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- Billie Eilish and Finneas are the clear favourites to win this year's Best Original Song Academy Award
- Barbie movie has two nominations with 'I'm Just Ken' the second favourite in the betting
- We look at the full nominees for this year's Best Original Song
Billie Eilish and Finneas are the clear favourites to win this year's Best Original Song Academy Award
The 96th Academy Awards are set to take place next month and bookmakers are offering odds on a whole host of categories that will be awarded at the ceremony.
One of those categories is the Best Original Song with Billie Eilish and Finneas now the clear favourites in the betting market at 1/7 to win the award.
Eilish and her brother Finneas have won the Oscar before back in 2022 for the title track to the James Bond movie 'No Time to Die'.
William Hill have 'What Was I Made For?' the heavy favourite to get Eilish and her brother their second Academy Award at this year's show.
| Best Original Song - Oscars 2024 | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Barbie - What Was I Made For? | 1/7 | 87.5% |
| Barbie - I'm Just Ken | 9/2 | 18.2% |
| KOTFM - Wahzhazhe (A song for My People) | 10/1 | 9.1% |
| American Symphony - It Never Went Away | 12/1 | 7.7% |
| Flamin' Hot - The Fire Inside | 25/1 | 3.8% |
What the expert says...
Barbie movie has two nominations with 'I'm Just Ken' the second favourite in the betting
Barbie looks to have the best chance in the Best Original Song category with the top two songs in the betting market from the movie.
'I'm Just Ken' is a song from the movie performed by Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt and has already won 8 awards during this awards season.
Bookies now put it behind fellow Barbie track 'What Was I Made For?' to win the Best Original Song at this year's show.
Oscars Betting Odds | Academy Awards Preview
We look at the full nominees for this year's Best Original Song
The full nominees for this year's Best Original Song sees a total of 5 songs nominated for the Academy Awards.
Killer's of the Flower Moon's Wahzhazhe (A song for My People) is the third favourite in the betting market this year.
The nominees below, via Wikipedia, are:
| American Symphony | "It Never Went Away" | Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson (music & lyrics) |
| Barbie | "I'm Just Ken" | Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt (music & lyrics) |
| "What Was I Made For?" | Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell (music & lyrics) | |
| Flamin' Hot | "The Fire Inside" | Diane Warren (music & lyrics) |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | "Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" | Scott George (music & lyrics) |
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