February 08, 2013

Printable 2013 Oscar ballot and bingo game

2013 Oscar bingo
The Oscars are on February 24th. Whether you're hosting an Academy Awards party or planning to lounge on the couch in your PJs, it's fun to mark predictions on a ballot and try your luck at Oscar bingo.

Folks at your party will be counting the number of winners on stage, hoping the presenters will botch their lines, and cheering for the orchestra when it cuts off a speech. Movie theater gift cards, boxes of popcorn, or little Oscar statuettes from a party store make good prizes.

2013 Oscar bingo printable cards
A bingo refresher: The first person to mark off five squares in a line wins. It could be a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line, and the center square counts as a freebie.

There are 20 different game cards in the downloadable file. Save the PDF to your computer, open it in Adobe Reader, and print the number of pages you need at 100% size. (Then select the best sheet for yourself, of course.)

Download the Oscar bingo game
Download the Oscar ballot

2013 Oscar ballot download
Like every year, my standard disclaimer applies. It might be possible to get a bingo ten minutes into the telecast, or maybe your group won't have a winner at all because my psychic powers have failed this time.
Good luck!

To join the bingo mailing list for future years, sign up here.


44 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 8, 2013 at 10:04 AM

    HURRAH! the oscars are here! I am toasting this ballot with my morning coffee!

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  2. Grandma GFebruary 8, 2013 at 11:17 AM

    Your "psychic powers" don't EVER fail, do they???

    Mum

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  3. TrudeFebruary 8, 2013 at 11:26 AM

    So excited to play again this year. We compete on bingo and the ballots and do a potluck, it's so much fun! Thank you!

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  4. ElenaValentinaFebruary 8, 2013 at 3:17 PM

    Yes they're here!! THANK YOU!

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  5. NathalieFebruary 8, 2013 at 3:29 PM

    Thank you for doing these again! My family had a lot of fun with them last year and we'll play again this year!

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  6. wanderlustingFebruary 8, 2013 at 5:59 PM

    Thanks for the email regarding the availability and thanks for doing this again!!!I'll be using them for my 4th annual potluck...Prizes (wrapped in orange) awarded to the winners!!!

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  7. Jessica JonesFebruary 8, 2013 at 8:00 PM

    Wrapped in orange!?! I wanna come!

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  8. Jessica JonesFebruary 8, 2013 at 8:01 PM

    Mum, regarding my psychic powers, it's always so disappointing when no one trips. I've been wrong so many times before. :)

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  9. Grandma GFebruary 8, 2013 at 8:42 PM

    Hang in there. It's sure to happen one of these years! ;)

    Mum

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  10. Kate FrishmanFebruary 9, 2013 at 10:40 AM

    Thank you, thank you thank you!! Last year I got all five of my children to watch (and enjoy) the Oscars, thanks to your oh-so-fun bingo cards!

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  11. ChrissyFebruary 11, 2013 at 10:12 AM

    Thank you for doing these every year and posting them for us to use - for free! My boyfriend never liked the Oscars until we starting hosting parties and playing Oscar Bingo. We look forward to it each year!

    xo

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2013 at 1:28 PM

    You're amazing! Thanks for your hard work.

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  13. CamilaFebruary 11, 2013 at 3:03 PM

    Thanks! I'm playing this for the first time and I'm very excited about it!

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  14. SamanthaFebruary 11, 2013 at 9:07 PM

    What a cool idea. Bingo never goes out of style now that it can be spiffed up like you did ;)

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  15. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2013 at 4:40 PM

    Thank you for these great Oscar party tool! I use to make my own, but yours are so much better! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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  16. Karen M. PetersonFebruary 19, 2013 at 5:42 PM

    This is going to be perfect for my Oscar party! Thank you!

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  17. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2013 at 7:03 PM

    thanks!

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  18. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2013 at 7:20 PM

    Thank you! I started making my own, but they don't look anywhere near as nice as yours. You have saved my party!!!

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  19. Eric VanderpoolFebruary 21, 2013 at 3:02 AM

    These are the best bingo cards ever. I had come across bingo cards for the red carpet, but it's tough to play then, because people are still arriving (at my party, not the Oscars . . . because that's the purpose of the red carpet, silly) and no one has yet settled in to watch the telecast. But these will be perfect for when all eyes are glued to the screen for the awards. Thanks again.

    By the way, for future reference (which may not ever happen again, considering the last time Barbra Streisand performed at the Oscars was in 1977 – 36 years ago), but just in case, Barbra spells her name a little unusually . . . with only two “a”s, not three. Only true fans will notice. I'm leaving the typo just to see how observant my friends are . . . many of whom profess to be big Barbra fans. We’ll see just who the true fans of Barbra are.

