Oscars: The Most Ridiculous Musical Performances In Academy Awards History

Fact: Gwyneth Paltrow and rap group Three 6 Mafia once performed -- though (unfortunately) not together -- during the Academy Awards ceremonies (Paltrow for "Country Strong"; Three 6 for "Hustle & Flow").

Obviously, those aren't the only bizarre acts that have appeared on the Oscar stage: from A.R. Rahman's Olympic-like moment in 2009 to Bjork being, well, Bjork in 2001, the Academy Awards has been known to throw out an odd musical moment or five.

To celebrate this year's Academy Awards -- which air this Sunday -- let's take a look at the most ridiculous musical performances in Oscar history.

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Comments

[lizziebee65]

09:31 PM on 02/24/2012

Holy WORST Oscars EVER! Anyone remember Snow White and Rob Lowe? No words.

[michelleobamaok]

04:25 PM on 02/24/2012

WOW!

Black people used to be so cool. They used to be the COOLEST people on the planet.

Now, they have all sunk to the very lowness that the KKK said that they were.

[Rickstersays]

03:13 PM on 02/24/2012

the pimp song was the last year i watched the oscars. i rather enjoyed blame canada. that song should have won.

[Hampton Roads]

09:35 AM on 02/24/2012

It's amazing that the Oscars salutes excellence in film and yet the program is usually the worst thing you will ever see on TV.

[campcranston]

01:58 PM on 02/23/2012

I fail to see what's so ridiculous about 3 6 Mafia performing the song they wrote, the way they perform. I don't like to throw this word out there very often, because it's super overused, but I think that comes off plain racist.

[campcranston]

03:25 PM on 02/23/2012

Classy? The Oscars? You gotta be kidding me.

[metivo]

11:22 AM on 02/23/2012

What about Raw Blow and Snow White?

[Rickstersays]

03:14 PM on 02/24/2012

that goes in the catagory of worst opening song and dance.

[Zhana Roiya]

06:23 AM on 02/23/2012

Mmmmm this article seems to only be the opinion of the dumb person that wrote it. None of these performances seems ridiculous. different/ funny/ slow maybe but ridiculous? That is just cause your window of reality is probably extremely narrow....

[x1cness]

03:49 AM on 02/23/2012

The Academy Awards' snub of Bjork for her performance as Selma Ježková in Lars von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark" was a travesty. That was more ridiculous than any performances mentioned in this story.

[x1cness]

03:45 AM on 02/23/2012

Bjorks musical performance for the 2001 Academy Awards was not ridiculous. If you want to make the case for her fashion choice that night, then that's a different story.

[dkuz09]

03:09 AM on 02/23/2012

Your "most ridiculous performance" also happened to WIN the Oscar that night. So y'all can shove it.

[Queen Cassandra]

03:03 AM on 02/23/2012

It's hard out here for a pimp.......

( sniggle,giggle)!!

Oscar liked it.

[Smirk]

01:41 AM on 02/23/2012

There's no need for anyone to perform the nominated songs. Just play a snippet and hand out the award. The Oscars are too long.

[triplettam]

01:34 AM on 02/23/2012

I liked that song from "Slumdog Millionaire." And Bjork? Well, except for that dress, she was good. It's what she does.

[ynori]

11:11 PM on 02/22/2012

Those were all pretty terrible, except "Blame Canada," which was brilliant. The entire South Park movie soundtrack is hilarious.

[CindySanFrancisco]

10:17 PM on 02/22/2012

I remember Mafia, they were so funny at the Oscars.