Interesting about how they use the IRV system!

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/academy-awards-best-picture-instant-runoff/

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began allowing more than five films to be nominated for best picture, in 2009, it also changed the way the votes were counted. The system is called instant-runoff voting, and it’s designed so that the film preferred by the widest consensus of Academy voters wins.