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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Show Earns Nine Emmy Nominations, Most Ever for Halftime Performance
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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Show Earns Nine Emmy Nominations, Most Ever for Halftime Performance

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show earned nine Emmy nominations, becoming the most nominated in history.
  • The nominations span categories like production design, choreography, and directing.
  • The show featured a message of continental unity and included guest appearances by Ricky Martin and Lady Gaga.

Bad Bunny's electrifying Super Bowl halftime performance has secured a historic nine Emmy nominations, making it the most recognized Super Bowl show in Emmy history. The nominations span a wide range of technical and artistic categories, including production design, choreography, directing, musical direction, and sound mixing. The show is also competing for the coveted award for best live variety special.

The Puerto Rican artist's performance was celebrated for its powerful message of continental unity. Bad Bunny emphasized that "America is the entire continent, not just the United States," displaying flags and names from countries across the region. He closed the show with "God bless America!" holding an American football that read 'Together we're America.'

America is the entire continent, not just the United States.

โ€” Bad BunnyDuring his Super Bowl halftime show, emphasizing continental unity.

Adding to the star power, the performance featured guest appearances by fellow Puerto Rican artist Ricky Martin, who performed an acoustic version of Bad Bunny's "Lo Que Le Pasรณ a Hawรกi," touching on Puerto Rico's colonial status. American singer Lady Gaga also joined for a salsa rendition of her song with Bruno Mars, "Die With A Smile," and danced with Bad Bunny.

This record-breaking nomination surpasses Lady Gaga's previous record set in 2017. The Emmy Awards ceremony is scheduled for September 14 in Los Angeles.

Die With A Smile

โ€” Lady GagaPerforming a song during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.