Crotch to Camera and Middle Finger to Viewers Do You Remember These 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 to 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? Stunned on stage In 1993, pop star Michael Jackson stunned with his own halftime show and especially with 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 The performance included the songs Jam, Billie Jean and Black or White.

At the end, 3,500 children were seen on stage singing the song Heal the World together with the pop star The worst in history? The 1995 Super Bowl halftime show has been dubbed the worst in history.

The performers at that time were 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 was not enough time for planning and practicing Towards the sky In 1996, singer Diana Ross sang her biggest hits, such as You Keep Me Hangin' On, Baby Love and Why Do Fools Fall in Love, in her own halftime show.

However, the real surprise moment came at the end of Ross's performance, where he had packed all his punches As "Take Me Higher" rocked the crowd, Ross looked to 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.

Nipple visible Perhaps the halftime show that caused the biggest commotion was seen in 2004, when Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake performed together The show also featured Sean Combs, Nelly and Kid Rock.

The dance seen to the rhythm of the song "Rock Your Body" did not skimp on 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, including Let's go Crazy, We Will Rock you and 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, got a very special meaning because of the heavy rainfall.

That halftime show is hard to beat Branches on TV The coincidence that caused a lot of laughter was seen during 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 During the performance of Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, 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 appeared on the television screens again, who himself was a little embarrassed by the situation.

Mike Colucci, who worked as a videographer, was not injured in the accident Springsteen commented on the event in 2019, ten years after the situation, to the Tampa Bay Times.

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

Keskaria for the camera When Madonna acted as the headliner of the Super Bowl in 2012, several guest stars were also seen on stage: LMFAO, Nicki 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 from the song Give Me All You Luv 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 Out of the blue, Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers headlined the Super Bowl halftime in 2014.

Although true Super Bowl fans know that the musicians don't play during halftime, they use backing tapes, but that year's show made quite a splash The viewers of the show were outraged that the musicians of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers hadn't bothered to put electric fans on their instruments, even because to make them appear to be 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 Vasen hai Singer Katy Perry's own performance was nothing to complain about, but her 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 danced to Perry's hit song Teenage Dream 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 .