South Africa
17. Rowan Studti, South Africa
18. João Carlos Maciel, Brazil
19. Saskia Preil, Germany
20. Dave McDevitt, United States
21. Christiane Brew, Japan
22. Nana Ovaioza Ahmed, Nigeria
23. Laurent Pitre, Canada
24. Deborah Dominguez, Spain
25. Boris Kirimidtchiev, Canada
26. Ron Arthurs, Australia
27. Juan Mauricio Williamson Reyes, Colombia
28. King Missy, Uganda
29. Angel Cecil, Australia
30. Shmuel Goldstein, Israel
31. Eliza Kirby, Australia
32. Joan Waweru, Kenya
33. Paul-Oscar Brown, Australia
34. Romina Satvatmanesh, United Arab Emirates
35. Danielle Studti, South Africa
36. Ewout Rohling, Australia
37. Rick Koy, Canada
38. Tai Von Döring, United Kingdom
39. Ola Olsinova, Slovakia
40. Jasmine Ghannam, Syria
41. Justin Rose, Australia
42. Ricarda Maria Peters, Germany
43. Lucy Harrow, United Kingdom
44. Edward Lyon, United Kingdom
45. A.M. Driver, United States
46. Noaman Rahin, Canada
47. Chimwemwe Chipidza, Zimbabwe
48. Jessica Buchanan, Canada
49. Gary Boulter, Australia
50. Kofi Koomson, Ghana
51. Kein Manchery, Australia
52. Sue Pearson, United Kingdom
53. Michelle Brass, Australia
54. Jean-Pierre Yerma, Australia
55. Keagan Girdlestone, New Zealand
56. Samantha Vaughan, United Kingdom
57. Caroline Donica, United States
58. Ivan Doan, Ukraine
59. Anastasia Vorisek, South Africa
60. Kelvin Ngoma, Malawi
61. Claire Price, Australia
62. Anthony Thomas, Australia
63. Jennifer Seele, Germany
64. Miles Boland, Australia
65. Helen McKenzie Ross, Australia
66. Florescu Radu, Romania
67. Madison Seguin, Canada
68. Ian Whitehead, United Kingdom
69. Talin Agon, Australia
70. Marina Zivkovic, Australia
71. Ryan Rossiter-Buckley, Australia
72. Derekk Ross, United Kingdom
73. Mmule Maphutha, South Africa
74. Valentina Havriluyk, Ukraine
75. Al Gibson, Australia
76. Derrick Kinyanjui, Kenya
77. Tatiana Alexeeva, Canada
78. Rylan Nilsson, Canada
79. Mako Fujimoto, Japan
80. Tara Morris, Australia
81. Holly Lucas, United Kingdom
82. Catherine Reid, United Kingdom
=83. Shampa Basu, United States
=83. Tanya Rogers, Canada
85. Mai youa Xiong, Singapore
86. Stephanie D. Sanders, United States
87. Tabitha Rickard, Australia
=88. Rebecca Rose, Australia
=88. Vincent Donato, Australia
90. Bernie Goodman, Israel
91. Suzanne Webcke, Australia
92. Mike Wheeler, Australia
93. Toyin Sebastien Ajimati, Canada
=94. Dijana Jovicic, Serbia
=94. Iulia Brezeanu, Romania
96. Kate Jirelle, Australia
97. Martin Taskov, Bulgaria
98. Emily McKendry, Australia
99. Patty Glavieux, Australia
100. Alex Rajan-Iyer, United Kingdom
Main Amateur Category
1. Robyn Hunter, United Kingdom
2. Panos Kalomanas, Greece
3. Henriques Katema, Kenya
4. Vincent Randjia, France
5. Christian Harris, New Zealand
6. Lisa Parkes, Australia
7. Christopher Edge, United Kingdom
8. Jordan Anthony Daniels, Canada
9. Rucha Tathavadkar, Australia
10. Ny Avo Andrianarison, Canada
11. Nanette Hern-Clarke, United Kingdom
12. Kathleen Dawe, Australia
13. Jhonu Alicia, United States
14. Camila Santos, Canada
15. Sarvenaz Fakharian, Canada
16. Ruchika Jain, United Kingdom
17. Rosalie Reeves, Australia
18. Leon Niesten, Australia
19. Fathimah Kara, Ireland
20. Anneth Batule, South Africa
21. Neilson Brown, Australia
22. Sylvia Jutras, Canada
23. Shelley Hedley, Australia
24. Dan Balcaban, Canada
25. Daniel Webb-Smith, United Kingdom
26. Olivia Blair, United Kingdom
27. Xenia Podlesnova, Moldova
28. Marcus Van Le, Australia
29. Carmen Bidalot, France
30. Ali Wilson, United Kingdom
