Wicked fans shocked over Golden Globe 2026 nomination 'snub'

It's happened - the nominations for the Golden Globe Awards 2026 are officially in.

Launched in 1944, the Golden Globes are one of the world's premier entertainment awards, recognising the best in motion pictures, television and beyond.

The 83rd ceremony, hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, will reveal all of the winners on 11 January - but first, the nominees have been revealed today (8 December).

And Wicked fans are not happy that Wicked: For Good, which was released last month, has shockingly not made it into the category for Best Musical or Comedy.

While the movie's leading ladies, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, have both been recognised in the acting categories, the movie itself has been missed off the Best Musical or Comedy category, which has understandably come as a surprise to many, given its box office success.

The 2026 Golden Globe nominations have been revealed (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Hollywood Foreign Press Association)

The movies that did make the prestigious list are: Blue Moon, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice, Nouvelle Vague and One Battle After Another.

It's also not a complete 'snub' as Wicked: For Good has also been nominated for Best Cinematic and Box Office achievement.

However, some fans have been left disappointed and have taken to social media to share their thoughts.

One Twitter user penned: "That Wicked snub and what is No Other Choice doing here."

A second agreed: "Not the Wicked For Good snub omg."

A third questioned: "Just leaving Wicked, the best musical of the year off?"

While a fourth wrote: "Not putting the literal musical of the year is wild."

Meanwhile, another fan angrily commented: "I don't even want to be dramatic, but no #WickedForGood even as a nominee in the Best Musical category is ridiculous."

And someone else chimed in with: "Audibly gasped AND laughed at Wicked: For Good getting snubbed in Musical or Comedy! #GoldenGlobes."

Wicked: For Good missed out in the Best Comedy or Musical category (Universal)

The BBC's entertainment reporter, Steven McIntosh, has suggested that the reason behind the 'snub' could be 'partly due to the source material'.

He wrote: "The second half of the stage musical is widely regarded as being weaker than the first. There are a few reasons for that - the musical's best known hits all feature in the first act, and therefore were in the first film, but the second film is also gloomier, and arguably drags more."

It's not all bad as Wicked: For Good also received two nominations in the Best Original Song category - 'No Place Like Home' by composer Stephen Schwartz and 'The Girl In The Bubble' also by Schwartz.

So all in all, five nominations is not too shabby - and as for who actually takes home the coveted awards, we'll have to wait for January to roll around!

Golden Globe 2026 nominations

Best film - drama

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• It Was Just an Accident
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Best film - musical or comedy

• Blue Moon
• Bugonia
• Marty Supreme
• No Other Choice
• Nouvelle Vague
• One Battle After Another

Best non-English language film

• It Was Just an Accident
• No Other Choice
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sirât
• The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best animated film

• Arco
• Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

Best actress - drama

• Jessie Buckley - Hamnet
• Jennifer Lawrence - Die, My Love
• Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value
• Julia Roberts - After the Hunt
• Tessa Thompson - Hedda
• Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby

Best actor - drama

• Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams
• Oscar Isaac - Frankenstein
• Dwayne Johnson - The Smashing Machine
• Michael B Jordan - Sinners
• Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent
• Jeremy Allen White - Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Best actress - musical or comedy

• Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
• Cynthia Erivo - Wicked: For Good
• Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue
• Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another
• Amanda Seyfried - The Testament of Ann Lee
• Emma Stone - Bugonia

Best actor - musical or comedy

• Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme
• George Clooney - Jay Kelly
• Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
• Lee Byung-Hun - No Other Choice
• Jesse Plemons - Bugonia

Best supporting actress

• Emily Blunt - The Smashing Machine
• Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
• Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan - Weapons
• Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another

Best supporting actor

• Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
• Paul Mescal - Hamnet
• Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
• Adam Sandler - Jay Kelly
• Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value

Cinematic and box office achievement

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• Sinners
• Weapons
• Wicked: For Good
• Zootopia 2

