The official World Monologue Games Rankings
The official World Monologue Games Rankings
These are the Rankings for 2023 — to see our current Rankings, visit this page
Main Professional Category
1. Hugo Capelato, Brazil
2. Michael Moses Dodi, Italy
3. Michaela Short, United Kingdom
4. Jay Jay Jegathesan, Australia
5. João Carlos Maciel, Brazil
6. Tracey Collis, France
7. Deborah Dominguez, Spain
8. Nana Ovaioza Ahmed, Nigeria
9. Athina Kefalopoulou, Greece
10. Laurent Pitre, Canada
11. Edward Lyon, United Kingdom
12. Chimwemwe Chipidza, Zimbabwe
13. Madison Seguin, Canada
14. Alex Ballesteros, Australia
15. Kofi Koomson, Ghana
16. Mark Simpson, South Africa
17. Angel Cecil, Australia
18. Joan Waweru, Kenya
19. Keagan Girdlestone, New Zealand
20. Jessica Buchanan, Canada
21. Romina Satvatmanesh, United Arab Emirates
22. Ivan Doan, Ukraine
23. Aditya Putcha, Australia
24. Claire Price, Australia
25. Ewout Rohling, Australia
26. Emily Teede, Australia
27. Tai Von Döring, United Kingdom
28. Lucy Harrow, United Kingdom
29. Talin Agon, Australia
30. A.M. Driver, United States
31. Michelle Brass, Australia
32. Emily McKendry, Australia
33. Catherine Reid, United Kingdom
34. Al Gibson, Australia
35. Rafael Ferenc, Poland
36. Sean Keenan, Australia
37. Rylan Nilsson, Canada
38. Sue Pearson, United Kingdom
39. Samantha Vaughan, United Kingdom
40. Anastasia Vorisek, South Africa
41. tabitha Rickard, Australia
42. Anthony Thomas, Australia
42. Justin Rose, Australia
44. Miles Boland, Australia
45. Bernie Goodman, Israel
46. Toyin Sebastien Ajimati, Canada
47. Anumodu Paul, Australia
48. Kate Jirelle, Australia
49. Shmuel Goldstein, Israel
50. Kiše Wallace, Northern Mariana Islands
51. Marina Zivkovic, Australia
52. Victoria Hopkins, Australia
53. Alex Rajan-Iyer, United Kingdom
54. Derekk Ross, United Kingdom
55. Tara Morris, Australia
56. Derrick Kinyanjui, Kenya
57. Julian Nelson, Canada
58. ALYX SHEPHERD, United States
59. Stephen Walker, Australia
60. Mako Fujimoto, Japan
61. Steve Ng'ang'a, Kenya
62. Mike Wheeler, Australia
63. Todd Witham, Canada
64. Shampa Basu, United States
64. Tanya Rogers, Canada
66. Aaron Scully, Australia
67. Christopher Beck, United Kingdom
68. Gary Boulter, Australia
69. Anais Andresen , Germany
70. Sarah Leatherbarrow, United Kingdom
71. Suzanne Webcke, Australia
72. Dijana Jovicic, Serbia
72. Iulia Brezeanu, Romania
74. Ryan Rossiter-Buckley, Australia
75. Helena Maier, Brazil
76. Ron Arthurs, Australia
77. Patty Glavieux, Australia
78. Jennifer Seele, Germany
79. Adriana Papana, Italy
80. Ian Laing, United Kingdom
81. Candyce Weir, Canada
82. John Brownlie, United Kingdom
83. Tatiana Alex, Turkey
84. Joanna Decc, Canada
85. Nathan Kennedy, Australia
86. Mmule Maphutha, South Africa
87. Amber Spooner, Australia
88. Jayne Giordanella, Malta
89. Shavone Monique, United States
90. Danetto Z, Austria
91. Taylor Musa, Australia
92. James Elmes, United Kingdom
93. Jamie Harris, Australia
