What You Need to Know About Getting Tickets to the Oscars

Can you get in to one of the most exclusive events of the year?

Co-authored by Christine Reed

Last Updated: February 26, 2025

Every year, some of Hollywood's greatest gather at the Oscars. However, tickets are hard to come by, unless you'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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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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Can you live in another country?

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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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