The World’s BIGGEST Volleyball Fan Voting Contest Is Back!

“My Volleywood Idol” is a Facebook voting competition featuring some of the world’s best & most popular players! The winners, 1 male & 1 female, are determined by volleyball fans from all over the world.

Previous winners are 2012 Matey Kaziyski (Bulgaria), Pleumjit Thinkaow (Thailand), 2013 Tsvetan Sokolov (Bulgaria), Angela Leyva (Peru), 2014 Saeid Marouf (Iran) and Rachel Daquis (Philippines).

2015 Volleywood Male Idol Final 4

Matt Anderson (USA)
Bartosz Kurek (Poland)
Micah Christenson (USA)
Seyed Mousavi (Iran)

2015 Volleywood Female Idol Final 4:

Jaqueline Carvalho (Brazil)
Karla Ortiz (Peru)
Nootsara Tomkom (Thailand)
Alyssa Valdez (Philippines)

2015 Volleywood Male Idol Round II

Pool A

Facundo Conte (Argentina)
Matt Anderson (USA)
Gord Perrin (Canada)
Bruno Rezende (Brazil)
Seyed Mousavi (Iran)

Pool B

Bartosz Kurek (Poland)
Micah Christenson (USA)
Ivan Zaytsev (Italy)
Simone Gianelli (Italy)
Earvin Ngapeth (France)

2015 Volleywood Female Idol Round II:

Pool A

Nootsara Tomkom (Thailand)
Karla Ortiz (Peru)
Gabi Guimaraes (Brazil)
Kim Yeon Koung (Korea)
Tatiana Kosheleva (Russia)

Pool B:

Alyssa Valdez (Philippines)
Kasia Skowronska (Poland)
Jaqueline Carvalho (Brazil)
Jordan Larson (USA)
Miyu Nagaoka (Japan)

2015 Volleywood Male Idol Round I

Pool A

Facundo Conte (Argentina): 678 votes
Gord Perrin (Canada): 362 votes

Jenia Grebbenikov (France): 234 votes
Ricardo Lucarelli (Brazil): 72 votes
Osmany Juantorena (Italy): 68 votes

Pool B

Micah Christenson (USA): 507 votes
Simone Gianelli (Italy): 160 votes

Michal Kubiak (Poland): 123 votes
Aleksandar Atanasijevic (Serbia): 65 votes
Nikolay Penchev (Bulgaria): 49 votes

Pool C

Bruno Rezende (Brazil): 112 votes
Seyed Mousavi (Iran): 84 votes

Antonin Rouzier (France): 81 votes
Maxim Mikhaylov (Russia): 63 votes
Thomas Edgar (Australia): 25 votes

Pool D

Bartosz Kurek (Poland): 614 votes
Ivan Zaytsev (Italy): 245 votes

Aaron Russell (USA): 181 votes
Yuki Ishikawa (Japan): 162 votes
Gyorgy Grozer (Germany): 78 votes

Pool E

Matt Anderson (USA): 378 votes
Earvin Ngapeth (France): 125 votes

Dmitriy Muserskiy (Russia): 59 votes
Milad Ebadipour (Iran): 35 votes
Ricardo Cepeda (Cuba): 25 votes

The Competition

The Idol contestants have been chosen based on their performances and achievements throughout 2015. The top 3 teams in the world can have a maximum of 2 players. The 2015 World Grand Prix Champions, 2015 World League Champions, 2015 FIVB World Cup Champions & 2015 FIVB World Cup runner-ups can have a maximum of 3 players. The Wild Card is granted to the player who is from the same country as the 2014 Volleywood Idol winners, i.e. Iran & the Philippines.

In Summary

The Top 3 Teams:

#1 Brazil: Ricardo Lucarelli & Bruno Rezende
#2 Poland: Michal Kubiak & Bartosz Kurek
#3 Russia: Maxim Mikhaylov & Dmitriy Muserskiy

2015 World League Champions (France): Earvin Ngapeth, Antonin Rouzier & Jenia Grebennikov
2015 FIVB Men’s World Cup Champions (USA): Matt Anderson, Micah Christenson & Aaron Russell

2015 FIVB Men’s World Cup runner ups (Italy): Ivan Zaytsev, Osmany Juantorena & Simon Gianelli
Men’s Wild Card: Milad Ebadipour (Iran)

2015 Volleywood Female Idol Round I:

Pool A

Jaqueline Carvalho (Brazil):1,474
Jordan Larson (USA): 147 votes

Brankica Mihajlovic (Serbia): 65 votes
Yang Jun Jing (China): 57 votes
Maren Brinker (Germany): 32 votes

Pool B

Nootsara Tomkom (Thailand): 6,886 votes
Kasia Skowronska (Poland): 4,899 votes

Brenda Castillo (Dominican Rep): 1,229 votes
Foluke Akinradewo (USA): 230 votes
Zhu Ting (China): 118 votes

Pool C

Karla Ortiz (Peru): 6,542 votes
Gabi Guimaraes (Brazil): 442 votes

Aury Cruz (Puerto Rico): 232 votes
Zeng Chunlei (China): 103 votes
Valentina Diouf (Italy): 58 votes

Pool D

Kim Yeon Koung (Korea): 227 votes
Tatiana Kosheleva (Russia): 136 votes

Tijana Boskovic (Serbia): 56 votes
Robin De Kruijf (The Netherlands): 43 votes
Polina Rahimova (Azerbaijan): 36 votes

Pool E

Alyssa Valdez (Philippines): 21,168 votes
Miyu Nagaoka (Japan): 142 votes

Nicole Fawcett (USA): 126 votes
Naz Aydemir (Turkey): 63 votes
Milena Rasic (Serbia): 47 votes

The Competition

The Idol contestants have been chosen based on their performances and achievements throughout 2015. The top 3 teams in the world can have a maximum of 2 players. The 2015 World Grand Prix Champions, 2015 World League Champions, 2015 FIVB World Cup Champions & 2015 FIVB World Cup runner-ups can have a maximum of 3 players. The Wild Card is granted to the player who is from the same country as the 2014 Volleywood Idol winners, i.e. Iran & the Philippines.

In Summary

The Top 3 Teams:

#1 USA: Jordan Larson & Nicole Fawcett
#2 China: Zhu Ting & Yang Junjing
#3 Brazil: Gabi Guimaraes & Jaqueline Carvalho

2015 World Grand Prix Champions (USA): Jordan Larson, Nicole Fawcett & Foluke Akinradewo

2015 FIVB Women’s World Cup Champions (China): Zhu Ting, Yang Junjing & Zeng Chunlei
2015 FIVB Women’s World Cup runner ups (Serbia): Brankica Mihajlovic, Tijana Boskovic & Milena Rasic

Women’s Wild Card: Alyssa Valdez (Philippines)

The Formula

The top 2 winners in each pool will advance to the next round. A “like” is equal to 1 vote while “share” is counted as 2 votes. The contest will officially begin on February 22nd, 2016.

WHO DO YOU THINK WILL BECOME THE 2015 VOLLEYWOOD IDOL?

(images: Lukasz Skwiot/ FIVB)