Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

anonymous1980 wrote:
1992 - (I don't know)

Mercedes Ruehl

OscarGuy wrote:I think non-nominees have announced in the recent past, but I'd have to go back and look. It is; however, a definite tradition-braker that Hawk Koch isn't co-announcing. Since I've been watching the nominations announcements live (since 1990), the Academy president has always been one of the co-announcers.

I don't think so. Dating back to at least 1990, the co-announcer (along with the Academy president) has always been at the very least an Oscar-nominee:

1990 - Denzel Washington
1991 - Kathleen Turner
1992 - (I don't know)
1993 - Christine Lahti
1994 - Angela Bassett
1995 - Quincy Jones (I think)
1996 - Mira Sorvino
1997 - Geena Davis
1998 - Kevin Spacey
1999 - Dustin Hoffman
2000 - Kathy Bates
2001 - Marcia Gay Harden
2002 - Marisa Tomei
2003 - Sigourney Weaver
2004 - Adrien Brody
2005 - Mira Sorvino
2006 - Salma Hayek
2007 - Kathy Bates
2008 - Forest Whitaker
2009 - Anne Hathaway
2010 - Mo'Nique
2011 - Jennifer Lawrence

I think non-nominees have announced in the recent past, but I'd have to go back and look. It is; however, a definite tradition-braker that Hawk Koch isn't co-announcing. Since I've been watching the nominations announcements live (since 1990), the Academy president has always been one of the co-announcers.

Per Hollywood Reporter, Seth MacFarlane & Emma Stone will make the announcements Thursday morning.

I could be wrong, but this seems a break with tradition. At least in the TV era, I think all performers making the announcement have been at least nominees -- frequently from the year just previous.

And for MacFarlane, this is probably a way to let most of America know just who the hell he is.