The 84th Academy Awards did not feature performances from either nominated song ( " Man or Muppet " from '' The Muppets '' or " Real in Rio " from '' Rio '' ) . No reason for this was given by Oscar producers . This was only the third time that Best Original Song nominees were not performed ( the others were in 1989 and 2010 ) . At the 2013 Oscars , only three of the five nominees were performed , with the eventual winner , the theme from '' Skyfall '' , being the only one performed separately on its own as opposed to being part of a musical montage sequence . The 88th Academy Awards also had three of the five nominees performed . Anohni , performer and writer of " Manta Ray " , one of the two nominated songs cut from the ceremony , boycotted the ceremony for this reason
2013 Oscars
85th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Song