The Nominees
Once “Falling Slowly”
Enchanted “Happy Working Song”
August Rush “Raise It Up”
Enchanted “So Close”
Enchanted “That’s How You Know”
Our Prediction
August Rush “Raise It Up”
Ultimate Upset
Enchanted “That’s How You Know”
And the winner is…
Once “Falling Slowly”
Our Thoughts on the Winner
This was one of the most unexpected wins of the night, in my opinion. The live performance was definitely one of the weakest, but the Academy felt that props should go to Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova for the song “Falling Slowly” from their movie, Once.
Glen did the speaking for the most part. Not that they had much of a choice since the music came on when Marketa got to the mic to speak. He talked about how they made the film cheaply and that everyone should go out and make art. Props have to go to the young girl who sang with the choir for August Rush. She did a fabulous job and I seriously thought that song was better, but then, I’m not in the Academy.
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I thought their live performance last night was hands down the best of the evening….