Most of the Best Song Nominees Won’t Perform @ Oscars Telecast

[sandstorm]

#Oscars: Most of the best song nominees won't perform on telecast (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/PUvKZ5Z5am pic.twitter.com/MwvvH8pPVd
- Variety (@Variety) January 24, 2019

All the stars won't be closer at the 91st Oscar ceremony.

Out of the 5 nominees, only 2 are expected to perform, and you probably know what they are;[Spoiler (click to open)]"Shallow" from A Star is Born and

Comments

[laminy]

It has happened before, quite a lot, actually. A few years ago, none of them were performed. The year Adele won, I think she's the only who actually performed her whole song, and then a couple other nominees were put into a medley while others were left out. Another year, same thing, I remember one of the nominated artists who wasn't chosen boycotted because of it. I get why they're doing it; they're trying to shorten the show (still won't work), and keep ratings. I'm not sure which is worse, just cutting nominated songs altogether, or including them but getting a bigger star to sing them.

I feel bad for the ones they skip, though.

[josiefier]

On the last point about bigger singers - I remember being furious they had Beyonce sing Learn to be Lonely instead of letting Minnie Driver have her moment. She didn't get to sing in the movie nor perform her one nominated movie-related song at the Oscars. It felt so unfair all the way around.

[laminy]

And then they had frigging Antonio Banderas come in another year, because the actual singer of the song wasn't well-known enough here. But yeah, I remember the Beyonce year, and I was annoyed with it in general, she sang everything.

[someweirdguy]

Adele's song won over "Pi's Lullaby" and I would've love seeing Bombay Jayashri perform it. It's a beautiful song.

[pixiedivision]

I didn’t know this, I assumed they all perform but they perform shortened versions. This actually makes me more annoyed, especially last eat when Mystery of Love by Sufjan Stevens was so short, I was like seriously?

I agree, I also get why they’re doing it but it’s like iof like...the performances are kind of the best bit... like why cut it so much? I suppose I just hate good songs not reaching their full potential.

And maybe it’s an unpopular opinion but I kind of like the fact that award shows are long? I feel like shortening it makes it seem insignificant.