--- description: Look who's talking nonsense title: Oscars 2014: John Travolta Introduced Idina Menzel As Adele Dazeem image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8c5e0b914234d1d/6986837ff983e757be04c887/462016043.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Oscars](/tag/oscars/) ## Oscars Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Who Is Adele Dazeem? Watch John Travolta Flub Idina Menzel’s Name by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 3, 2014 1:10 PM CUT  Actor John Travolta at the 2014 G'Day USA Los Angeles black tie gala at the JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on January 11, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Actor John Travolta at the 2014 G'Day USA Los Angeles black tie gala at the JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on January 11, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 3, 2014 1:10 PM CUT If you watched Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony and found yourself confused about who [John Travolta](http://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/john-travolta-mispronounced-idina-menzel-name-and-it-was-de "undefined") was introducing to sing the Oscar-winning song “Let It Go,” you’re not alone. Apparently, even Travolta himself wasn’t sure. Though it was Idina Menzel—who Travolta correctly, but weirdly, described as “wickedly talented”—who was singing the hit song from _Frozen_, the _Pulp Fiction_ star introduced her as Adele Dazeem. (Adele Dazim? Adela Dazeem? We’re not even sure!) You can watch the flub on this Vine from _Modern Family_‘s Eric Stonestreet, below: \[vine url=”[https://vine.co/v/MA7WgDqvqUD”](https://vine.co/v/MA7WgDqvqUD” "undefined"); width=400 height=400\] Luckily, Menzel didn’t let Travolta’s misstep rattle her, as she went on to turn out a “wickedly” [amazing performance](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/03/02/watch-idina-menzel-sing-let-it-go-at-the-oscars/ "undefined"). \[[BuzzFeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/john-travolta-mispronounced-idina-menzel-name-and-it-was-de "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/11342/adele-dazeem-indina-menzel-john-travolta/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/11342/adele-dazeem-indina-menzel-john-travolta/"},"headline":"Who Is Adele Dazeem? Watch John Travolta Flub Idina Menzel’s Name","datePublished":"2014-03-03T13:10:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:32:20.388Z","description":"Look who's talking nonsense","url":"https://time.com/11342/adele-dazeem-indina-menzel-john-travolta/","keywords":["Oscars","awards","Let it Go"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8c5e0b914234d1d/6986837ff983e757be04c887/462016043.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8c5e0b914234d1d/6986837ff983e757be04c887/462016043.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 G'Day USA Los Angeles Black Tie Gala","caption":"2014 G'Day USA Los Angeles Black Tie Gala","creditText":"Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/oscars/","name":"Oscars"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/11342/adele-dazeem-indina-menzel-john-travolta/","name":"Who Is Adele Dazeem? Watch John Travolta Flub Idina Menzel’s Name"}}]}] ```