From Barbra Streisand to ‘Zero Dark Thirty’: A (Brief) History of Ties at the Oscars

The Oscars are not immune to the unexpected (after all, who could forget the 2017 ceremony) moonlight and la la land A Best Picture mash-up and all the unparalleled celebrity reactions it elicits? ), but sometimes, the shocking things come from within the academy.

In the Oscars’ nearly 100-year history, there have been seven ties, the most recent occurring on Sunday night when Sam Davis’ singers Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata The two exchange saliva Both won the 2026 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

Here, for you Hollywood trivia fans out there, we’ve rounded up the other shocking relationships from the Oscars. Revisit each item below.

Frederic March and Wallace Beery receive the Best Actor Award, 1932

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March technically beat Wallace by one vote, but they both took home Oscar statuettes that night (and forced the Academy to change their tandem winning rules).

so little yet so much and chance to live Best Documentary Short, 1950