Overview
- Wicked: For Good received zero Academy Award nominations, with its new songs No Place Like Home and The Girl in the Bubble left out of Best Original Song.
- Ariana Grande was absent from the red carpet and telecast after being snubbed, with reporting noting she is preparing for a summer tour and recently skipped the Grammys.
- Cynthia Erivo did not attend the ceremony, with coverage citing her overseas run of a one-woman Dracula as context for her absence.
- Industry reporting attributes the sequel’s shutout to a perception that it did not offer enough new elements to sway Academy voters.
- The Best Original Song lineup included Sinners’ I Lied To You and KPop Demon Hunters’ Golden, which were favored over the Wicked entries.