Why Gaga Will Sweep the Awards: A Theory

[thehanyo 4,251]

So I was reading comments on different awards blogs and someone brought up a theory that I found really interesting.

He basically was saying that a lot of these film and critics societies will want to award Lady Gaga because they want her to appear at their awards ceremonies.

For example, because Gaga was awarded the CRB award yesterday, she will now attend the ceremony where she receives the award in January.

I mean, obviously Gaga is getting recognized for her amazing performance. But when you see her name next to Glenn Close and Olivia Colman, who both gave amazing performances this year, I would give the slight edge to the one I most want to party with and take selfies with lmao.

What ya'll think?

[Kimmo 81,248]

A slight reach!

It might happen at all the smaller award ceremonies that need the buzz but when it comes to the Oscars, The Academy can careless about popularity otherwise they would always award the big names 

[ALGAYDO 33,645]

Inb4 award shows give her both Best Actress and Best Actor awards so that she’s more likely to attend and raise their ratings 

[Enzo 37,977]

They would only nominate her but don't give her anything, just like the Grammys has been doing for the past years 

[Anderson123 39,495]

These are not the MTV Awards baby. I don't see the Academy being like "Little Monsters are a big fanbase, lets give it to her cuz 80% of ratings will come from the gays". 

[Ronk 14,769]

Not to be a downer, but I think Glenn will win at the Oscars, and Gaga will take Best Original Song.  Of course, I hope Gaga wins both.

[Thomas P 18,479]

11 minutes ago, Alan123 said:

80% of ratings will come from the gays". 

That’s already happening whether we join or not 

[SharkmanthaC 114,725]

The smaller awards this theory makes sense, but as others have said I don't think the Academy would care about that.  Has anyone seen the other contenders for Best Actress or Motion Picture? Obviously, we all want Gaga to win, but I haven't seen any of the others that are getting Oscar buzz, so can't speak to how I think it might go. Anyone have thoughts about those films?

[Jollibee 3,179]

Maybe not really awarding but nominating her. Gaga can still attend if they just nominate her even though she is not winning. That's why I'm pretty sure that she won't be snubbed for BA nomination as AMPAS really want that ratings to go up but of course, performance wise, she still deserve to be nominated. We all know Gaga can bring he ratings up to any show. People who don't follow the Oscars/awards season that much will be interested to see if she can win BA and watch the whole ceremony.

[YaaaasGaga 6,119]

2 hours ago, Kimmo said:

The Academy can careless about popularity otherwise they would always award the big names 

Although I have read from quite  few sources that the academy is very concerned about the popularity of the oscars in recent years, especially with the televised viewings. A lot of people are predicting that Gaga will get best actress due to the voters needing the awards to stay relevant.

[Quartz 12,588]

No Gaga No Ratings 

[GypsyBabe 22,836]

Gaga pulls in ratings, so the theory could hold true for nominations, but I don't think so for wins. People will watch if she's nominated, but that doesn't mean that she will be rewarded by the academy. She has to deserve it (which I believe that she does and has a real chance). She did a great job with the role, and if she does manage to pull out a win (if she's nominated of course) against actresses like Viola Davis and Glenn Close, I hope that people with not discredit her by citing her "popularity" and the need for "ratings" because that would really piss me off. 

[Kimmo 81,248]

1 hour ago, YaaaasGaga said:

Although I have read from quite  few sources that the academy is very concerned about the popularity of the oscars in recent years, especially with the televised viewings. A lot of people are predicting that Gaga will get best actress due to the voters needing the awards to stay relevant.

The producers of the show (The Oscars) and The Academy are two different things, it doesn’t matter if the producers want to stay relevant, The Voters are still anonymous and monitored  

[derpmonster 22,412]

I am not here for meltdowns is all I have to say. It's possible because this is her most universally GP friendly and critic friendly project but we'll see. I'm not expecting too much. One Oscar will be big. I just want that Shallow Oscar. 

[GypsyBabe 22,836]

2 minutes ago, derpmonster said:

I am not here for meltdowns is all I have to say. It's possible because this is her most universally GP friendly and critic friendly project but we'll see. I'm not expecting too much. One Oscar will be big. I just want that Shallow Oscar. 

Same. I really want an Oscar for Shallow. She deserves it.