Cher just stole the show at the 2026 Grammys for all the wrong reasons.

Move over, 2016 trend, this is a throwback to 2017 and the infamous Oscars Best Picture mix-up. You know the one: La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner before the actual victor, Moonlight, was revealed — after the La La Land team had already taken the stage to give speeches. Presenters had the wrong envelope, and the fiasco, dubbed EnvelopeGate, instantly became one of the most shocking moments in Oscar history. Now, it looks like it has some stiff competition.

Granted the honour of announcing Record of the Year, Cher called out the wrong winner — someone who wasn’t even nominated at the 2026 Grammys. Uh-oh.

What happened with Cher’s speech at the Grammys?

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Cher — one of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipients — took the stage to cheers and began thanking the crowd… before being awkwardly interrupted by host Trevor Noah, who handed her the trophy.

She launched into her speech and then tried to make a swift exit (relatable), only for Noah to call her back.

“Can we get you to announce the nominees?” he asked as Cher trotted back to the microphone.

“You can see I wanted to get off the stage,” she teased.

After clips of the nominated records played on the CBS broadcast, Cher returned, clutching the winner’s envelope and wrestling with the teleprompter in front of her.

The pop icon was set to present the coveted Record of the Year – who better? – but then called out Luther Vandross’ name before quickly correcting herself and awarding the prize to the real winners: Kendrick Lamar and SZA, for Luther.

“And the Grammy goes to… Oh! They told me it was going to be on a prompter. Oh, the Grammy goes to Luther Vandross. Oh Kendrick, no Kendrick Lamar!” Cher exclaimed.

As Kendrick and SZA walked up to accept their trophy, Cher mouthed what appeared to be a heartfelt: “I’m so sorry.” Oops indeed.

Why did Cher name Luther Vandross as the winner?

Look, it’s not quite as catastrophic as announcing the wrong winner — Cher’s mistake actually makes sense.