Has this been the Oscars greatest mix up ever? La la land thinking they had won the Best Picture; however, it was actually Moonlight. The mistake was only discovered whilst La la land was in the middle of the acceptance speech, how did this get so mixed up though?

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway arrived on stage ready to present the best picture winner. The mistake happened when Beatty had been given the envelope, containing the card for best actress which was for Emma Stone, La la land. This card had been mistakenly handed to Beatty. This was the card that Dunaway read from on stage, saying that La La land were the winners, creating “the craziest Oscar moment of all time”.  On stage La La Land producer, Jordan Horowitz announced that there had been the mistake, he told the audience about the mistake. The audience, didn’t believe it was true so he then said “This is not a joke” and showed the audience the correct card, whilst saying “Moonlight is best picture” Beatty went back to the microphone to tell the audience how they had ended up receiving the wrong envelope and how he wasn’t trying to be funny. The Price WaterhouseCooper auditors are being held responsible for one of the biggest mess ups, at the Oscars. Everyone stayed very calm during the massive mix up, and La La Land were very sensible and congratulated Moonlight, during this fiasco.

Yasmine Hijazi, Farringtons School