Oscars viewers have big complaint as they realise who is doing show's voice-over

The Oscars ceremony may be the most high-profile TV event of the Hollywood calendar, but fans have already taken to social media to make a serious complaint about the broadcast.

The Oscars opened in slightly controversial fashion, with Conan O’Brien aiming a massively risky joke at the arrest of Prince Andrew and firing a shot at Timothee Chalamet over his ongoing controversy following comments about ballet and opera.

So far though viewers of the Oscars have been left raging due to a serious technical issue with the show so far.

The complaint centres around the presenter who is reading out all of the awards and nominees – and the fact that no one can hear what they’re actually saying.

The Oscars announcer is a Hollywood favourite – but no one can hear them

The Oscars have in recent years hired actors who are well known for their iconic voices for the role of the show’s announcer.

Last year this was Parks and Recreation star Nick Offerman, whose signature low voice soundtracked the nominees being read out. This year though they went with Matt Berry.

Matt Berry is announcing the Oscars tonight (BBC)

Berry’s unique voice and iconic inflection from The IT Crowd has long made him a beloved UK TV sensation, but his work on What We Do in the Shadows has on multiple occasions seen him go viral for his line reads.

When it was announced that he would be announcing the nominees fans were ecstatic, and so have been left raging at technical difficulties making it near impossible to hear him.

Fans are claiming that Berry is ‘barely audible’ over the audience

One fan tweeted: “Why would you hire someone like Matt Berry as the announcer at the Oscars and then have his voice drowned out by the music???”

Another said: “Can announcer Matt Berry speak up? he's Barely audible over the crowds.”

Conan O'Brien's hosting is getting praise, but people are unhappy with the technical difficulties (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Others slightly unfairly blamed ITV who are broadcasting the show for the UK, tweeting: “Sort out the F*cking sound problems ITV.”

A fourth fan more simply tweeted: "Cannot hear Matt Berry at all when he does the sound over."

A fifth said: "Matt berry has been done so dirty by this sound mix i can barely hear him."

2026 Oscars nominations

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
• Ryan Coogler - Sinners
• Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
• Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
• Chloé Zhao - Hamnet

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Train Dreams

Best Original Screenplay

• Blue Moon
• It Was Just an Accident
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Best Original Song

• 'Dear Me' - Diane Warren: Relentless
• 'Golden' - KPop Demon Hunters
• 'I Lied to You' - Sinners
• 'Sweet Dreams of Joy' - Viva Verdi!
• 'Train Dreams' - Train Dreams

Best Original Score

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Best International Feature

• It Was Just an Accident
• Sentimental Value
• Sirât
• The Secret Agent
• The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Animated Feature

• Arco
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

Best Documentary Feature

• Come See Me in the Good Light
• Cutting Through the Rocks
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin
• The Alabama Solution
• The Perfect Neighbor

Best Costume Design

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners

Best Make-up and Hairstyling

• Frankenstein
• Kokuho
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• The Ugly Stepsister

Best Production Design

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Best Sound

• Frankenstein
• F1
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirât

Best Film Editing

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Best Cinematography

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Jurassic World Rebirth
• Sinners
• The Lost Bus

Best Live Action Short

• A Friend of Dorothy
• Butcher's Stain
• Jane Austen's Period Drama
• The Singers
• Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best Animated Short

• Butterfly
• Forevergreen
• Retirement Plan
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls
• The Three Sisters

Best Documentary Short

• All the Empty Rooms
• Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
• Children No More: Were and Are Gone
• The Devil Is Busy
• Perfectly a Strangeness

Best Casting

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• The Secret Agent

Best Picture

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• F1
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
• Michael B Jordan - Sinners
• Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent

Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley - Hamnet
• Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
• Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue
• Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone - Bugonia

Best Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan - Weapons
• Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners
• Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo - Sinners
• Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value

More to follow.