The ‘97th Academy Awards’, which will be broadcast exclusively live on OCN on Monday, March 3rd (7 PM on the 2nd, local time in the US), has announced its congratulatory stage lineup. Blackpink Lisa will be the first K-pop singer to perform on the Academy congratulatory stage, adding to the anticipation and joy. OCN has revealed some of the key points to watch for ahead of the 97th Academy Awards.


● This is the lineup of presenters? A super special list of presenters and a full lineup of Hollywood top stars

The list of presenters has been revealed ahead of the 97th Academy Awards to be held on March 3rd. The 96th Academy Awards winners Cillian Murphy (Best Actor), Emma Stone (Best Actress), Robert Downey Jr. (Best Supporting Actor), and Davaine Joy Randolph (Best Supporting Actress), as well as past Academy Award winners Halle Berry, Penelope Cruz, and Whoopi Goldberg, as well as child actors Elle Fanning, Scarlett Johansson, John Lithgow, Amy Poehler, and June Squibb, and SNL writer-turned-comedian and actor Bowen Yang are expected to shine as presenters.

The star-studded list of nominees is also eye-catching. The show is garnering attention from viewers with a super luxurious lineup of top Hollywood stars who have been nominated for various awards, including Timothée Chalamet from ‘Dune: Part 2’, ‘Completely Unknown’, Ariana Grande from ‘Wicked’, Demi Moore who showed an unprecedented acting transformation in ‘Substance’, and Zoe Saldana who is familiar from series such as ‘Avatar’, ‘The Avengers’, ‘Star Trek’. Also, curiosity is rising as to who will receive the Oscar trophy among the strong nominees, such as whether Adrien Brody, who won the Best Actor Award at the 75th Academy Awards for ‘The Pianist’, will take home two awards? Or whether Timothée Chalamet, who was nominated for the second time after ‘Call Me By Your Name’, will build a new Oscar career.


● Conan O‘Brien’s first Oscar outing & Celebratory performances by Blackpink‘s Lisa, Doja Cat, Ray, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, and Queen Latifah!

The 97th Academy Awards was hosted by Conan O’Brien, a famous American comedian who boasts global popularity. This year‘s Academy Awards ceremony in particular received even more attention as it was known as Conan O’Brien‘s first time hosting the Academy Awards. Conan O’Brien‘s signature cheerful talk and intelligent humor, which have been loved for a long time, will meet the synergy of the hotly anticipated 97th Academy Awards, and expectations are rising for what kind of legendary scenes will be born at this awards ceremony. In particular, he is well-known to Korean viewers after visiting Korea with actor Steven Yeun through ‘The Conan Show’ in 2016, so Conan O’Brien‘s first Oscar hosting debut is also being considered a point of interest at this awards ceremony.

In addition, at the 94th Academy Awards, there was a heartwarming scene where Youn Yuh-jung called the deaf actor Troy Kocher from the film ‘Coda’ by sign language at the Best Supporting Actor presentation, and at the 96th Academy Awards, there were various touching moments and laughter such as John Cena’s unconventional presentation of the Best Costume Design Award, which became a hot topic. In particular, this year‘s Academy Awards features a super-star lineup of presenters including Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, and Emma Stone, so expectations are high for their cheerful and sensible award presentations.

Meanwhile, Blackpink Lisa, Doja Cat, Lay, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Queen Latifah, and the LA Master Choir have confirmed that they will host the congratulatory stage at this year’s Academy Awards, receiving an explosive response. Blackpink Lisa, in particular, is drawing attention as the first K-pop singer to perform on the Academy congratulatory stage. According to news from the Academy on January 22, the performance nominated for the Best Original Song award will focus on the composers rather than the traditional live performance, showing their shining artistry and the story of the process through which the song was created, which has raised expectations for the new performance.


● Ahn Hyun-mo, Kim Tae-hoon, and Lee Kyung-mi, the 3 MCs & the first domestic broadcaster to introduce real-time AI translation service for a more vivid live broadcast

The changes in the MCs for the 97th Academy Awards live broadcast are also notable. Interpreter and broadcaster Ahn Hyun-mo, who has hosted the live broadcast for 6 seasons since the 91st Academy Awards in 2019, has firmly established her position this year as well, while the combination of pop columnist Kim Tae-hoon, who is also a regular at the Academy Awards, is expected to be a trustworthy and high-quality hosting, following last year. Next, the news that director Lee Kyung-mi, who directed ‘The School Nurse Files’, ‘The Truth Beneath’, ‘Miss Hongdangmu’, and wrote the screenplay for director Park Chan-wook‘s ‘Inevitably’, scheduled to be released in 2025, will be joining the cast has drawn attention. Director Lee Kyung-mi, who is known for her unique portrayal of stereotype-breaking female characters such as Ahn Eun-young of ‘The School Nurse Files’, Kim Yeon-hong of ‘The Truth Beneath’, and Yang Mi-sook of ‘Miss Hongdangmu’, has joined the cast of films featuring diverse female characters such as ‘Substance’, ‘Wicked’, and ‘Anora’, which will greatly enhance the commentary on this year’s Academy Awards, which has many nominated films featuring diverse female characters such as ‘SUBSTANCE’, ‘Wicked’, and ‘Anora’.

In order to deliver the fun and emotion of the awards ceremony to viewers in real time, OCN will be the first domestic broadcaster to introduce real-time translation technology utilizing an AI platform for the live broadcast of the 97th Academy Awards. The cutting-edge speech-to-text (STT) technology of XL8, a global AI translation subtitle solution company, will be applied, and live streaming specialist Streaming Korea will be in charge of the on-site operation of the solution to enhance its perfection.

The live broadcast of the ‘97th Academy Awards’, which will be exclusively broadcast live on domestic TV on Channel OCN at 9 AM on March 3, can also be viewed live on the OCN channel live within TVING.

Hong Se-young, Donga.com reporter projecthong@donga.com

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