This is what happens after the Oscars acceptance speech

AS soon as someone wins an Oscar, they’re ushered off stage where they’re handed a glass of champagne and they’re given a minute to soak it all in. Then the fun begins.

FEBRUARY 25, 2007 : Film director Martin Scorsese (2nd from left), winner of the Oscar for Best Director for his film "The Departed," walks into the trophy room after receiving his award, followed by fellow directors Steven Spielberg (L), George Lucas (2nd from right) and Francis Ford Coppola (R), who presented him with the award at the 79th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, 25/02/07.

IT’S arguably the most exclusive walk in the world.

Nicknamed Winners Walk, only 51 people will have the opportunity to tread the path today when they win an Oscar.

As soon as someone wins an Academy Award, they’re ushered off stage where they’re handed a glass of champagne and they’re given a minute to soak it all in before starting the walk.

And then it begins. They’re taken up the path and escorted out the back of the Dolby theatre to the adjoining Loews hotel.

The first stop is the photo room, where photographers from around the world are gathered to snap pictures of the Oscar winner holding their shiny, 3.8kg trophy.

After a few minutes of posing, they’re then taken next door to the interview room where more than 300 journalists are eagerly waiting to see if their question can be one of the handful that the star will answer.

Armed with numbered paddles, the journalists will raise their arms in the hope they can elicit an answer from the Oscar winner that will make headlines around the world.

These guys have done their fair share of winner’s walks.

After the photos and the questions, the stars are then either escorted back down Winners Walk to their seats in the Dolby Theatre, or, if the show is almost over, they have the option of hanging out in the Architectural Digest green room backstage or they might choose to go directly to the official after party, the Governors Ball.

Only 2,951 Oscars have been handed out since the awards first started, and today a very lucky group of people will join that exclusive club.

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