94. Martin McMorrow, United Kingdom
95. Boris Kirimidtchiev, Canada
96. Luke Styles, Australia
97. Mick Young, Australia
98. Erin Adele Clark, United Kingdom
99. Nadia Larina, Greece
100. Jasmine Ghannam, Syria
Main Amateur Category
1. Kya Stewart, Australia
3. Vibhor Tanwar, India
4. Iulia Precup, Romania
5. Guilherme Hasselmann, Brazil
6. Nathan Mcdonald, Canada
7. Bryan Tenedero, Philippines
8. Dave McDevitt, United States
9. Kathryn Holopainen, Australia
10. Ahmed Ossama Bahgat, Egypt
11. Rebecca Rose, Australia
12. Damon Bishop, Australia
13. Donna Delaney, Australia
14. Constantine Taylor, United States
15. Annaelle Nduwayezu, Belgium
16. Sebastian Borges, United States
17. Mukundi Mwangi, Kenya
18. William Hanks, Australia
19. Rick Koy, Canada
20. Stephen Gilroy, United Kingdom
21. Steven McGarry, United Kingdom
22. Katherine De Vere, Australia
23. Alexandra Simopoulos, Germany
24. Robert Donnarumma, Australia
25. Marcus Van Le, Australia
26. Kai Cote, Canada
27. Charlotté Marina, Germany
28. Roxanne Tome, United States
29. Subham Saha, Australia
30. Cami Calasich, Bolivia
31. Emily Waugh, United Kingdom
32. Eastin Kandt, United States
33. Ann Brew Couto, United Kingdom
33. Daniel Muturi, Kenya
35. Liz DLos, United States
35. Nathan Kusisto, United States
37. Ewan Houston, United Kingdom
38. Taine Ryan, Australia
39. Mickey Seal, Australia
40. Eleanor Conniff, United States
Sprint Category
1. Gary Boulter, Australia
2. Eveline Benedict, Australia
3. Emily Teede, Australia
4. Brako Siemens, Ghana
5. Ziga Poromon, Canada
6. Laurent Pitre, Canada
7. Sara Anifowose, Italy
8. Josie Rios, United States
9. Mike Wheeler, Australia
10. Rose Traynor-Boyland, Australia
11. Enrico Bresciani, Italy
12. Dave McDevitt, United States
13. Marina Zivkovic, Australia
14. Alex Ballesteros, Australia
15. Tracey Collis, France
16. Kapilthev Kanapathipillai, Sri Lanka
17. Shandra Apondi, Kenya
18. Helen McKenzie Ross, Australia
19. Felicity Burke, Australia
20. Remi Webster, Australia
21. Jay Jay Jegathesan, Australia
22. Ruth Berkoff, United Kingdom
23. Enya Flett, Australia
24. Vibhor Tanwar, India
25. Fatuma Balinda, Uganda
26. Eoin Kennedy, Malta
27. Mark Ghosn, Philippines
28. Lucinda Bopf, Australia
29. Hermann Corcher, Ivory Coast
30. Mickey Seal, Australia
31. Mick Young, Australia
32. Rolando Jr Antonio, Philippines
33. Christopher Beck, United Kingdom
34. Otto Szabo, Canada
35. Michele Florea, United States
36. Heidi C. Nielsen, Denmark
37. Lou Chapman, Australia
38. Scott Murray, Canada
39. Tyler Jenkins, Australia
40. Todd Witham, Canada
41. Sylvia Wanja, Kenya
42. Aimee Butler, Australia
43. Sue Pearson, United Kingdom
44. Brenden Lovett, Australia
45. Kana Billy, Kenya
46. Mars Lipowski, United Kingdom
47. Chetan Garg, India
48. Eleanor May Blackburn, United Kingdom
49. Chimwemwe Chipidza, Zimbabwe
50. James Reiser, Australia
51. Stephen Walker, Australia
52. Helene Aderhold, Austria
53. Jhonu Alicia, United States
54. Joanna Decc, Canada