Best director

• Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
• Ryan Coogler - Sinners
• Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein
• Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident
• Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
• Chloe Zhao - Hamnet

Best screenplay

• Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
• Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
• Ryan Coogler - Sinners
• Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident
• Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
• Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell - Hamnet

Best original song

• Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen - Avatar: Fire and Ash; 'Dream as One'
• Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick - KPop Demon Hunters; 'Golden'
• Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson - Sinners; 'I Lied to You'
• Stephen Schwartz - Wicked: For Good; 'No Place Like Home'
• Stephen Schwartz - Wicked: For Good; 'The Girl in the Bubble'
• Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner - Train Dreams; 'Train Dreams'

Best original score

• Alexandre Desplat - Frankenstein
• Ludwig Göransson - Sinners
• Jonny Greenwood - One Battle After Another
• Kanding Ray - Sirāt
• Max Richter - Hamnet
• Hans Zimmer - F1

Best TV series - drama

• The Diplomat
• The Pitt
• Pluribus
• Severance
• Slow Horses
• The White Lotus

Best TV series - comedy or musical

• Abbott Elementary
• The Bear
• Hacks
• Nobody Wants This
• Only Murders in the Building
• The Studio

Best limited TV series

• Adolescence
• All Her Fault
• The Beast In Me
• Black Mirror
• Dying for Sex
• The Girlfriend

Best TV actress - drama

• Kathy Bates - Matlock
• Britt Lower - Severance
• Helen Mirren - Mobland
• Bella Ramsey - The Last of Us
• Keri Russell - The Diplomat
• Rhea Seehorn - Pluribus

Best TV actor - drama

• Sterling K Brown - Paradise
• Diego Luna - Andor
• Gary Oldman - Slow Horses
• Mark Ruffalo - Task
• Adam Scott - Severance
• Noah Wyle - The Pitt

Best TV actress - comedy or musical

• Kristen Bell - Nobody Wants This
• Ayo Edebiri - The Bear
• Selena Gomez - Only Murders in the Building
• Natasha Lyonne - Poker Face
• Jenna Ortega - Wednesday
• Jean Smart - Hacks

Best TV actor - comedy or musical

• Adam Brody - Nobody Wants This
• Steve Martin - Only Murders in the Building
• Glen Powell - Chad Powers
• Seth Rogen - The Studio
• Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building
• Jeremy Allen White - The Bear

Best TV actress - limited series

• Claire Danes - The Beast in Me
• Rashida Jones - Black Mirror
• Amanda Seyfried - Long Bright River
• Sarah Snook - All Her Fault
• Michelle Williams - Dying for Sex
• Robin Wright - The Girlfriend

Best TV actor - limited series

• Jacob Elordi - The Narrow Road to the Deep North
• Paul Giamatti - Black Mirror
• Stephen Graham - Adolescence
• Charlie Hunnam - Monster: The Ed Gein Story
• Jude Law - Black Rabbit
• Matthew Rhys - The Beast in Me

Best supporting actor - TV

• Owen Cooper - Adolescence
• Billy Crudup - The Morning Show
• Walton Goggins - The White Lotus
• Jason Isaacs - The White Lotus
• Tramell Tillman - Severance
• Ashley Walters - Adolescence

Best supporting actress - TV

• Carrie Coon - The White Lotus
• Erin Doherty - Adolescence
• Hannah Einbinder - Hacks
• Catherine O'Hara - The Studio
• Parker Posey - The White Lotus
• Aimee-Lou Wood - The White Lotus

Best TV stand-up comedy performance

• Bill Maher - Is Anyone Else Seeing This?
• Brett Goldstein - The Second Best Night of Your Life
• Kevin Hart - Acting My Age
• Kumail Nanjiani - Night Thoughts
• Ricky Gervais - Mortality
• Sarah Silverman - Sarah Silverman: PostMortem

Best podcast

• Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
• Call Her Daddy
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler
• The Mel Robbins Podcast
• SmartLess