Why Robbie Williams Was Disqualified from Oscars 2025 for His 'Better Man' Original Song

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Robbie Williams has already earned a Golden Globe nomination for his song “Forbidden Road” from Better Man, but now he has been disqualified from Oscars contention.

Better Man is a new film about the life of the British pop star with a CGI monkey playing the singer instead of an actual actor.

The musical uses Robbie‘s songs and “Forbidden Road” is a new one written for the film. The song was up for the Best Original Song award at the upcoming 2025 Oscars and the Academy already revealed that the song made it on the shortlist of 15 songs that will compete for a nomination.

Now, it has been revealed that the Academy has disqualified the song. Keep reading to find out more… Variety reports that the song “incorporates material from an existing song that was not written for the film.” To be eligible for Best Original Song, a song must be “original and written specifically for the motion picture.” This is why songs from the movie Wicked are not eligible for this category, as all the songs in Part One were written for the Broadway show.