31. Katherine De Vere, Australia
32. Jenna Anderson, Canada
33. David Edward Bartley, United States
Sprint Category
1. Josie Rios, United States
2. Gary Boulter, Australia
3. Emily Teede, Australia
4. Eveline Benedict, Australia
5. Ziga Poromon, Canada
6. Rose Traynor-Boyland, Australia
7. Fatuma Balinda, Uganda
8. Jay Jay Jegathesan, Australia
9. Marit Brink, Netherlands
10. Eoin Kennedy, Malta
11. Sue Pearson, United Kingdom
12. Brako Siemens, Ghana
13. Laurent Pitre, Canada
14. Sara Anifowose, Italy
15. Mike Wheeler, Australia
16. Marina Zivkovic, Australia
17. Dave McDevitt, United States
18. Alex Ballesteros, Australia
19. Kapilthev Kanapathipillai, Sri Lanka
20. Enrico Bresciani, Italy
21. Helen McKenzie Ross, Australia
22. Enya Flett, Australia
23. Vibhor Tanwar, India
24. Lucinda Bopf, Australia
25. Mickey Seal, Australia
26. Tracey Collis, France
27. Mick Young, Australia
28. Shandra Apondi, Kenya
29. Felicity Burke, Australia
30. Michele Florea, United States
31. Remi Webster, Australia
32. Lou Chapman, Australia
33. Rolando Jr Antonio, Philippines
34. Mark Ghosn, Philippines
35. Hermann Corcher, Ivory Coast
36. Christopher Beck, United Kingdom
37. Heidi C. Nielsen, Denmark
38. Scott Murray, Canada
39. Tyler Jenkins, Australia
40. Ruth Berkoff, United Kingdom
41. Otto Szabo, Canada
42. Sylvia Wanja, Kenya
43. Brenden Lovett, Australia
44. Kana Billy, Kenya
45. Chetan Garg, India
46. Chimwemwe Chipidza, Zimbabwe
47. Stephen Walker, Australia
48. Jhonu Alicia, United States
49. Terry Munyeria, Kenya
50. Isabelle Bidal, Canada
51. Henriette Laursen, United Kingdom
52. Siddharth Nagpurkar, Australia
53. Hugo Capelato, Brazil
54. Aimee Butler, Australia
55. Abhishek Bhovar, Australia
56. David John Clark, Australia
57. Imke du Toit, South Africa
58. Kim R2, South Africa
59. Ashleigh Lawrence, Australia
60. Eleanor May Blackburn, United Kingdom
=61. Alexandra Burton, Australia
=61. Elizabeth Webb, Australia
=61. Maddy Stolk, Australia
64. Jorge Manila, Philippines
65. Shirley Tan Boon Geok, Malaysia
Youth Category
1. Vivienne van der Schyff, South Africa
2. Grace Parsons, United Kingdom
4. Matilda Emmerich, Australia
5. Olivia Moffatt, Australia
6. Tenby Davies, Australia
7. Emily Barber, United Kingdom
8. Daphne A, India
9. Lottie Lootens, United Kingdom
10. Archie Carlton Van Buizen, Australia
11. Pragnya A, India
12. Muhammad Arhum, Pakistan
13. Leané Nortje, South Africa
14. Isabella Steynberg, South Africa
15. Meera Lee Hui En, Malaysia
16. Sara Jakal, Canada
17. Larien Haider, Pakistan
18. Sitara S, India
19. Colbie Engelbrecht, South Africa
20. Grace Doughty, United States
21. Louie Stow, United Kingdom
22. Refilwe Tsalaile, Botswana
23. Mostafa Ameer, Egypt
24. Anqi Geng, United States
25. Chendhan K, India
26. Dimpi R, India
27. Leielle Bocman, Australia
28. Allegra Clarke, Australia
29. Chloe Lee, Canada
30. Elizabeth Malcolm, Australia
31. Alexa Hicks-Myers, Australia
32. Amara S, India
33. Maja Kukla, Poland
34. Zali Engel-Bowe, Australia
35. Jan-Rudolf Britz, South Africa
36. Sandra Moustafa, Egypt
37. Olivia Anne Welthagen, South Africa
38. Zane Slater, Australia
39. Keren Ako, United Kingdom
40. Mahmoud Nasr, Egypt
41. Yahyaa Khan, Pakistan
42. Kaydence Merchant, Australia
43. Aadhya Karthik, United States
44. Pinky M, India
45. Lilla Pritchard, United Kingdom
46. Theo Hunt, Australia
47. Maeve Cox, Australia
48. Abby N, India
49. Paul-Oscar Brown, Australia
50. Cristiana McCoy, United States
