The 2020 Oscars Will Go Hostless; Full Nominee List To Be Revealed On Monday

For the second year in a row, the Academy Awards will go hostless, according to GameSpot sister site TV Guide. The 92nd Oscars, airing next month, will "[repeat] what worked last year: huge entertainment value [and] big musical numbers," ABC president Karey Burke said during the Television Critics Association winter press tour.

This year's hostless Oscars mirrors exactly what happened during 2019's awards show. Kevin Hart withdrew from hosting in response to criticism about homophobic comments he made in the past on Twitter.

"I have made the choice to step down from hosting this year's Oscar's....this is because I do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talented artists," Hart tweeted in December 2018. "I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past."

2019's Academy Awards show didn't hit the same viewership as 2016 or 2017, securing about 30 million eyes; however, it did perform marginally better than 2018's ceremony, which held about 26 million viewers globally.

Though the Oscars has yet to announce the full list of categories and nominees, the organization did provide a shortlist of candidates in a handful of categories. These include Best Live-Action Short Film, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Feature Documentary Film, and more.

The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, February 9 at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on ABC. The full list of nominees will be announced on Monday, January 13. You can check out the shortlist below. Keep in mind not every category, including Best Director and Best Picture, has been revealed.

The 92nd Oscars Nominees Shortlist

Documentary, Feature Film

• Advocate
• American Factory
• The Apollo
• Apollo 11
• Aquarela
• The Biggest Little Farm
• The Cave
• The Edge of Democracy
• For Sama
• The Great Hack
• Honeyland
• Knock Down the House
• Maiden
• Midnight Family
• One Child Nation

Documentary, Short Subject

• After Maria
• Fire in Paradise
• Ghosts of Sugar Land
• In the Absence
• Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
• Life Overtakes Me
• The Nightcrawlers
• St. Louis Superman
• Stay Close
• Walk Run Cha-Cha

International Feature Film

• Czech Republic, The Painted Bird
• Estonia, Truth and Justice
• France, Les Misérables
• Hungary, Those Who Remained
• North Macedonia, Honeyland
• Poland, Corpus Christi
• Russia, Beanpole
• Senegal, Atlantics
• South Korea, Parasite
• Spain, Pain and Glory

Makeup And Hairstyling

• Bombshell
• Dolemite Is My Name
• Downton Abbey
• Joker
• Judy
• Little Women
• Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
• 1917
• Once upon a Time…in Hollywood
• Rocketman

Music, Original Score

• Avengers: Endgame
• Bombshell
• The Farewell
• Ford v Ferrari
• Frozen II
• Jojo Rabbit
• Joker
• The King
• Little Women
• Marriage Story
• Motherless Brooklyn
• 1917
• Pain and Glory
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
• Us

Music, Original Song

• "Speechless" from Aladdin
• "Letter To My Godfather" from The Black Godfather
• "I'm Standing With You" from Breakthrough
• "Da Bronx" from The Bronx USA
• "Into The Unknown" from Frozen II
• "Stand Up" from Harriet
• "Catchy Song" from The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
• "Never Too Late" from The Lion King
• "Spirit" from The Lion King
• "Daily Battles" from Motherless Brooklyn
• "A Glass of Soju" from Parasite
• "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from Rocketman
• "High Above The Water" from Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
• "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" from Toy Story 4
• "Glasgow" from Wild Rose

Animated Short Film

• Dcera (Daughter)
• Hair Love
• He Can't Live without Cosmos
• Hors Piste
• Kitbull
• Memorable
• Mind My Mind
• The Physics of Sorrow
• Sister
• Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days

Live-Action Short Film

• Brotherhood
• The Christmas Gift
• Little Hands
• Miller & Son
• Nefta Football Club
• The Neighbors' Window
• Refugee
• Saria
• A Sister
• Sometimes, I Think about Dying

Visual Effects

• Alita: Battle Angel
• Avengers: Endgame
• Captain Marvel
• Cats
• Gemini Man
• The Irishman
• The Lion King
• 1917
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
• Terminator: Dark Fate