It 's always a question : Will the Academy Awards telecast feature performances of the Original Song nominees ? Sometimes the answer is no , but this time ... it 's looking like a yes . Producers have indicated the frontrunner in that category , Adele 's massively popular theme to the James Bond thriller Skyfall , will be performed live during the Feb. 24 ceremony . While the other nominees were n't mentioned in the announcement , it 's unlikely one nominee will be allowed to perform unless the other contenders are welcome too — especially since one of them is written by Oscar host Seth MacFarlane and another could be performed by Hugh Jackman . Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron confirmed Adele 's participation this morning : `` She is currently one of the most successful recording artists in the world , and we believe that her performance of Skyfall will be an exciting Oscar moment for audiences watching at the Dolby Theatre and on television screens around the world . '' EW special coverage : Oscars 2013 . The song is the first 007 theme to be nominated for an Oscar since 1981′s For Your Eyes Only . Previous Bond movies to have song nominees are 1977′s The Spy Who Loved Me and 1973′s Live and Let Die , although none has ever won . This ceremony will feature a special tribute to James Bond , as part of the super-spy film series ' 50th anniversary , and Skyfall also has four other nominations : cinematography , score , sound editing , and sound mixing . The Oscars will mark the first time Adele , who co-wrote the Skyfall theme with collaborator Paul Epworth , has ever performed the song live . `` It 's an honour to be nominated and terrifyingly wonderful to be singing in front of people who have captured my imagination over and over again , '' Adele said in a statement . `` It 's something I 've never experienced and probably only ever will once ! '' Although MacFarlane is nominated as one of the co-writers of Everybody Needs a Friend from Ted , it was performed by Norah Jones — another potential draw for audiences . And Suddenly , the new song added to the musical Les Miserables , was performed by Jackman , who has a Best Actor nomination for the role , as well as a history of turning up on the Academy Awards stage . Oscars : 15 snubs that bugged you . Best Original Song Nominees : . • Before My Time from Chasing Ice , music and lyric by J. Ralph . • Everybody Needs A Best Friend from Ted , music by Walter Murphy ; lyric by Seth MacFarlane . • Pi 's Lullaby from Life of Pi , music by Mychael Danna ; lyric by Bombay Jayashri . • Skyfall from Skyfall , music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth . • Suddenly from Les Misérables , music by Claude-Michel Schönberg ; lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil . See original story at EW.com .
Adele 's Bond theme appears to be the front runner for an original song Oscar . Producers have confirmed that she will perform . Oscars ceremony will feature a special Bond tribute .