[quantim]

"Brokeback Mountain," which had been the front-runner.

How could it have been the front-runner if the ballots are secret?

[zbigreddogz]

Uhh, it's the 'frontrunner' BECAUSE the ballots are secret. If they weren't, it wouldn't be a 'frontrunner' or an 'underdog', it would be a 'winner' or a 'loser'.

[xp38]

They had done polling. Sort of the like the exit polls from election 2004. :)

[Napoleon Solo]

Don't know about front-runner. Maybe more like back-sider!