Remember those legendary Super Bowl halftime shows?

American football’s major event, the Super Bowl, will take place on the night between Sunday and Monday for the 57th time.

The 2023 NFL Finals will feature the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. The match will take place in Glendale, Arizona.

Although the most important thing about the match is to determine the reigning champion of American football, the viewers wait almost as feverishly for the annual halftime show.

The Super Bowl halftime show is one of the biggest dreams of artists, and it also serves as a great springboard for popularity in the music world.

Over the years, the half-time shows have caused one after another the biggest commotions, and no trouble has been avoided. In the program number, which lasts about 13 minutes, several people want to show their greatest skills and especially make a spectacular entrance.

But do you still remember these events?

Stunted on stage

In 1993, a pop star Michael Jackson startled with his own halftime show and especially the style with which he started his program number.

At the beginning, we saw pre-recorded videos in which Jackson performed his famous dance moves. When the singer was finally brought on stage, the audience was totally confused. Then something special happened.

For a minute and a half, Jackson stood completely still on stage while the crowd screamed. Finally, he removed his sunglasses and as the music started playing, he started dancing again. Songs were heard in the performance, among other things Jam, Billie Jean and Black or White.

At the end, 3,500 children were seen on stage singing a song together with the pop star Heal the World.

The worst in history?

The 1995 Super Bowl halftime show has been dubbed the worst in history. They acted as performers at that time Tony Bennett and Patti LaBelle. The intermission show produced by Disney did not give the respected musicians the space they deserved, because the production company wanted to make full use of the advertising space it received.

In the middle of the show, Disney decided to brazenly advertise a new device at the Disneyland theme park.

The choreographers of the interim program later admitted their mistake. They stated that there is no time was enough for planning and practicing.

Towards the sky

Songstress Diana Ross sang his biggest hits in his own halftime show in 1996, such as You Keep Me Hangin’ On, Baby Love mixed Why Do Fools Fall in Love.

However, the real surprise moment came at the end of Ross’s performance, where he had packed all his punches. Take Me Higher -song was driving the crowd wild, Ross looked up at the sky.

– Oh, that’s where my ride comes from! Ross yelled into the mic.

Indeed. Ross had ordered a helicopter for himself, which landed in the middle of the stadium. Ross was whisked aboard the helicopter, and he took off into the sky.

The nipple was visible

Perhaps the halftime show that caused the biggest stir was seen in 2004, when Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake performed together. They were also in the show Sean Combs, Nelly and Kid Rock.

Rock Your Body -song’s dance was not sparing with its seduction. The situation that caused the commotion was seen right at the end of the song, when Jackson and Timberlake, who danced close together, stood in the middle of the stage. Timberlake grabbed the edge of Jackson’s leather shirt and finally exposed Jackson’s chest to the whole crowd. This was by no means intentional, as Timberlake’s idea was to reveal only the red lace bra.

The public was buzzing about the nipple being seen for weeks, and the event was discussed in the news, on television, and in US senators’ meetings.

Janet Jackson’s name rose to the top of the most Googled terms in 2004 and 2005 with the uproar.

Purple rain

The 2007 halftime show has been dubbed the best ever. No wonder, because the performer was Prince. During the show, you could see a lot of pyrotechnics, lights and smoke.

The show featured all of the hit singer’s biggest songs, incl Let’s go Crazy, We Will Rock you mixed Baby, I’m a Star.

The 41st Super Bowl also made an exception for the weather. That year’s event was the first when it rained downpour. The production objected to Prince’s guitar solo, but the musician didn’t care, on the contrary.

The last song of the show, Purple Rain, took on a very special meaning because of the heavy rainfall. That halftime show is hard to beat.

Branches on TV

The hilarious coincidence was seen at halftime of the 2009 Super Bowl, which was headlined by Bruce Springsteen. The singer, who was seen very energetic on stage, hit the videographer in a somewhat questionable way.

Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out -song, Springsteen danced and greeted the audience wildly. Soon the singer got the idea of ​​sliding his knee towards the camera, which was recording the broadcast for television.

However, the sliding did not go completely as planned, because Springsteen’s paces went too long. As a result, her crotch slammed against the camera screen. The picture went black for a moment, but soon the face of the happy singer, who was also a little embarrassed by the situation, appeared on the television screens again.

Worked as a videographer Mike Colucci was not injured in the blunder. Springsteen commented on the event in 2019, ten years after the situation Tampa Bay Times for the magazine.

– Too much adrenaline, kneeling too late, too much speed: “Here I come Mike!”. Boom, Springsteen laughed.

Keskaria for the camera

When Madonna headlined the Super Bowl in 2012, several guest stars were also seen on stage: LMFAONicki Minaj, MIA and Cee Lo Green.

However, Madonna wasn’t the person who grabbed the headlines.

Almost as big of a stir was the scene with Janet Jackson’s nipple when MIA unexpectedly showed the middle finger to replace the word “shit” in the song Give Me All You Luvin.

The NFL was very sorry for what happened and even the superstar Madonna herself took a stand on the big uproar. The NFL finally settled on a radical solution, suing MIA for $16 million for breach of contract and defamation.

The final settlement of the situation was reached in 2015, but the uproar is still remembered. The public has not been told how the matter was settled.

You’re gone

Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in 2014.

Although true Super Bowl fans know that the musicians don’t play during halftime, they use background tapes, but that year’s show was a big hit.

The viewers of the show were outraged by how the musicians of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers hadn’t bothered to put windbreakers on their instruments even to make it look like they were playing for real.

The alignment for the background tapes comes from the leadership ladder of the NFL league. The event has a strict schedule that cannot be missed. For this reason, there would not be time to bring the necessary electricity and current to make the sound from the instruments.

Left shark

Vocalist Katy Perry’s there was nothing to complain about in his own performance, but his background dancer made headlines for that too. During halftime of the 2015 Super Bowl, several background dancers were seen dressed as different characters, such as surfboards, beach balls and sharks.

The attention was drawn to the shark dancing to Perry’s left, who didn’t quite know the pre-learned choreography.

Dancer Bryan Gaw didn’t care about people’s comments or small oversights, but just belted out Perry’s hit song Teenage Dream to the beat. He says that he briefly named the job in question on his resume as “left shark”.

After the performance, the choreographer of Perry’s dance group stated that he had given the dancers room for improvisation, which at least partly explains Gawi’s lack of rhythm.