{"id":348576,"date":"2026-03-16T05:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348576\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T05:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:44:09","slug":"josh-groban-performs-zadok-the-priest-during-conan-obrien-oscars-2026-monologue-sketch-2026-oscars-conan-obrien-josh-groban-music-oscars-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348576\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Groban Performs \u2018Zadok the Priest\u2019 During Conan O\u2019Brien Oscars 2026 Monologue Sketch | 2026 Oscars, Conan O&#8217;Brien, Josh Groban, Music, Oscars | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/josh-groban\/\" title=\"Josh Groban\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Groban<\/a> made a surprise appearance during the opening moments of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/2026-oscars\/\" title=\"2026 Oscars\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Oscars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old singer performed a special arrangement of \u201cZadok the Priest\u201d during a comedy sketch tied to host Conan O\u2019Brien\u2018s opening monologue on Sunday (March 15) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The moment came during a dream sequence, in which Conan imagined himself winning a fictional Oscar for \u201cBest Achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After his name was announced as the winner, the host appeared wearing a velvet robe and crown while being celebrated on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Josh then performed a funny operatic style song honoring the host as he was crowned.<\/p>\n<p>The performance featured the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and used the melody of \u201cZadok the Priest,\u201d the famous anthem composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of King George II in 1727, per <a href=\"https:\/\/operawire.com\/josh-groban-performs-zadok-the-priest-arrangement-at-the-oscars\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/operawire.com\/josh-groban-performs-zadok-the-priest-arrangement-at-the-oscars\/&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OperaWire.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the comedic moment, Conan even had a falcon deliver his imaginary Oscar statuette from the sky as part of the sketch. Watch above!<\/p>\n<p>The Oscars ceremony is being hosted by comedian Conan O\u2019Brien for the second year in a row. Sinners broke a record for most nominations for a movie in a single year, with 16 nods. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/22\/oscar-nominations-2026-full-lis-of-academy-award-nominees-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Check out the full list of nominees<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Read the lyrics for \u201cZadok the Priest\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Groban made a surprise appearance during the opening moments of the 2026 Oscars. The 45-year-old singer performed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-348576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}