Oscars 2013: Who had the best musical number? [Poll]

Adele sings "Skyfall" at the Academy Awards. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

By John Horn

February 25, 2013, 7:30 p.m.

The producers of the 85th Academy Awards promised that Sunday night's ceremony wouldn't be an awards show with entertainment but an entertaining show with awards.

The anchor of the strategy was less host Seth MacFarlane and more an assortment of show numbers, many saluting movie musicals.

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While the performances weren't as memorably awful as Debbie Allen's interpretive dance numbers from Oscars past, reviewers were divided over who killed it and who simply died.

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What did you think?

Which singer did a great job?

And who could you have done without?

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ShowMeMary at 4:52 AM February 27, 2013

I was blown away by Shirley Bassey. She looked amazing, and her voice was so strong, fabulous. Barbra Streisand, wow, she was great! It was such a treat to see and hear these two real (and I emphasize "real") singers.

DFairburn at 6:40 AM February 26, 2013

Nothing against Babs, but after 50 years, Shirley Bassey has a great set of pipes

Catherine Zeta-Jones does not have a pair of dancers legs.

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