55. Terry Munyeria, Kenya
56. Roman Aegir, Iceland
57. Meaghan Duncan, Canada
58. Isabelle Bidal, Canada
59. Olga Safronova, Ukraine
60. Henriette Laursen, United Kingdom
61. Marit Brink, Netherlands
62. Alexa Evans, Australia
63. Bernie Goodman, Israel
64. Siddharth Nagpurkar, Australia
65. Rosalind Adler , United Kingdom
66. Hugo Capelato, Brazil
67. Jelani Nanayakkara , Canada
68. Agustina Minetti, Argentina
69. Abhishek Bhovar, Australia
70. Taylor Musa, Australia
71. David John Clark, Australia
72. Eugenio Krilov, Italy
73. Imke du Toit, South Africa
74. Agathe Camp, Australia
75. Kim R2, South Africa
76. Ashleigh Lawrence, Australia
77. Alexandra Burton, Australia
77. Elizabeth Webb, Australia
77. Maddy Stolk, Australia
80. Jorge Manila, Philippines
81. Shirley Tan Boon Geok, Malaysia
Youth Category
1. Vivienne van der Schyff, South Africa
2. Leané Nortje, South Africa
4. Aroush ali, Pakistan
5. Grace Parsons, United Kingdom
6. Matilda Emmerich, Australia
7. Maeve Cox, Australia
8. Colbie Engelbrecht, South Africa
9. Grace Doughty, United States
10. Jan-Rudolf Britz, South Africa
11. Refilwe Tsalaile, Botswana
12. Yahyaa Khan, Pakistan
13. Leielle Bocman, Australia
14. Sitara S, India
15. Paul-Oscar Brown, Australia
16. Olivia Mae Fuller, Australia
17. Chloe Lee, Canada
18. Sara Jakal, Canada
19. Eva Petersson, United Arab Emirates
20. Ilirian Bushi, United Kingdom
21. Chendhan K, India
22. Lily Welling, Australia
23. Olivia Anne Welthagen, South Africa
24. Olivia Moffatt, Australia
25. Dané Herselman, South Africa
26. Keren Ako, United Kingdom
27. Daphne A, India
28. Makenzi Goodwin, Australia
29. Amara S, India
30. Abigail Lawler, Australia
31. Isabella Steynberg, South Africa
32. Jessica Knight, Australia
33. Cristiana McCoy, United States
34. Amie Howlett, Australia
35. Pragnya A, India
36. Coji Senanayake, Sri Lanka
37. Alissa Gokhstein, Canada
38. Max Forde, United Kingdom
39. Emma Dennehy, Ireland
40. Anastasia Hamman, South Africa
41. Déan Conradie, South Africa
42. Violet Saxton, United States
43. Giulia Modonese, Australia
44. Sienna Back, Australia
45. Elizabeth Malcolm, Australia
46. Raiya Williams, Canada
47. Lana Hughes, Australia
48. Maheen Mehmood, Pakistan
49. Sanya Kaushal, Canada
50. Aadhya Karthik, Australia
51. Slindile Mzobe, South Africa
52. Alexis Dolman, Australia
53. River Mardesic, Australia
54. Hayley Walters, United Kingdom
55. Anna Griffiths, United Kingdom
56. Pinky M, India
57. Jade Breen, Australia
58. Jade Richards, Australia
59. Hania Haq, United Kingdom
60. Alex Jonassen, Australia
61. Corey Harvey, Australia
62. Zia Hartzer , South Africa
63. Zainab Kamran, Pakistan
64. Blyde Schoeman, South Africa
65. Ben Sandeman, United Kingdom
66. Caelin Estrabillo, Canada
67. Jemma Miller, South Africa
68. Joe A, India
69. Abby N, India
70. HG Whaley , United Kingdom
71. Vanessa Hofstadler, Austria
72. Asha Ellis, Australia
73. Luke Yang, United Kingdom
73. Victoria Mokumo, United Kingdom
