Sometimes the best part of an awards show isn’t the show itself — it’s how the audience reacts to the night’s events.
Plenty of stars have been caught on camera making a less-than-gracious loser’s face or candidly expressing their distaste for a particular performer or joke and the meme-worthy moments have lived on for ages in social media history.
At the 2020 Grammy Awards, Billie Eilish became the youngest person to ever win the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and could hardly contain her surprise when her name was announced. Surrounded by family and friends in the audience, the “Bad Guy” singer placed her hands over her mouth in full shock.
A few weeks later, she gave viewers another top-notch reaction GIF when she was caught cringing as Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig sang off-key at the 92nd annual Academy Awards.
Jason Sudeikis, for his part, stole the show at the 2021 Emmys — even with a virtual ceremony. The Ted Lasso star tuned into the show via Zoom while Norman Lear thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for honoring him with the Carol Burnett Award in February 2020. Sudeikis was hooked on Lear’s every word.
When the All in the Family creator acknowledged that he was getting close to 99, Sudeikis couldn’t contain his surprise. At the bottom corner of the screen, he was caught with his mouth agape, wowed by Lear’s long run in Hollywood.
Scroll down to see some of the most hilarious awards show reactions: