Current:Home > ContactBillie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell are youngest two-time Oscar winners after 'Barbie' song win -VitalWealth Strategies
Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell are youngest two-time Oscar winners after 'Barbie' song win
View
Date:2025-04-14 23:19:11
Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell took their "Barbie" ballad "What Was I Made For?" to the Dolby Theatre stage in Los Angeles and not only scored a major win — best original song — but also became the two youngest two-time winners in Oscar history at 22 and 26, respectively.
The siblings won the same award last year for “No Time to Die,” the title song for the 2022 James Bond film. Last month, their "Barbie" hit scooped up trophies for song of the year and best song written for visual media at the Grammy Awards.
Eilish began her acceptance speech by revealing she "had a nightmare" about that exact moment, and then proceeded to thank her dance and chorus teachers, joking to one of them, "You didn't like me, but you were good at your job!"
Eilish dedicated her award to "everyone that was affected by the movie and how incredible it is."
In the pair's performance on the Oscars stage, the simple song began with an understated backdrop, as if Eilish and O'Connell were in a recording studio, before the pastel-lit curtain rose to show the audience behind them.
With more than a few nods to the “Barbie” pink motif in the background, O’Connell sat at an upright piano, and Eilish, clad in an oversized black blazer and pencil skirt, kept her eyes closed and her voice barely above a whisper as she unraveled the emotional ballad. A rising curtain revealed an orchestra as Eilish clasped the mic stand with her left hand and O’Connell dutifully played the song’s melancholy melody.
Oscar best song performances:Brutally honest reviews, including Ryan Gosling's 'I'm Just Ken'
As she wound down the song to its last pensive note, Eilish smiled toward her brother. The audience’s ovation prompted a hug between the siblings as the camera cut to a teary-eyed Kate McKinnon (aka “Weird Barbie”) and much of the cheering “Barbie” team.
Other nominees for this year's Best Original Song award included:
- "The Fire Inside" from "Flamin' Hot" (music and lyrics by Diane Warren)
- "I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie" (Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt)
- "It Never Went Away" from "American Symphony" (Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson)
- "Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" from "Killers of the Flower Moon" (Scott George)
Contributing: Melissa Ruggieri
Ryan Goslingsings 'I'm Just Ken' at the 2024 Oscars: Who else performed?
veryGood! (89315)
Related
- A New York Appellate Court Rejects a Broad Application of the State’s Green Amendment
- Hotter temperatures mean higher utility costs for millions of Americans
- 'Unspeakable loss': Chicago Police Department officer fatally shot returning home from work
- Youth group, environmental organizations sue Maine for action on climate
- Mega Millions winning numbers for August 6 drawing: Jackpot climbs to $398 million
- Trial opens for former Virginia hospital medical director accused of sexual abuse of ex-patients
- Bernie Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez boost Joe Biden's climate agenda on Earth Day
- 2 hunters may have died of prion disease from eating contaminated deer meat, researchers say
- Audit: California risked millions in homelessness funds due to poor anti-fraud protections
- Horoscopes Today, April 22, 2024
Ranking
- EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
- 3 California boys charged with beating unhoused man using tripod, tent poles
- Mississippi lawmakers move toward restoring voting rights to 32 felons as broader suffrage bill dies
- Prince Louis Is All Grown Up in Royally Sweet 6th Birthday Portrait
- Messi injury update: Ankle 'better every day' but Inter Miami star yet to play Leagues Cup
- Trump could avoid trial this year on 2020 election charges. Is the hush money case a worthy proxy?
- 2nd victim dies from injuries after Texas man drove stolen semitrailer into building, officials say
- Real Housewives' Kyle Richards Says People Think She Has Fake Lashes When She Uses This $9 Mascara
Recommendation
Meet 11-year-old skateboarder Zheng Haohao, the youngest Olympian competing in Paris
Wall Street is looking to Tesla’s earnings for clues to Musk’s plan to restore company’s wild growth
An alligator attack victim in South Carolina thought he was going to die. Here's how he escaped and survived.
Youth group, environmental organizations sue Maine for action on climate
Golf's No. 1 Nelly Korda looking to regain her form – and her spot on the Olympic podium
Why Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger Are Facing Backlash Over Demolishing a Los Angeles Home
NASA shares new data on Death Valley's rare 'Lake Manly' showing just how deep it got
Meet California's Toy Man, a humble humanitarian who's brought joy to thousands of kids