75. Summer Mahony , Australia
76. Ruby-Summer Peat, Australia
77. Remi Webster, Australia
78. Archie Carlton Van Buizen, Australia
79. Samuel Kennedy, Australia
80. Bronson Brown, Australia
81. Jared Browning, South Africa
82. Katherine Hamman, South Africa
83. Jessica Marshall, Australia
84. Lee-Challe Kriel, Australia
85. Callum Treanor, Australia
86. Mya Lynch, Ireland
87. Jessica Janse van Rensburg, South Africa
88. Eloise Flynn, Australia
89. Maja Snyman, South Africa
90. Sara Mann, Australia
91. Déan Tobiah Vonradie, South Africa
92. Judith Paya, Zimbabwe
93. Mikayla De Gouveia, South Africa
94. Ruby Wilson, United Kingdom
95. Sophie Ashton, United Kingdom
96. Monja van Heerden, South Africa
97. Mohau Modiko, South Africa
98. Anastasia Byth, Australia
99. Asanti Pienaar, South Africa
100. Hattie Williams, United Kingdom
Tigers Category
1. Baeyen Hoffman, Canada
2. Isabella Astbury, Canada
4. Louie Stow, United Kingdom
5. Annabelle Lin, Taiwan
6. Aranya Jayawardena, Sri Lanka
7. Abeeha Wahab, Pakistan
8. Owen Welthagen, South Africa
9. Daisy D, India
10. Reuben de Jager, South Africa
11. Phoebe S, India
12. Mithya H, India
13. Raameen Khakwani, Pakistan
14. Areesha Noor, Pakistan
15. Aurora Iler, Australia
16. Linke Botha, South Africa
17. Aleemah Ali, Pakistan
18. Edru Eksteen, South Africa
19. Mithra M, India
20. Aima Asad, Pakistan
21. Mona A, India
22. Zevcits Dela Cruz, Philippines
23. Esti Coetsee, South Africa
24. Scarlett Monks, Australia
25. Colbie Engelbrecht, South Africa
26. Nicola Kotze, South Africa
27. Waleed Zahid, Pakistan
28. Amara S, India
29. Danae Conradie, South Africa
30. Allegra Clarke, Australia
31. Annaya Fatima, Pakistan
32. Muhammad Rayan Ali, Pakistan
33. Edward Harding, South Africa
34. Saanvi T, India
35. Clista A, India
36. Anastasia Hamman, South Africa
37. Mya Stewart, Canada
38. Lulu Thompson, Australia
39. Mehr-un-Nissa Gauhar, Pakistan
40. Veena M, India
41. Farwa Ali Khakhi, Pakistan
42. Charis Bateman, Australia
43. Hailey Keys, South Africa
44. Anli van Velden, South Africa
45. Kelly M, India
46. Lorcán Doyle, United Kingdom
47. Arfa Adil, Pakistan
48. Shanaya Birmhan, Canada
49. Presley Allard, Canada
50. Hurmat Zain, Pakistan
51. Amari van Niekerk, South Africa
52. Leané Nortje, South Africa
53. Daphne A, India
54. Eva Petersson , United Arab Emirates
55. Sasha Mandler, Australia
56. Liya A, India
57. Oscar Tuchtan, Australia
58. Ishaan N, India
59. Githmi Jayaratne , Sri Lanka
60. Dirko Botha, South Africa
61. Miané Roux, South Africa
62. Leanna Pieris, Sri Lanka
63. Millicent Allen, Australia
64. Haeyoon Shin, Taiwan
65. Viva Lee, Canada
66. Luca Karunatilaka, Sri Lanka
67. Nishelle Fernando, Sri Lanka
68. Josephine Gold, Australia
69. Sana T, India
70. Campbell Wilkins, New Zealand
71. Anabia Waqar, Pakistan
72. Isabelle Gitari, Kenya
73. Mathilde Jordaan, South Africa
74. Hannah Wecker, Australia
75. Pinky M, India
76. Aydin Ali, United Kingdom
77. Shannon S, India
