A TO TAL of 41 songs are in contention for the best original song category at the 2011 Oscars, it has been announced. Three of them come from Burlesque, starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, which had its UK premiere this week.Tracks performed by Gwyneth Paltrow, Janet Jackson and Alanis Morissette also feature on the longlist. The eligible songs will be whittled down to a list of no more than five by the time the Academy Award nominations are announced on 25 January. The 2011 Oscars will be held on 27 February at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Paltrow - who previously had a singing role in 2000 film Duets - features on two eligible tracks taken from her country music drama, Country Strong.One of them, Me and Tennessee, which Paltrow sings with country star Tim McGraw - was written by her husband, Coldplay star Chris Martin. Under Academy rules, a maximum of two songs may be nominated from any one film. Last years best song award went to The Weary Kind, from the Jeff Bridges music drama Crazy Heart.The original songs, listed in alphabetical order, are: Alice from Alice in Wonderland; Forever One Love and Freedom Song from Black Tulip; Bound to You, Welcome to Burlesque and You Havent Seen the Last of Me from Burlesque; Theres a Place for Us from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; Coming Home and Me and Tennessee from Country Strong. Also eligible for Oscar consideration are Despicable Me and Prettiest Girls from Despicable Me; Dear Laughing Doubters from Dinner for Schmucks; Better Days from Eat Pray Love; If You Run from Going the Distance; Darkness Before the Dawn from Holy Rollers; Sticks & Stones from How to Train Your Dragon; Le Gris from Idiots and Angels; Chanson Illusionist from The Illusionist; Never Say Never from The Karate Kid; To the Sky from Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of GaHoole; and What If from Letters to Juliet. The final songs eligible for nomination are Life During Wartime from Life during Wartime; Made in Dagenham from Made in Dagenham; Little One from Mother and Child; Be the One from The Next Three Days; If I Rise from 127 Hours; When You See Forever from The Perfect Game; I Remain from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time; Dream Big from Pure Country 2: The Gift; How I Love You from Ramona and Beezus; Darling I Do from Shrek Forever After; Noka Oi from Six Days in Paradise; This Is a Low from Tamara Drewe; I See the Light from Tangled; Rise from 3 Billion and Counting; We Belong Together from Toy Story 3; Eclipse: All Yours from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse; Nothing from Tyler Perrys Why Did I Get Married Too; A Better Life from Unbeaten; Shine from Waiting for 'Superman; and The Reasons Why from Wretches & Jabberers. The 83rd Academy Awards nominations will be announced live Jan. 25 in the Academys Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif.Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 are to be presented Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. Agencies