Beyonce, Sebastian Yatra and Billie Eilish to perform at the Oscars

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Los Angeles (USA), 22 Mar Colombian Sebastian Yatra will sing the song “Dos Oruguitas” this Sunday on the Oscars stage, which will also be played by Beyoncé, Reba McEntire, Billie Eillish and her brother Finneas. The five artists are nominated in the category of best original song, where Van Morrison is also competing for his song “Down to Joy” for the film “Belfast”, although the rocker will not be attending Los Angeles because he is on tour, as confirmed on Tuesday by the Hollywood Academy. Music was the last secret that remained to be announced of a ceremony that, after last year's break, will return to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with an audience, a red carpet and three presenters: Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes. The Spaniard will be heard on stage thanks to Yatra, who has already advanced in a recent interview with Efe who “was going to attend” the gala as a guest. “And I'm singing there, representing my Colombia, which is also on the front page of the world with this film,” said the 27-year-old singer about the song on the soundtrack of “Encanto”. Not many times have the Oscars had a song in Spanish during their ceremony. The last one in 2017, when Natalia Lafourcade, Gael García Bernal, Miguel sang in English and Spanish “Remember Me - Remember Me”, the theme of the film “Coco” that later won the golden statuette. In 2005, Antonio Banderas and Carlos Santanta performed “The Other Side of the River”, a song by Jorge Drexler that also won the award despite the fact that the musician could not go on stage to sing it. Earlier, in 2002, Lila Downs and Caetano Veloso introduced verses in Spanish by bringing to the stage the chords of “Burn It Blue”, a composition of the film “Frida”. Among the other musical numbers next Sunday, Beyoncé will perform “Be Alive” by “King Richard” and Reba McEntire will do the same with “Somehow You Do”, from “Four Good Days”. Finally, Billie Eilish and Finneas will perform with “No Time To Die”, the theme song of James Bond's latest film. At the cinephile level, “The Power of the Dog”, “Licorice Pizza”, “Coda”, “Don't Look Up”, “King Richard”, “Nightmare Alley”, “Drive My Car”, “Dune”, “Belfast” and “West Side Story” are the candidates for this year's best film Oscar. CHIEF romu/er/cfa