78. Shiru Filliper, Kenya
79. Madeeha Najimudeen, Sri Lanka
80. Earl Smith, India
81. Ameera Dahlan, Sri Lanka
82. Krrish K, India
83. Annabelle van Wyk, South Africa
84. Eshal Khan, Australia
85. Kira K, India
86. Emilia Pontes, Australia
87. Zahra Zeeshan, Pakistan
88. Myra Adil, Pakistan
89. Aisha Rehbein, Australia
90. Diego De Gouveia, South Africa
91. Jude Dendamera, Zimbabwe
92. Liyana Manawadu, Sri Lanka
93. Chenaya Pandigamge, Sri Lanka
94. Lara MacDonald-Weber, Australia
95. Haniya Sohaib, Pakistan
96. Joseph Waldow, Australia
97. Maya Rose Perry, Canada
98. Anna Surodina, Cyprus
= 99. Abdul Wahab Fahad, Pakistan
= 99. Liana De Alwis, Sri Lanka
Endurance Category
1. Louise Chapman, Australia
3. Fatuma Balinda, Uganda
4. Charles Telus, Ghana
5. Kyra Wellington, Canada
6. Laurent Pitre, Canada
7. Teddy Walker, United Kingdom
8. Dayana Tellerias, Venezuela
9. Alanna Avila, Canada
10. Ewout Rohling, Australia
11. Clare Martin-Reed, United Kingdom
12. Shampa Basu, United States
13. Hugo Capelato, Brazil
14. DeAnna Noel, United States
15. Eveline Benedict, Australia
16. Gathigia Shannon, Kenya
17. Sara Anifowose, Italy
18. Toni Brooks, United Kingdom
19. Raja V, India
20. Marina Zivkovic, Australia
21. Hop Dao, Vietnam
22. Cami Calasich, Bolivia
23. Sinda Nichols, United States
24. Kevin Ford, United Kingdom
25. Cleo Whittingham, Taiwan
26. Michelle Brass, Australia
27. Stephen Walker, Australia
28. Daiva Malina, Lithuania
29. Nicholas Salyer, United States
30. Hana Greer, United Kingdom
31. Ron Arthurs, Australia
32. Jessica Buchanan, Canada
33. Cristina Wells, Australia
34. Kapilthev Kanapathipillai, Sri Lanka
35. Suzanne Webcke, Australia
36. Dave McDevitt, United States
37. Taro Samuelson, Namibia
38. Jayne Giordanella, Malta
39. Remi Webster, Australia
40. Shandra Apondi, Kenya
41. Leni Daly, United Kingdom
42. Joshua Knight, Australia
43. Lenah Simbauni, Kenya
44. Aikaterini Zegeye Gebrehiwot, Canada
45. Francis Masaba, Canada
46. Janelle Bailey, Australia
47. Charli Evans, Australia
48. Callum Lloyd, United Kingdom
49. Fernanda Cancino Espinosa, Chile
50. Michaela Short, United Kingdom
51. Malina Kelderman, Australia
52. Lana Jean Hill, Australia
53. Charlie Young, Australia
54. Faeron Wheeler, South Africa
55. Alice Furze, Australia
56. Mick Rowe, United Kingdom
57. Barbara Nyambura, Kenya
58. Lorraine Toweel, Australia
59. Nathanael Vass, Canada
60. Lionel Strasky, Canada
61. Rani Solomon, United States
62. Emma Stirland, United Kingdom
63. Danielle Studti, South Africa
64. Winnata Kotler, Thailand
65. Rylan Nilsson, Canada
66. Mwamburi Maole, Kenya
67. Kayleigh Miles, United Kingdom
68. James Belfrage, Australia
69. Alejandro Zamora, United States
70. Megan Shirley , United Kingdom
71. Amber Spooner, Australia
72. Bron Rauk-Mitchell, Australia
73. Sade Popoola, United Kingdom
74. Darren Mort, 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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