Crystal Ball 2023: Our commentators’ fearless predictions

Every December, CNN Opinion asks a group of fearless contributors to make their predictions about some of the biggest events in the year to come. Which films, series and albums will win the top awards? Who will be each political party’s US presidential frontrunner at the end of 2023? Which teams will emerge victorious in the most anticipated sporting events of the year?

Though you’ll have to wait and see which contributors’ predictions come true, you can read their best guesses below. To find out whose predictions were right for 2022, read here.