51. Lark Jeffers, United States
52. Eva Petersson, United Arab Emirates
53. Max Forde, United Kingdom
54. Tegan Donohoe, Ireland
55. Lily Welling, Australia
56. Ilirian Bushi, United Kingdom
57. Anastasia Hamman, South Africa
58. Moumita Roy, Bangladesh
59. Olivia Mae Fuller, Australia
60. Violet Saxton, United States
61. Coji Senanayake, Sri Lanka
62. Tula Ghoshal, New Zealand
63. Dané Herselman, South Africa
64. Lana Hughes, Australia
65. Déan Conradie, South Africa
66. Yolanda Del Pino, United States
67. Charis Bateman, Australia
68. Abigail Lawler, Australia
69. Alexis Dolman, Australia
70. Danae Anja Conradie, South Africa
71. Jessica Knight, Australia
72. Amie Howlett, Australia
73. Daniel Hammond, United Kingdom
74. Nicola Kotze, South Africa
75. Alissa Gokhstein, Canada
76. Emma Dennehy, Ireland
77. Toria Babz, Uganda
78. Makenzi Goodwin, Australia
79. HG Whaley , United Kingdom
80. Giulia Modonese, Australia
81. Raiya Williams , Canada
82. Anna Mahabeen-Grady, United Kingdom
83. Sanya Kaushal, Canada
84. Phoebe S, India
85. Sienna Back, Australia
86. Alexandria Crystal, United Kingdom
87. River Mardesic, Australia
88. Mithya H, India
89. Anna Griffiths, United Kingdom
90. Andrew Alkhouri, Australia
91. Jade Richards, Australia
92. Charlee Best, Australia
93. Alex Jonassen, Australia
94. Lea Phillips, Australia
95. Corey Harvey, Australia
96. Zainab Kamran, Pakistan
97. Joe A, India
98. Asha Ellis, Australia
99. Summer Mahony, Australia
100. Ruby-Summer Peat, Australia
Tigers Category
1. Carli de Jager, South Africa
2. Mona A, India
3. Zevcits Dela Cruz, Philippines
5. TaiemAllah Mohamed Kadri, Egypt
6. Daisy D, India
7. Isla Guerin, United Kingdom
8. Baeyen Hoffman, Canada
9. Isabella Astbury, Canada
10. Sarah Edis, Australia
11. Reuben de Jager, South Africa
12. Rafeef ElDeeb, Egypt
13. Cara Parker, Canada
14. Paige Brearley, United Kingdom
15. Liam Steynberg, South Africa
16. Syed Haarib Hussain, Pakistan
17. Annabelle Lin, Taiwan
18. Mehr-un-Nissa Gauhar, Pakistan
19. Ayra Bilal, Pakistan
20. Aranya Jayawardena, Sri Lanka
21. Aanish Amin, Pakistan
22. Abeeha Wahab, Pakistan
23. Barnaby You, Australia
24. Louie Stow, United Kingdom
25. Phoebe S, India
26. Scarlett Monks, Australia
27. Maya T, India
28. Areesha Noor, Pakistan
29. Evelyn Koval-Meth, United Kingdom
30. Mithya H, India
31. Linke Botha, South Africa
32. Sameha Labbadi, Egypt
33. Edru Eksteen, South Africa
34. Veena M, India
35. Owen Welthagen, South Africa
36. Yassin Karim, Egypt
37. Esti Coetsee, South Africa
38. Kelly M, India
39. Hannah Michelle Wales, South Africa
40. Aleemah Ali, Pakistan
41. Mazen Elsayed, Egypt
42. Nicola Kotze, South Africa
43. Dakota Boyd, Australia
44. Liya A, India
45. Sana T, India
46. Dima Hazem, Egypt
47. Annaya Fatima, Pakistan
48. Ishaan N, India
49. Mithra M, India
50. Adam Elhalwagy, Egypt
=51. Aviya Jakal, Canada
=51. Mahdy Nasr, Egypt
53. Aurora Iler, Australia
54. Saanvi T, India
55. Evie Tonkin, Australia
56. Raameen Khakwani, Pakistan
57. Clista A, India
58. Rana Elkholy, Egypt
59. Hannah Wecker, Australia
60. Samaira S, India
61. Haroun Labbadi, Egypt
62. Colbie Engelbrecht, South Africa
63. Ragas R, India
64. Waleed Zahid, Pakistan
65. Lorcán Doyle, United Kingdom
66. Amara S, India
67. Farwa Ali Khakhi, Pakistan
68. Judith S, India
69. Aima Asad, Pakistan
70. Amari van Niekerk, South Africa
71. Danae Conradie, South Africa
72. Charis Bateman, Australia
73. Edward Harding, South Africa
74. Lulu Thompson, Australia
