By Nathaniel R
With just 16 days until the Oscars more news hits each day. We now know that all five Original Song nominees will be performed on the broadcast but we can safely expect at least two of the songs to be significantly altered.
Lin-Manuel Miranda will perform Moana's "How Far I'll Go," which is a solo, with Moana herself Auli'i Cravalho so one wonders what kind of arrangement we'll get for the song as a duet. Nevertheless it's a safe bet to say that this will be a highlight of the show since the song is rousing and everybody loves Miranda...
John Legend, who plays Ryan Gosling's bandmate and former business partner in La La Land, will perform both of La La Land's original songs, "City of Stars" and "Audition". It's hard to imagine "Audition," in particular, a female belter and traditional "musical theater" styled song coming from Legend so you have to wonder what that will sound like. Or will we just get little snippets of it mixed in with his "City of Stars" arrangement?
Finally, Sting and Justin Timberlake will perform "The Empty Chair" and "Can't Stop The Feeling" from Jim the James Foley Story and Trolls, respectively. Since they're the original singers of those songs they're likely to hew closest to the versions we already know.
Quick -- list these performances in the order you're most excited to see them.
Is this the same order as your preferences in the category or diametrically opposed?