No one. That was the year the Oscars had no host, in an attempt to see how the telecast would go without one. The dates below represent the year in which the Oscar awards were telecast.
Biographies of Various Oscar Hosts
Billy Crystal, hosted 2012, 2004, 2000, 1997–1998, 1989–1993 Anne Hathaway, co-host 2011 James Franco, co-host 2011 Hugh Jackman, 2009 Jon Stewart, 2008, 2006 Ellen DeGeneres, 2007 Chris Rock, 2005 Steve Martin, 2003, 2001 Whoopi Goldberg, 2002, 1999, 1996, 1994 David Letterman, 1995 Chevy Chase, 1988 Bob Hope, hosted several times from 1940–1978 Johnny Carson, 1979–1982, 1984