75. Anastasia Hamman, South Africa
76. Dirko Botha, South Africa
77. Mya Stewart, Canada
78. Leanna Pieris, Sri Lanka
79. Allegra Clarke, Australia
80. Hailey Keys, South Africa
81. Haeyoon Shin, Taiwan
82. Luca Karunatilaka, Sri Lanka
83. Arfa Adil, Pakistan
84. Hurmat Zain, Pakistan
85. Daphne A, India
86. Sasha Mandler, Australia
87. Anli van Velden, South Africa
88. Muhammad Rayan Ali, Pakistan
89. Miané Roux, South Africa
90. Shanaya Birmhan, Canada
91. Josephine Gold, Australia
92. Anabia Waqar, Pakistan
93. Mathilde Jordaan, South Africa
94. Pinky M, India
95. Shannon S, India
96. Earl Smith, India
97. Krrish K, India
98. Annabelle van Wyk, South Africa
99. Kira K, India
100. Oscar Tuchtan, Australia
Endurance Category
1. Louise Chapman, Australia
3. Dayana Tellerias, Venezuela
4. Toni Brooks, United Kingdom
5. Jay Jay Jegathesan, Australia
6. Fatuma Balinda, Uganda
7. Janelle Bailey, Australia
8. Ron Arthurs, Australia
9. Sruti Nori, India
10. Nicholas Salyer, United States
11. Niteesh Pandey, India
12. Alex Ballesteros, Australia
13. Charles Telus, Ghana
14. Anzhelika Arutiunian, Russia
15. Kyra Wellington, Canada
16. Bianca Matthews, United States
17. Teddy Walker, United Kingdom
18. Laurent Pitre, Canada
19. Constance Bowen, United States
20. Caroline Donica, United States
21. Ewout Rohling, Australia
22. Rebecca Langley Jensen, Denmark
23. Clare Martin-Reed, United Kingdom
24. Tatiana Alexeeva, Canada
25. Shampa Basu, United States
26. Rosalie Reeves, Australia
27. Rose Traynor-Boyland, Australia
28. DeAnna Noel, United States
29. Ashish Surve, United Kingdom
30. Marina Zivkovic, Australia
31. Cami Calasich, Bolivia
32. Raja V, India
33. Kevin Ford, United Kingdom
34. Michelle Brass, Australia
35. Daiva Malina, Lithuania
36. Hugo Capelato, Brazil
37. Eveline Benedict, Australia
38. Sara Anifowose, Italy
39. Gathigia Shannon, Kenya
40. Hop Dao, Vietnam
41. Sinda Nichols, United States
42. Cleo Whittingham, Taiwan
43. Stephen Walker, Australia
44. Hana Greer, United Kingdom
45. Jessica Buchanan, Canada
46. Cristina Wells, Australia
47. Suzanne Webcke, Australia
48. Dave McDevitt, United States
49. Taro Samuelson, Namibia
50. Remi Webster, Australia
51. Kapilthev Kanapathipillai, Sri Lanka
52. Joshua Knight, Australia
For the data nerds – how the Rankings work
Overview
Any competitor who makes it to the Regional Finals or the Global Finals receives Ranking Points. These are based first on the proportion of judges' points received, then the proportion of viewer points received.
Points earned from previous years are carried over, but become lower in value. This rewards performers who regularly do well at the Games, while preventing competitors who have ranked well on only one occasion from remaining in the Rankings forever.
These Rankings only show the Top 100 in any category. Those outside of the Top 100 can see their Ranking on the WMG Member Portal.
If you have a low ranking on the board, you're still one of the top-ranked actors in the world! If you think you are a better actor than someone on the Rankings then you'd better sign up and show them how it's done!
GENERAL Q&A
Q. Why have Rankings?
To recognise performers who've done well at World Monologue Games, especially over time.
WMG Rankings reward a combination of performance (how well you did in the judges' and viewers' votes), currency (how recently you've made your achievement) and consistency (how well you've ranked over the last few years).
