Beyoncé, Billie Eilish to perform Oscar-nominated songs at 2022 ceremony

23 March 2022 - 08:19 By Lisa Richwine
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Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is among the performers at this years Oscars event. File image.
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is among the performers at this years Oscars event. File image.
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Music superstars Beyoncé and Billie Eilish will perform their Oscar-nominated songs live at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony on March 27, producers announced on Tuesday.

Beyoncé will sing Be Alive, a song she co-wrote for the movie King Richard about the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams, at the film industry event on Sunday.

Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell will team up for their James Bond theme No Time to Die.

Country music star Reba McEntire will take the stage to sing Somehow You Do, a song written by Diane Warren for the movie Four Good Days. Dos Oruguitas from the animated musical Encanto will be performed Sebastian Yatra.

All four are competing in the category of best original song at the Academy Awards ceremony that will take place in Hollywood and will be broadcast on Walt Disney’s ABC.

The fifth nominee, Down To Joy from the movie Belfast, will not be performed during the telecast. Singer Van Morrison declined because of his tour schedule, organisers said.

Reuters

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