front runner

n. the leader; the person or thing most likely to win. The press found out some juicy secrets about the front runner and made them all public.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Macy	MAY-see	English
Griffith	['grifiθ]
RÍOghnach	-	Irish Mythology
Lovise	-	Danish, Norwegian
Artur	ər-TOOR (Portuguese), ar-TOOR (Galician), AHR-tuwr (Polish), AHR-toor (German)	Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Polish, Russian, German, Estonian, Swedish, Romanian, Czech
Ilyas	-	Arabic