When the 2025 Oscars producers announced they wouldn’t be airing the performances of the Original Song nominees during the telecast, music lovers raised a fist towards the sky.
Some swore they wouldn’t watch the show. Others looked back nostalgically at five of the best Oscar music moments, because surely it was a step in the wrong direction.
Despite the cut, the ratings will still be low because most people hadn’t seen the top contenders. Meanwhile at 3 hours and 26 minutes, it’s still far too long of a show for some people to endure.
So the songs “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late, “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing, “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight; and “El Mal” and “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez were set aside, but luckily, music still found a way into the grandaddy of all awards shows, and they were mostly good.
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