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
Fields	[fi:ldz]
Donatien	-	French
Aravind	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil
Ihab	-	Arabic
Kama	-	Hinduism
Arlie	AHR-lee	English