How to Get Tickets to the Oscars

Co-authored by Christine Reed

Last Updated: November 4, 2024

Every year, some of Hollywood's greatest gather at the Oscars. However, tickets are hard to come by, unless your're Hollywood royalty that is. These tickets can be extremely rare, however they aren't impossible to get. Here's how.

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Go to Oscars and register to sit in the bleachers lining the red carpet. Only 700 people will be chosen from the public, but the tickets are free. They draw these registrations like the lottery. These bleachers, however, aren't actually in the Awards Show themselves so this is your best chance of attending the event. ^{[1]
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Seat fillers wait by to fill any seats that are empty in the event that somebody leaves during the awards show, so when the camera looks into the audience it isn't full of holes. ^{[2]
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Call your friends, and your friends of friends, to see if anyone has connections to someone who's worked in the Hollywood industry. You'd be surprised at the turn out. ^{[3]
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This is my dream come true. My bucket list, I have Stage 3 uterine cancer and am dying to go. Could you please let me know the details on how to obtain tickets?

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This article will give you some tips. There are a few hundred tickets given via random lottery as well. Just sign up and good luck.

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Who sits up top at the Oscars?

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The people sitting in the top rows are the less famous candidates and people not favored to win.

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Yes. You'll just have to travel to where the show is to go see it, but you'll have to pay for the travel fees like plane tickets and such.

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