2020 Oscars Will Be Hostless for Second Year

This year’s Oscars ceremony will be hostless for the second year in a row, according to the ABC entertainment president, Karey Burke.

The Oscars will once again ditch its host due to a rating's boost after last year's show, which didn't feature a host.

"Together with the Academy, we have decided there will be no traditional host, repeating for us what worked last year," Burke announced on Wednesday in a presentation at the Television Critics Association press tour.

"Together with the Academy, we have decided there will be no traditional host, repeating for us what worked last year," Burke said.

He pointed out that it will have huge entertainment values, big musical numbers, comedy and star power.

The Oscars had to go without a host last year after their original choice Kevin Hart canceled after a scandal revolving an old homophobic tweet had resurfaced.

It was the first time in three decades the show didn’t have a host, since 1989.

The 92nd Academy Awards will take place on February 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

It is noteworthy that the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy’s voting membership.

The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette, officially called the “Academy Award of Merit”, although more commonly referred to by its nickname “Oscar”.

The statuette depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style. The award was originally sculpted by George Stanley from a design sketch by Cedric Gibbons. AMPAS first presented it in 1929 at a private dinner hosted by Douglas Fairbanks in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

The Academy Awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953.

It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony and is now seen live worldwide.