# 2004 Oscars; Belleville singer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 2, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-oscars-belleville-singer/232160 "2004-03-02T21:01:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-oscars-belleville-singer/232160/1 "2004-03-02T21:01:05Z")
Does anyone know who sung the song from Triplets of Belleville on the Academy Award show the other night? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-oscars-belleville-singer/232160/2 "2004-03-02T21:24:22Z")
The song _Belleville Rendez-vous_ was performed by the singer Cheri (sp?) and composer Benoit Charest. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-oscars-belleville-singer/232160/3 "2004-03-02T21:28:46Z")
Oops! I was wrong about the name. The singer was Betty Bonifassi, who is married to Montreal jazz musician and composer Benoit Charest. Betty voices one of the triplets. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-oscars-belleville-singer/232160/4 "2004-03-02T21:34:34Z")
I believe she was introduced just as “Betty”. My two cents here, but that was easily the best performance of one of the nominated songs during the show. They did a great job of capturing the wackiness of that song and translating it from animation to live action. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-oscars-belleville-singer/232160/5 "2004-03-02T21:40:36Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > I believe she was introduced just as “Betty”. > > My two cents here, but that was easily the best performance of one of the nominated songs during the show. They did a great job of capturing the wackiness of that song and translating it from animation to live action. I haven’t seen the movie yet - but seeing that performance definitely made me want to more. Very kicky - definitely one of my favorite performances of the night. To be honest, of all the songs performed, the one that won (from LOTR:FOTK, of course), was my least favorite. I think I would have prefered that The Scarlet Tide won, if I was to go strictly by performance. I’m not big on sappy songs, but both performances by Alison Krauss were just incredible. Susan ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-oscars-belleville-singer/232160/6 "2004-03-02T21:43:06Z")
Before we drift to Cafe Society with this question, I will say that vacuum cleaners and bicycle spokes are an important part of the “plot” of the film. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-oscars-belleville-singer/232160/7 "2004-03-03T01:05:56Z")
Thank you, Walloon and BobT. I agree with Susan. I enjoyed that song more than any of the others, and Benoit’s wife did a great job on it, visually and vocally. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-oscars-belleville-singer/232160/8 "2004-03-03T03:00:50Z")
> [@susan\_foster](#): > > I haven’t seen the movie yet - but seeing that performance definitely made me want to more. This is definitely headed toward CS, I think, so I’ll just say: _Triplets of Belleville_ is in my top five for the year. I can’t recommend it highly enough. _Finding Nemo_ was great, but _Triplets_ is _genius._ And yeah, the music kicks ass. 🙂 Oh, and a final note more in line with GQ, the lyrics to the Oscar-nominated song were written by the film’s director, Sylvain Chomet. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2004-oscars-belleville-singer/232160/9 "2004-03-03T03:04:46Z")
Do you think it’s easier or harder to write lyrics that make no sense? And in two different languages! I wanted one of the guitarists to start playing with his toes.