The incorrect announcement that La La Land had won the top honour at the 89th Academy Awards shocked millions of people around the world on Monday, with numerous viewers labelling the incident the "most awkward" blunder in Oscars history.
The presenters for Best Picture, Hollywood veterans Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, read out the wrong winner while addressing the star-studded crowd at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Oscars mix-up: La La Land producer, Emma Stone react
The 87th Academy Awards end with a major bungle as La La Land is wrongly announced as winning best picture instead of Moonlight. Vision courtesy A.M.P.A.S.
Dunaway declared La La Land the winner, when in fact Moonlight had snapped up Best Picture. Co-presenter Beatty had to awkwardly return to the stage to correct the mistake during the middle of La La Land's acceptance speech.
"I opened the envelope," he said. "And it said Emma Stone, La La Land. That's why I took such a long look at Faye and at you. I wasn't trying to be funny."
La La Land's producer Jordan Horowitz held aloft the correct award slip for the cameras to prove that Moonlight had indeed won.
"This is not a joke," he said. "Moonlight has won best picture."
He and his team then hurriedly left the stage.
The blunder was broadcast live to millions of viewers around the world, with many taking to social media to brand the mishap the "most awkward" Oscars blunder of all time.
That was simultaneously the most hilarious, awkward, painful, amazing thing I've ever seen. I will never forget it. #Moonlight #Oscars
— Jennifer Whitehouse (@quigonjenn) February 27, 2017
And the award for most awkward #Oscars ever goes to... 2017!!!
— Hanna Sundberg (@HannaSundberg) February 27, 2017
LEMONADE WON.
— molzy (@bitchyologist) February 27, 2017
HILLARY CLINTON WON.
THE FALCONS WON.
DID I MISS ANYTHING?#Oscars
Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel took the blooper in his stride, signing off by joking he knew he would "screw this show up".
"I blame myself for this," he said. "Remember, it's just an awards show. I mean, we hate to see see people disappointed. But the good news is we got to see some extra speeches."
Meanwhile, Barry Jenkins, who wrote and directed Moonlight, has taken to Twitter to say he is "still speechless" after the surprise win.
STILL SPEECHLESS pic.twitter.com/qe3NUDWAHM
— Barry Jenkins (@BandryBarry) February 27, 2017
La La Land's Emma Stone, meanwhile, told reporters backstage that she was holding her Best Actress card the whole time – so was unsure of how La La Land got incorrectly announced as Best Picture.
Confusion aside, the Oscar-winning actress said she was extremely excited for Moonlight and thought it one of the best films of all time.
Here are some of the best celebrity reactions to the blunder being shared on Twitter:
Why didn't the producers of the show rush to the stage when the wrong winner had been announced?! I feel bad for #lalaland producers AWKWARD pic.twitter.com/bs2S7rj325
— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) February 27, 2017
Whaaaaaaa??!congratulations Moonlight! My favorite #Oscars in memory!!
— Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) February 27, 2017
Nothing like live TV. Congrats to Moonlight! And to La La Land for such a gracious reaction. #Oscars
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) February 27, 2017
Amazing ending. Wish that had happened on Election Day.
— Billy Crystal (@BillyCrystal) February 27, 2017
And the Oscar goes to...Miss Venezuela! #Oscars
— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) February 27, 2017
Have your people call our people - we know what to do. #Oscars #MissUniverse
— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) February 27, 2017
You know what the problem is -- millions of Academy members voted illegally.
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) February 27, 2017
Maybe I won an Emmy one of the 5 times I lost! Anything is possible. Congrats to #Moonlight. An amazing and deserving best picture winner!
— Jesse Tyler Ferguson (@jessetyler) February 27, 2017
WHAT WAIT OMG
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) February 27, 2017
I'm mean ... I just ... that's the craziest thing I've ever been witness to. Huge congrats to Moonlight, which is fantastic. Wow.
— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) February 27, 2017
Fantastic!!!!!!!!!#Moonlight #Oscars2017 pic.twitter.com/fva6kQC8nH
— Helen Hunt (@HelenHunt) February 27, 2017
Congratulations to the Moonlight team. It truly is a beautiful film. Well done
— John Legend (@johnlegend) February 27, 2017
If you haven't seen Moonlight yet, don't let this #Oscars mixup overshadow things. See it. It's beautiful. Same goes for La La Land.
— Joseph Gordon-Levitt (@hitRECordJoe) February 27, 2017
Whoa whoa
— Chloë Grace Moretz (@ChloeGMoretz) February 27, 2017
Also Hillary just won Wisconsin Michigan and Pennsylvania?
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 27, 2017
Warren Beatty seems to be opening an envelope that says 'Actress in a Leading Role'. He must have been handed the wrong one somehow. Yikes. pic.twitter.com/Rma4wp80aX
— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) February 27, 2017
I feel bad for all involved: Warren, Jimmy, Marc Platt and the incredible La La Land team. That said, congrats to Moonlight. It's brilliant.
— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) February 27, 2017
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