Erivo and Grande earned a standing ovation for their powerful and emotional performance Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande defied gravity with their Oscars 2025 performance. The stars of Wicked brought their powerhouse voices together to sing a trio of songs from various Wizard of Oz projects,

Ariana Grande had a "Wicked" reunion with Cynthia Erivo during her opening performance at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday night.

Grande first delivered a moonlit rendition of “Over the Rainbow,” which Judy Garland famously sang as Dorothy in the movie “The Wizard of Oz.” Erivo then belted her version of “Home” from the 1975 Broadway musical “The Wiz,” a Dorothy number originally performed by Stephanie Mills onstage and by Diana Ross in the 1978 film adaptation.