About this episode
This week on the season finale of And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes Oscar Wild cohost Nick Ruhrkraut to discuss the 2009 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Sandra Bullock won for her performance in "The Blind Side," beating Helen Mirren in "The Last Station," Carey Mulligan in "An Education," Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious," and Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia." We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Bullock. 0:00 - 9:53 - Introduction 9:54 - 28:25 - Helen Mirren 28:26 - 55:48 - Carey Mulligan 55:49 - 1:17:33 - Gabourey Sidibe 1:17:34 - 1:35:34 - Meryl Streep 1:35:35 - 1:58:31 - Sandra Bullock 1:58:32 - 3:08:48 - Why Sandra Bullock won / Twitter questions 3:08:39 - 3:13:10 - Who was the runner-up? Buy And the Runner-Up Is merch at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/and-the-runner-up-is?ref_id=24261 ! Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis ! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter Follow Nick Ruhrkraut on Twitter Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter and Instagram Theme/End Music: "Diamonds" by Iouri Sazonov Additional Music: "Storming Cinema Ident" by Edward Blakeley Artwork: Brian O'Meara