XRCO Awards–Critics Picks Versus Fan Picks!

Fans Weigh In Against XRCO Voters in RogReviews/Fleshbot Contest!

So first off, congratulations are in order to two of our readers who won 3rd and 1st place in the Fleshbot co-sponsored RogReviews.com XRCO picks contest! The Fleshbot reader who won the grand prize picked seven out of the eleven categories correctly. I was seriously impressed and those winners are out there enjoying their porn bounty right the heck now, which is awesome. (To the two people who entered the contest and only picked one out of the eleven categories correctly: Watch more porn, you two!)

The porn fan entries versus the professional critic results are interesting, and there are some movies here that you definitely should check out if you have not yet.

XRCO Winner/Critics' Choice for Best Release: Tushy's "Being Riley"

Fan Choice: Tushy's "Being Riley"

This pick was the one that the fans were correct on more than anything else in any other category--a whopping 48% chose this excellent star showcase as being the year's best release. The fans runner-up pick to this was New Sensations' "The Submission of Emma Marx: Boundaries" with 32% of fans choosing the Jacky St. James-directed BDSM-themed feature.

XRCO Winner/Critics' Choice for Best Gonzo Release: BAM Visions/Evil Angel's "Anikka's Anal Sluts" and Angela White Productions' "Angela 2" (tie)

Fans' Choice: BAM Visions/Evil Angel's "Anikka's Anal Sluts" or Angela White Productions' "Angela 2"

Forty percent of fans picked either the Anikka Albrite starring and directed by anal release or the Angela White starring and directed by star showcase. The runner-up pick to both of these super movies was picked by 33% of the fans--AVN Hall of Famer Jonni Darkko/Evil Angel's "Adriana Chechik: The Ultimate Slut".

XRCO Winner/Critics' Pick for Best Director--Features: Jacky St. James

Fans' Choice: Brad Armstrong

This is a category where the fans' votes differed quite a bit from what the critics chose. 45% of the fans chose AVN Hall of Famer/Wicked Pictures contract director Brad Armstrong over New Sensations' St. James who had 25% of the fans' picks. The image above is from Armstrong's latest for Wicked--"The J.O.B.".

XRCO Winner/Critics' Pick for Best Director--Non-Feature: Greg Lansky

Fans' Pick: Greg Lansky

Lansky received a quarter of the fan votes with Jules Jordan and MimeFreak tying for second at 15% each. This was the category with the most range in it--every director up for this award received fan votes, which is not how it went in other categories. The above image is from Blacked's "Black & White 5" directed by Lansky.

XRCO Winner/Critics' Choice for Best Actress: Penny Pax in "The Submission of Emma Marx: Boundaries" for New Sensations 

Fans' Pick: Penny Pax in "The Submission of Emma Marx: Boundaries" for New Sensations 

52% of the fans agreed with the critics and picked Pax as the best of the year. Wicked Pictures contract performer Asa Akira's performance in "Starmaker" and India Summer's performance in Adam & Eve's "Marriage 2.0" were tied with 20% each of the fans' picks.

XRCO Winner/Critics' Choice for Best Actress: Derrick Pierce in "Magic Mike XXXL: A Hardcore Parody" for Wicked Pictures

Fans' Pick: Steven St. Croix in "Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody" for Wicked Pictures

Hall of Famer St. Croix was picked by fans in 33% of their guesses while Pierce only received 20% of the fans' endorsement in this category.

XRCO Winner/Critics' Choice for Female Performer of the Year: Adriana Chechik

Fans Pick: Riley Reid

Reid edged out Chechik as the fans' pick here with Reid receiving 28% of the fans' picks while 25% picked Chechik. ArchAngel Booty Queen AJ Applegate was the third place fan pick with 20% of the fans' endorsements. The image of Reid above is from Devil's Film's "Blacked Out 5".

XRCO Winner/Critics' Choice for Male Performer of the Year: Mick Blue

Fans' Pick: Mick Blue

Blue--shown here underneath Holly Hendrix in Hard X's "Anal Cuties 4"--was the universal pick with the fans giving him half of their picks in this category. Manuel Ferrara was the runner-up fan pick with 33% of the fans' picks.

XRCO Winner/Critics' Choice for Best New Starlet: Abella Danger

Fans' Pick: Abella Danger

Danger was the most common correct pick by the fans with them choosing her in 65% of the fan entries. Danger is shown above in LeWood/Evil Angel's "Anal Royalty". The fan's second pick in this category was Katrina Jade with 12% of the fans' picks.

XRCO Winner/Critics' Choice for Unsung Starlet: Amber Rayne
Fans' Pick: Amber Rayne

Late performer Rayne was chosen by 30% of the fans and she is shown above in Wicked Pictures/Adam & Eve's epic "Wanted". The fans' second choice in this category was Casey Calvert with 20%.

XRCO Winner/Critics' Choice for Orgasmic Oralist: Vicki Chase
Fans' Pick: Sarah Vandella

This category had the widest chasm between the critics and the fans. Vandella was picked by 33% of the fans with 25% choosing Chechik and White with 15% while only 12% of the fans picked winner Chase. The image of Vandella above is of Vandella in Devil's Film's "It's OK! She's My Stepmother! 6".

So what do you think of the winners/fans picks?