Super Bowl Halftime

How many great Super Bowl halftime shows can you remember? If you've been watching football faithfully since Super Bowl I then you probably can think of quite a few. A Super Bowl halftime show is given between the first and second halves (or the second and third quarters) of a championship game. A Super Bowl halftime show may consist of cheerleader performances, bands playing music and other live entertainment spectacles. But national headlines are usually made when a well known singer does something shocking or amazing. (And more often the former)

Cost Of Performers At Super Bowl At Half Time

Super Bowl Halftime is pricey entertainment since there are nearly a hundred million people that are anxious, demanding and ready to be entertained. For this reason, a Super Bowl halftime performance can be very expensive. It not only costs millions of dollars to stage, the performer can easily demand millions of dollars for giving a few minutes of a live show. A little known fact about the Superbowl halftime show is that while performers do seem like they also sing to pre-recorded backing tracks. The band on stage also plays along to pre-recorded backing tracks. This is due to the need for precise timing since literally millions of dollars are on the line for a good performance. (No pressure or anything)

Controversial Super Bowl Half Time Entertainment

Super Bowl half time shows have been both amazing and just plain shocking. Both Michael Jackson and sister Janet Jackson have made national noise at Superbowl half time shows, Janet for having her breast exposed by Justin Timberlake during a “wardrobe malfunction” and Michael for just being Michael. What is it about Superbowl half time shows that brings out the wild side of its celebrity performers?

2007 Super Bowl Halftime Show

And what would a discussion of Super Bowl halftime show and controversy be without the mention of Prince? The Artist Formerly Known and Now Once Again Known As Prince made waves at the 2007 .

Superbowl halftime show. Prince in the Superbowl halftime show performed a short rendition of “We Will Rock You”, along with his signature hits “Let's Go Crazy” and “Baby I'm A Star.” He also sampled classic songs like “Proud Mary”, “All Along The Watchtower”, and “Best Of You.” He finally concluded with “Purple Rain.” The Superbowl halftime show+Prince was 12 minutes long and featured Prince along with two dancers and a marching band. Prince and the Superbowl halftime show was staged on a specially formed set in the shape of Prince's legendary symbol. Prince's halftime show was received well overall, even though the audience was rain-soaked during the Purple Rain finale. Critics proclaimed the show “one of the best ever” if not “the best.” But with Prince a Super Bowl halftime show just isn't a show without some phallic imagery and he did not disappoint in 2007, with a controversial silhouetted camera shot of Prince projected against a large sheet and bright light and a protruding guitar. The results looked...hmm, interesting.

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