    In any event, thanks again. Happy Oscars.

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  20. Jessica JonesFebruary 21, 2013 at 12:10 PM

    Oops! Thanks for pointing out the misspelling! I'll correct the PDF later today so you'll have the option of using corrected cards. Or you can use the originals as a quiz for your friends, ha!

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  21. Jessica JonesFebruary 21, 2013 at 1:43 PM

    Barbra is now corrected. Apologies, Barbra.

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  22. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2013 at 3:14 PM

    I'm so happy to try the Bingo game this Sunday at our party! Thanks so much for your hard work! It's so nice to have 20 varieties since I have 15 people coming :)

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  23. SamanthaFebruary 22, 2013 at 7:34 AM

    Thank you so much!!

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  24. Jennifer BendixFebruary 22, 2013 at 9:53 AM

    I love this idea so much! Thanks for sharing, I am going to share with my readers!

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  25. Becky HessFebruary 22, 2013 at 10:50 AM

    Hi! I work at a Residential Care Facility and was thinking of passing out the Oscar Bingo for the residents to do on Oscar Night. Do you ever post the winning blocks somewhere? That way I can double check the winning card(s) on Monday.

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  26. Jessica JonesFebruary 22, 2013 at 1:01 PM

    Becky, I'm afraid I don't post the winners, sorry!

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  27. Jen CastleFebruary 22, 2013 at 1:12 PM

    These are amazing! Perfect for my party. Thanks for sharing. You're officially my "go to" blog for the Academy Awards. :O)

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  28. UnknownFebruary 22, 2013 at 2:31 PM

    Thanks for these! What a cool idea!

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  29. UnknownFebruary 22, 2013 at 8:39 PM

    These have become a family tradition for us. This will be the third year that my parents come over after the kids are in bed, bringing different ethnic takeout food, and we watch the Oscars and play your bingo after making our predictions on our ballots. Thanks for adding to the Oscar night fun!

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  30. Leslie HarrisFebruary 23, 2013 at 2:23 PM

    What a great idea, I just shared this on my Facebook page, I'm Leslie from Gwen Moss. Nice to meet you.

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  31. AliceFebruary 24, 2013 at 5:11 PM

    Thank you!! Second year in a row hosting an Oscars party and playing Bingo using your cards. You rock!

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  32. SophiaFebruary 25, 2013 at 4:54 PM

    Thannk you so much for ballot an bingo both made watching the oscars even more special!

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  33. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2013 at 6:35 PM

    We used your ballots and bingo cards for our oscar party and it was so much fun! Thanks so much for doing it. We were amazed at how accurate your bingo was!

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  34. Jessica JonesFebruary 25, 2013 at 6:59 PM

    I have to confess I cheered when Jennifer Lawrence tripped. Her press conference afterwards was AWESOME.

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  35. etaknireFebruary 27, 2013 at 12:06 PM

    Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! My friends really enjoyed filling out their own ballots and the bingo!

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  36. Jessica JonesFebruary 27, 2013 at 12:13 PM

    Great, that makes me happy!

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  37. DeborahApril 15, 2013 at 6:44 AM

    Oh I missed it , When the next Bingo Game will be and the Oscar Ballot ?

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  38. Jessica JonesApril 15, 2013 at 8:45 AM

    Next February, when the Oscars take place. If you sign up for the mailing list, you'll get a link to download the Bingo when it's ready.

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  39. AnonymousNovember 16, 2013 at 1:29 PM

    Does anyone know how I can get this for 2014?

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  40. Jessica JonesNovember 17, 2013 at 9:22 AM

    Yes. Sign up for the mailing list at the end of this post, and I will email out the 2014 version after I make it. It will also be posted on this blog.

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  41. MeghanJanuary 12, 2014 at 7:06 PM

    We LOVED this game when we played it last year--please say there's a 2014 version in the works! Thanks for sharing this, it brought us joy to play it :)

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  42. Jessica JonesJanuary 13, 2014 at 7:54 AM

    Yes, there will be a 2014 version!

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  43. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2014 at 12:15 PM

    Are you still planning on publishing a 2014 version of your bingo game? Sorry to sound inpatient…I just wanted to make sure that I'll have it for my Oscar party! Thanks. :)

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  44. Jessica JonesFebruary 18, 2014 at 12:32 PM

    Yes. Sign up for the mailing list at the end of this post, and I will email out the 2014 version after I make it. It will also be posted on this blog.

    I need just a few more details about presenters to be publicized and then I can make it.

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