The Best And Worst Super Bowl Half-Time Shows Ever
The Best Super Bowl Halftime Shows Ever
The Super Bowl is one of America's greatest sporting events of the year, as the best football teams in the country face off to be crowned Super Bowl champions. But perhaps more appealing than the game itself is the halftime show. The musical performance, usually headlined by one of the top performers in the previous year, draws an average of 110 and 120 million viewers.
Let's examine some of the best and worst Super Bowl halftime shows ever.
Super Bowl XXXIV: The Disney Millenium Performance
One of the worst Super Bowl halftime shows in recent memory. The Disney Millenium performance is at the bottom of our list. It was an interesting premise: Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, and Enrique Iglesias (but there would be no hero, baby), but it fell flat on its face. All the performers sang an original tune that didn't sit well with the audience. A gigantic Mickey Mouse even made an appearance. It was awful.
Super Bowl XXVIII: Country Mania
In 1994, the Super Bowl was decided between the Dallas Cowboys and the Buffalo Bills in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, with a halftime show starring Clint Black, Wynonna Judd, Travis Tritt, and Tanya Tucker. The main stadium lights were shut off for the first time, so nobody could see anything. Cell phone flashlights didn't exist, and other stadium lights weren't bright enough. What you saw on TV were hundreds of cowgirls and cowboys dancing around. Thankfully, the Dallas Cowboys won the Super Bowl that year.
Super Bowl LIII: Adam Levine & Almost Nobody Else
Super Bowl LIII did occur in 2019, one year before the world went into lockdown, but unfortunately, the largest spectacle in America all year was headlined by Maroon 5. A shirtless Adam Levine with a group of clamoring adoring fans, while Levine and Maroon 5 played much of their music that everybody already knew. Travis Scott also made a rather jarring appearance after the audience had heard Levine for too long.
Super Bowl XL: Three Songs & One Outrageous Stage
Super Bowl XL in 2006 was headlined by one of the greatest rock bands of all time: The Rolling Stones. Unfortunately for the Stones, they played three songs. Just three, that's it. The stage was shaped like the band's logo. Little else was memorable about this halftime show.
