Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo Are Absolute POWERHOUSES At The Oscars -- Watch Their Performance!

Broadway music makes every night better.

We think it’s fair to say the most talked about movie of the year was Wicked, right? We mean, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo didn’t just slay their performances in the film, their promo tour antics were the top trending topic on social media for WEEKS! So it makes sense the Academy wanted these two powerhouses to open the show.

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Watch Ari’s Somewhere Over The Rainbow (below):

Ariana Grande performing “Somewhere over the Rainbow” at the #Oscars

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— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) March 3, 2025

Watch their Defying Gravity duet (below):

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande perform Defying Gravity at the #Oscars! ???????? pic.twitter.com/n4ep3arGfS

— Wicked Movie (@wickedmovie) March 3, 2025

SING, Cynthia!! We’re gonna be holding space for THAT performance this week! *massive applause*

[Image via ABC.]