Fire Saga fans rejoice! Netflix’s Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is in the running for award show gold. And it’s up for one of the biggest prizes in the film industry. The movie’s 11 o’clock number “Husavik” has picked up an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.
Superstar actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas and her husband singer-songwriter Nick Jonas revealed the full list of Academy Award nominees in a special YouTube livestream.
“Husavik” nominated for Best Original Song Oscar
Full list of nominees:
- “Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
- “Fight For You” from Judas and the Black Messiah
- “Hear My Voice” from The Trial of The Chicago 7
- “Io Si (Seen)” from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti A Se)
- “Speak Now” from One Night In Miami…
Earlier this year, the Academy named “Husavik” as one of the shortlisted songs up for the nomination. Of the 15 songs on the shortlist, only five made it through. And now, Fire Saga are one step closer to their Oscar.
“Husavik” is written by Fat Max Gsus, Rickard Göransson, Savan Kotecha and Atli Örvarsson. The song is a touching piano ballad about the Icelandic hometown of Rachel McAdams’ character. It features lead vocals from My Marrianne — also known as Melodifestivalen star Molly Sandén — as McAdams repeats her lyrics on stage (she actually sang them, rather than just miming, to make the scene look more realistic on tape). Also, “Husavik” proved extremely popular with fans, reaching the top ten of the worldwide iTunes song chart.
This Oscar nomination adds to the list of many major award nominations for the Eurovision movie. In early February, “Husavik” also picked up a Critics Choice Award nomination. And in November, the film picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. However, the film sadly lost out to JoJo Rabbit.
Congratulations to the Original Song nominees! #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/LQnIj0tRy8
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 15, 2021
The 93rd Academy Awards
Normally, Oscar nominees must come from a film that has had a theatrical release in Los Angeles for at least one week. However, due to the pandemic, films that had a release on a subscription streaming serving are also eligible for nomination if it had been originally intended that they would also have a cinema release. This means that the Netflix film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is eligible.
The awards had originally been scheduled for Monday 28 February, but due to pandemic concerns, the Oscars have been postponed until Sunday 25 April.
What do you think? Will “Husavik” win the Oscar? Let us know in the comments below!
?? Chatting with @BBCFrontRow maestro @JohnWilson14 about how the #EurovisionMovie helped give the Icelandic town of Húsavík a boost — economically and in terms of morale. We also hear from one local pushing for the song “Husavik” to land an Oscar.
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— William Lee Adams (@willyleeadams) March 13, 2021
Wiwibloggs, please give us an interview with Molly Sanden about her reaction and how to sing “the tone” in the dark of the song! Please William! <3 She has never won melfest but might win an Oscar!
*in the end of the song.
I’m pleasantly surprised! Win or not, Eurovision is making history!
Molly Sanden was overwhelmed! So sorry that there probably won’t be an opportunity to sing the song at the Oscar ceremony for her! Maby in Rotterdam? No… everybody would be angry in their homes shouting Ja,Ja ding dong.
Congrats! More than a deserving nomination! Now, forever more Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga will be known as the Oscar-nominated film. 🙂
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Just need to say as someone with Bosnian roots I am happy as Julie Andrews singing in the Alps, that Bosnia has been recognized in the International Film category. This made my day. Bosnia never gets recognized in anything, so to be up there among the best is amazing. I like to think for now at least that Bosnia can’t do Eurovision but we can do Oscars..
Bosnia and Herzegovina won this Oscar once before, in 2002 – maybe this will be their second, good luck.
Good news. An actual Eurovision songwriter is also nominated, 2009’s Diane Warren – with 1993’s Sanremo Newcomers winner, Laura Pausini.
Diane Warren’s 12th nomination! With the momentum of the Globe win, she’s certainly up there with Leslie Odom Jr as ones to beat. Husavik will do very well if it does win.
Incidentally, as well as marking the first time that more than one woman is nominated for Best Director in the same year, the 2021 Oscars mark the first time that two Black male actors are nominated for the same film.
I won’t feel too bad if Husavik loses – last year’s actual Icelandic win for Best Score was great, especially with Hildur being only the third female composer to do that. They didn’t win either of 2020’s Eurovisions, real or fictional – but they did get an Oscar.
That’s a sweet way of looking at it 🙂
I had thought the Academy might want to award John Williams for his final Star Wars, so it was nice to see Hildur win and give the speech she did. Last year’s Oscars also saw a female conductor leading the orchestra for the first time, so that must have been doubly sweet to have that followed by Hildur’s win.
I still would like to see the word “actress” gone, and wonder where non-binary actors might fit in – but yes, the Academy is definitely improving, which is great.
Yeah, I’m in two minds about how we recognise identity specificity at this level, without reducing opportunity or attention. I think the Berlin Film Festival made a powerful statement though, and inclusivity for non-binary actors will need to be addressed by award bodies soon.
Would be fun for Sweden to win the Oscar though. It’s not like Swedish people wins Oscars all the time 🙂
A great fantastic news. Please, Husavik for the interval act of the Final of Eurovision 2021. Please.
Will Ferrell would probably want to be there anyway—and if there’s a will, there’s a way!
I see what you did there
And finally bring Molly to adult Eurovision too!
Georgia had to release their song an hour ago. Anyone knows what happened
it’s out, it’s bad
Surprise surprise lol
Yeeess!
Congratulations.
It was the one nomination I really hoped for more than any other! Incredibly chuffed and the moment I heard “Husavik” I knew it would be the standout song of the movie and Oscar material, I really hope Molly Sandén gets the chance to perform at the Oscars in LA on April 25th, especially in front of Hollywood’s biggest names that could finally long overdue launch her international career.
Another nomination I’m really ecstatic about is Maria Bakalova in Borat Subsequent moviefilm, she was so sweet and downright bonkers!
A lot of international nominees this year as well.
But who will sing, the real voices, Molly?
Why the downvotes? Is official that Rachel McAdams doesn’t sing, the voice is Molly Sanden. Is a legit question.
Molly sings in the movie however whether she will go in person or whether there will actually be alive Oscar is debatable
It was like in Bohemian Rhapsody. Rami Malek, the actor who played Freddie Mercury, actually sang through the whole movie, his voice was mixed with Freddie’s original vocals and that of another singer (Canadian singer Marc Martel) to make it look and sound more authentic – nobody could tell who was actually singing what. That process won the sound mixing team an Oscar
No it is Molly Sandén 100 %
I am elated, so incredibly happy for them.. I do love the song so much! Congratulations.. The thought of it being performed at the Oscars makes me really happy 🙂
Only nomination that mattered
Woohoo 😀
It’s such a tight category this year, getting the nomination is delightful! And now some Eurovision magic will be performed at the Oscars!