Talk about a shock… or 10! The Golden Globe Awards they are not always predictable, despite the intense guessing games that some play before the annual ceremony. In fact, the award ceremony big surprises and resentments during its decades of history.
Every year brings fans and industry insiders names that are left off the nominations list or an upset, but some are the kind of moments that will never be forgotten. From critically beloved TV shows that never got the nod, to praised performances that were overlooked, to statues that were awarded to those that seemed like longshots, the Golden Globes know how to keep viewers on their toes.
Gina Rodriguezfor one, she surprised not only the crowd but herself at the 2015 Golden Globes when she took home the award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for Jane the Virgin. It includes other nominees in its category Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lena Dunham, Eddie Falco i Taylor Schilling.
“Thank you to my mom and dad for telling me to dream and never stop dreaming,” the actress said in her speech. “My father told me to say every morning, ‘Today is going to be a great day. I can and I will.” Well, father, today is a great day. I can and I did.”
Keri Russell had a similar upset in 1999 when she won Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama for her lead role in happiness. However, the actress won critical acclaim for her work The Americans almost two decades later, he admitted it exclusively Us Weekly that he prefers to be.
“It’s great to be nominated and I’m always secretly very grateful that I don’t have to speak publicly,” she confessed in September 2017.Always secretly relieved. always I’m just like, ‘Oh my God. Thank God’”.
Other stars and projects, such as Alfred Hitchcock, Robert de Niro, Friday night lights i True Grit — were left out of the fervor of the awards show, prompting a lot of backlash.
Scroll down to review the biggest shocks and surprises in Golden Globes history: