…because that exemplified precisely what a pregame/halftime show should be! They were able to present something that not only gave those present a fantastic experience, but that was also designed with the home viewing audience in mind. While the crowd got a well staged live show, for us at home It was like watching a crazy good music video clip.

I’d never heard of Bad Bunny until all of Trump’s ramblings, and people being all upset over the fact his performance would be in Spanish (he’s from Peurto Rico), but wow, if that was typical of what he does, those going to his shows during his tour here are in for a real treat; he was phenomenal!! As were Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.

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How were green day?

It's not a realistic comparison as the budget for both is wildly different, and the local talent pool of artists and celebrities is wildly different, as well as the size of companies advertising during the show.

Superbowl half time budget is about $20 million USD... so roughly $30 million AUD here. That is purely for the show. The artists don't get paid and usually do it for cool factor, exposure, honour, or raise some form of awareness for a cause.

AFL grand final recently hit $5 million AU, and that's including the artist payment. Different worlds.

9 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

It's not a realistic comparison as the budget for both is wildly different, and the local talent pool of artists and celebrities is wildly different, as well as the size of companies advertising during the show.

Superbowl half time budget is about $20 million USD... so roughly $30 million AUD here. That is purely for the show. The artists don't get paid and usually do it for cool factor, exposure, honour, or raise some form of awareness for a cause.

AFL grand final recently hit $5 million AU, and that's including the artist payment. Different worlds.

Yup. So true. Not even close to the same.

I hope the AFL were watching because it was genuinely one of the all time worse half time shows we have seen in a long time.

18 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

How were green day?

Didn’t see them on the coverage…just the three I mentioned.

11 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

It's not a realistic comparison as the budget for both is wildly different, and the local talent pool of artists and celebrities is wildly different, as well as the size of companies advertising during the show.

Superbowl half time budget is about $20 million USD... so roughly $30 million AUD here. That is purely for the show. The artists don't get paid and usually do it for cool factor, exposure, honour, or raise some form of awareness for a cause.

AFL grand final recently hit $5 million AU, and that's including the artist payment. Different worlds.

Fair points, but I’m sure we could still manage a scaled down version..my point was that they take into account the home audience as well as those at the game when putting the show together.

4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I hope the AFL were watching because it was genuinely one of the all time worse half time shows we have seen in a long time.

Shirley, you cannot be serious! I bet you were a fan of the Meatloaf and Angry Anderson GF performances 😉

Cancel the show at half time and put the money into junior and country footy.

I doubt that most of the NFL's traditional fanbase, ie those dedicated souls who sit in blizzard-like conditions in the middle of January to watch their team play, had any interest in Bad Bunny. But then again, most of them have zero chance of ever attending a Super Bowl. So, yes, the once a year types who have the money to splash $20K plus on a day out probably loved the event. And the NFL would have loved all the social media posts and clicks, most of which probably come from people who have never watched a game of (American) football in their life.

Sure the AFL could waste a fortune on a 15 minute half time event that will be targeted at people who will never watch a game of football and which will be immediately forgotten by most people unless it is horrifically bad. Or they could appeal to their supporter base by getting some of the greats of Australian live music to play for a fraction of the price, and spend the rest of the money propping up local and regional clubs so that the next generation of players has somewhere to play.

13 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Shirley, you cannot be serious! I bet you were a fan of the Meatloaf and Angry Anderson GF performances 😉

No i wasn't. This has nothing to do with any previous AFL performance

And yes i am being serious. I could ask you the same question in how you came to conclusion that was actually a great half time performance.

It was horrid.

Looks like i wasn't the only one who thought so too.

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10 minutes ago, poita said:

I doubt that most of the NFL's traditional fanbase, ie those dedicated souls who sit in blizzard-like conditions in the middle of January to watch their team play, had any interest in Bad Bunny. But then again, most of them have zero chance of ever attending a Super Bowl. So, yes, the once a year types who have the money to splash $20K plus on a day out probably loved the event. And the NFL would have loved all the social media posts and clicks, most of which probably come from people who have never watched a game of (American) football in their life.

Sure the AFL could waste a fortune on a 15 minute half time event that will be targeted at people who will never watch a game of football and which will be immediately forgotten by most people unless it is horrifically bad. Or they could appeal to their supporter base by getting some of the greats of Australian live music to play for a fraction of the price, and spend the rest of the money propping up local and regional clubs so that the next generation of players has somewhere to play.

I understand what you’re saying, but I think it kind of misses the point I was making, which was that if they are going to have entertainment, then design it for the home viewing audience as well as those in attendance. I did say I liked the artists, yes, but I’m in no way suggesting that we need to have world famous overseas artists…in fact, I have suggested it before, and would still prefer it, if we did give the platform to Australian acts, and preferably not the predictable Farnsey and Barnsey or even Seymour acts.

The AFL has their entertainment before the game, so it is not in any way impacting the flow of the game, nor the audience in attendance, so from that angle it is completely different to the NFL.

16 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

No i wasn't. This has nothing to do with any previous AFL performance

And yes i am being serious. I could ask you the same question in how you came to conclusion that was actually a great half time performance.

It was horrid.

Looks like i wasn't the only one who thought so too.

I could find just as many posts supporting my view as well, but that would prove absolutely nothing… I guess it essentially just comes down to personal taste; although I probably wouldn’t have used the last pro TPUSA post as an example… the supposed christian right organised event featuring Kid Rock as their great headline act, the same Kid Rock that sings about lusting after underage girls and uses a lot of misogynistic commentary in his lyrics.

17 minutes ago, hardtack said:

the supposed christian right organised event featuring Kid Rock as their great headline act, the same Kid Rock that sings about lusting after underage girls and uses a lot of misogynistic commentary in his lyrics.

I thought Kid Rock was just another name for Epstein Island.