Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo carried out a musical medley to open the 2025 Oscars, that includes songs from Depraved, The Wizard of Oz, and The Wiz.
To open the efficiency, Grande took the stage for a passionate rendition of “Someplace Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz. Then, she ceded the stage to Erivo, who dazzled whereas singing “House” from the 1978 musical The Wiz. To shut it out, Grande returned for “Defying Gravity.”
It’s price noting that not one of the songs from Depraved have been eligible for the Greatest Unique Music class. This was because of the Academy’s definition of an authentic track, which stipulates that it should be “written particularly for the movement image.” For the reason that filmmakers opted to maintain the soundtrack trustworthy to the 2003 musical,
Nonetheless, Jon M. Chu’s musical adaptation nonetheless acquired 10 complete nominations, together with Greatest Image, Greatest Actress for Erivo, and Greatest Supporting Actress for Grande. Moreover, composers John Powell and Stephen Schwartz acquired a nod for Greatest Unique Rating.
Revisit our overview of Depraved Half One, and see the place it landed on our checklist of the greatest movies of 2024. When you haven’t seen the film but, it’s at present obtainable to buy on VOD, 4K Extremely HD, or Blu-ray.
Ariana Grande performing “Someplace over the Rainbow” on the #Oscars
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— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) March 3, 2025
Ariana Grande e Cynthia Erivo cantam Defying Gravity! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/Hs7R5t3LHe
— Gustavo (@gustavobonotto) March 3, 2025
Cynthia Erivo simply nailed the “Defying Gravity” Depraved riff on the Oscars wowwww pic.twitter.com/Mbmpz13Aq9
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) March 3, 2025