Oscars Bingo 2022

2022 Oscars – When, Where, What

The 94th Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, will take place on Sunday March 27th 2022, at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood.  This year’s ceremony represents a return to normality after the 2021 ceremony was first postponed and then held in a different venue with restricted attendance due to the pandemic.  There’s still a knock-on effect though; eligibility for last year’s awards was extended from the end of 2020 till the end of February 2021 and that means that this year’s nominations, which were announced on February 8th, could only include films released in the remaining 10 months of 2021 and not the entire year.

Some other important changes have been made for the 2022 ceremony:

• The show will have three hosts presiding over different segments – Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes
• The #OscarsFanFavourite and #OscarsCheerMoment are new for 2022.  Twitter users voted for their favourite film of the year and their favourite movie moment and the results will be announced at the ceremony.
• 8 of the 23 categories have been removed from the live broadcast.  These awards (Animated Short Film, Documentary Short Subject, Film Editing, Live Action Short Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Production Design and Sound) will be presented an hour before the ceremony goes live on TV and excerpts will be shown during the commercial breaks.  A number of very prominent people in the film industry have expressed their disapproval of this move so it’s possible that it will either be changed at the last minute or not repeated in future years.

How To Watch The Oscars

The Oscars is streamed live on abc.com and also has its own YouTube channel, as well as being on terrestrial, satellite and cable TV all over the world.  The problem for those of us in the UK is the timing!  The Oscars broadcast starts at 8pm Eastern time (so prime time evening viewing on the East Coast) which is 5pm Pacific time (in California where the ceremony is actually being held).  That’s 1am UK time, so anyone here who wants to watch the entire ceremony is going to be up until 4am, on a Sunday night.

How To Play Oscars Bingo

It’s really simple!  Just press Generate Bingo Cards and then choose whether you want to print your cards or invite your friends by email.  Every player will receive a different card!  As you watch, tick off the events as they happen and try to be the first to call bingo!