Q. How do you calculate the Rankings?
A. It's complicated! These Rankings take into consideration whether or not you reached the Regionals or Globals, the % of judges points you obtained, the % of viewer votes you obtained, the number of performers in your show VS the number of performers in other shows in your category (for the Regionals), and how well you've ranked over the previous two years. Essentially:
- we use the judges' and viewers' votes to rank all of the competitors in order for each year, from first to last;
- we then allocate a certain number of points to each performer based on their position. E.g. 1st place gets more points than 2nd place;
- two thirds of the points competitors earned from the previous year are included in their total score, along with one quarter of the points they earned from the year before;
- if a competitor is participating for the first time, they're being ranked against hundreds of performers who are already on the leaderboard.
Q. Is the Main Amateur category ranked differently to other categories?
A. Yes! The Main Amateur category only includes the current year's performers.
If you make the Main Amateur Globals, you can only enter the Main Professional category in future. Therefore, whoever makes it to the Global Finals in the Main Amateur category in Year 1 will always be in the Main Professional category in Year 2. It doesn't make sense to keep previous years' performers in the Rankings for Main Amateur.
Q. What happens when a performer progresses to a new category?
A. If a performer moves from Tigers > Youth, Youth > Adult or Main Amateur > Main Professional, they do NOT carry any of their points with them. These are new, tougher categories and performers have to battle their way up again.
A performer's Ranking in their previous category will not be automatically removed. If a Youth performer becomes an adult, their Youth Ranking will reduce over the next 3 years just like someone who stops participating in the event. While this might seem a bit strange, there's two good reasons we do this: 1) it's not fair that a performer who turns 18 gets penalised while a performer who's only 15 gets to stay in the Rankings even though neither of them participated, and 2) we don't know performers' exact ages, so we don't always know when a performer is no longer eligible to be in their current category. We don't want to take some performers out of the Rankings because they turn 18 when others stay in the Rankings at 18 because we don't know their age or birthday.
Q. What did you consider when developing the Rankings?
A. We looked at a wide range of variables and scenarios. Certain considerations seemed like great ideas, but turned out to be genuinely terrible ideas when we crunched the numbers on them! We looked at over 100 specific cases when we first developed the Rankings system and modelled a number of potential future scenarios (e.g. "what would happen if John Smith came 5th next year then 40th the year after?"). We continued to refine the calculations until we landed on something which was fair and reasonable for the most scenarios. Our core team happen to be made up of two data analysts!
Q. This page shows the overall Rankings. Do you release the Rankings specific to each year?
A. No. Only the overall Rankings. However, you can see what the overall Rankings were for each of our previous seasons on the History page.
PERFORMER Q&A
Q. I'm one of the performers. Will you tell me what position I came in the Globals/Regionals?
A. No. Sorry. We have chosen not to disclose this information. From having run competitive creative events for more than a decade, our Founder has learned that full disclosure of judging data often leads to bitchiness and less community spirit. We already provide a lot of information, with Rankings and winner announcements, but keep it at that.
Q. What if I ask nicely?
A. I appreciate your manners, but the answer will always be no.
Q. How come I was ranked well last year and I'm not ranked so well this year even though I made the Regionals/Globals?
A. Although you made the Regionals/Globals, there were scores of very talented performers in the event and they've done better with the judges/viewers than you have this year.
Q. X performer and I both made the Regionals/Globals and X's rank went up while mine went down. What's going on?
A. There are scenarios where two performers who had similar ranks last year and reached the same stage of the event this year had their rankings change in different directions. For example, both were ranked well last year, both made the Regionals this year, one went up and one went down. This is quite simply because X performer did better with the judges/viewers this year. Two performers in the Regionals could still have Ranked 40 spaces apart this year, e.g. one came 22nd and the other came 62nd.
Q. I didn't rank as well as I thought I would. How can I improve my ranking?
A. The two things you can do to rank higher are A) reach the Regionals or Globals, and B) do so over several consecutive years. The Rankings look at your last three years at the Games, with most of your points coming from the most recent season.
Q. I'm not even ranked. What's going on?
A. We include up to 100 people in each category, and we have two years of performers to consider. Not everyone is in the top 100 for their category. If you participated and made the Regionals in the last three years, you can see your current Ranking on your Member Portal.
Remember:
- WMG Rankings reflect how well you've done at WMG according to our judges and viewers. It still comes down to a fair degree of subjectivity at the end of the day
- A LOT of people submit to WMG. Anywhere in the Top 100 is an achievement! These Rankings only include people who have made the Regionals and Globals
- We have another recognition program: the WMG Achievement Badges.
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