OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG

"Poverty Porn", The 40-Year-Old Version (Music by Khrysis; Lyrics by Radha Blank)

"Husavik", Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Music and Lyrics by Savan Kotecha, Rickard Göransson & Fat Max Gsus)

"Make It Work", Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Music and Lyrics by John Legend)

"Ultraluminary", Over the Moon (Music and Lyrics by Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield & Helen Park)

"Your Name Engraved Herein", Your Name Engraved Herein (Music and Lyrics by Keon Chia, Boon Wah Tan & Yuan Teng Hooi)

AND THE WINNER:

"HUSAVIK", EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA (MUSIC AND LYRICS BY SAVAN KOTECHA, RICKARD GÖRANSSON & FAT MAX GSUS)

This is the first win and nomination for Rickard Göransson & Fat Max Gsus. This is also Savan Kotecha's first win but second nomination having been previously nominated for co-writing "Love Me Like You Do" for the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015).

While I might have some problems with Eurovision Song Contest as a film (primarily Will Ferrell) none of my problems come from the truly incredible music featured in the film. The highlight obviously being the finale ballad "Husavik". I knew when watching the film this past summer the song would likely win my song award. It's just such a dramatic song and perfectly fitting in the narrative of the film (take note awards voters original songs should be integeral to the film rather than another end credits tune.) While the film's star McAdams did not sing the song and it was instead sung by swedish born Molly Sandén I didn't really care because I still believed this song was coming from the main characters throat.

The mix of English and Icelandic in the lyrics is especially great and showcases the song as a perfect movie song fitting of the struggle that contestants in the film are having whether to sing in any language other than English. I've watched the above sequence countless times since first hearing it in May and I can confidently say I never grow bored of the song.