The moment of truth: Koora readers predict the Ballon d'Or winner

Kooora is throwing the door open to its followers. Have your say on who takes home the Ballon d'Or by dropping your prediction in the comments, your chance to call it before the winner is officially announced.

The idea is simple. Write the name of the player you expect to win in the comments, and tell us why you've gone for them if you fancy it.

Are you backing Kylian Mbappé? Or do you reckon Harry Kane, Lamine Yamal or one of the other candidates will have the final word? Maybe you've got another name entirely who can settle the race.

We're not here to push a particular name or nudge anyone towards a specific candidate. The floor is yours, so the result stays a true reflection of what the site's followers are predicting.

The experiment won't stop at gathering comments. Once the Ballon d'Or winner is announced, Kooora will return to your contributions to count the predictions and see how many of you called it right against those who backed other names.

These predictions will be converted into rough percentages showing how much support each nominee drew among participants. We'll also calculate the share of readers who correctly named the actual winner.

A separate article will reveal the outcome: which names topped the predictions, what percentage got it right, and whether Kooora's audience read the scene before the decisive moment or whether the final result landed differently from the majority of nominations.

The ball is in your court! Drop the name of your Ballon d'Or pick in the comments and follow along to see what the official announcement reveals.

Your prediction might land closer to the mark than you think. And the surprise could carry a name that didn't win over the crowd.

Either way, your calls will feed into an interactive experience. We'll come back to you with the results and the figures, so we can all see just how well Kooora readers read the winner.