<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The eyes of the world will be on </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/san-francisco" rel="" target="_blank" title="San Francisco"><span>San Francisco</span></a><span> for </span><a href="https://www.nine.com.au/sport/super-bowl-2026-lx-live-scores-new-england-patriots-seattle-seahawks-results-halftime-show-highlights-news-20260209-p5o0kp.html" rel="" target="_blank" title="Super Bowl"><span>Super Bowl</span></a><span> 60, for both the action on the pitch and the half-time show.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This year's version will be led by </span><a href="https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/super-bowl-halftime-show-2026-how-much-is-bad-bunny-getting-paid/a6163655-9392-4aca-84d1-880201e39d31" rel="" target="_blank" title="Bad Bunny"><span>Bad Bunny</span></a><span>, a Puerto Rican rapper who will perform the show exclusively in Spanish, but it may not be his music that will make the headlines.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is an outspoken critic of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="_blank" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> President </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="_blank" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span>, and used his </span><a href="https://honey.nine.com.au/videos/celebrities/grammys-2026-bad-bunny-says-ice-out-in-2026-grammys-acceptance-speech/cml4k6qws000s0hoh505xyo9s" rel="" target="_blank" title="Grammy acceptance speech"><span>Grammy acceptance speech</span></a><span> last week to protest against recent </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trumps-border-czar-announces-700-immigration-officers-to-immediately-leave-minnesota/8ef53ba1-7a67-48e1-8eca-c493eba0b3a9" rel="" target="_blank" title="immigration crackdowns"><span>immigration crackdowns</span></a><span> in the United States.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/airasia-flight-forced-to-make-landing-in-brisbane-between-sydney-and-kuala-lumpur/19c0574b-1da9-406c-b395-dc7cfcb6a719" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Sydney-Malaysia flight forced to land in Brisbane shortly after takeoff</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are not savages, we are not animals, we are not aliens – we are humans, and we are Americans," he said, "ICE out."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>With the chance Bad Bunny could make more inflammatory political statements during the half-time show today, America's right-wing has responded by creating their own half-time show.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Turning Point USA, a conservative political organisation, last week announced it would produce the 'All-American Half-Time Show', which will air on various conservative </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/tv/9" rel="" target="_blank" title="television"><span>television</span></a><span> channels in the United States.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/super-bowl-2026-half-time-show-bad-bunny-all-american/585ce64c-66f5-4735-b95f-c326d13e36df" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/perth-wa-ketamine-import-italian-men-jailed/73e489a4-3254-4567-bf98-4dcabb67efd2" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Two men handed lengthy jail terms over Christmas Day drug bust</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It will be headlined by Kid Rock, a singer who is a prominent supporter of President Trump, and will also be streamed on Turning Point USA's </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/youtube" rel="" target="_blank" title="YouTube"><span>YouTube</span></a><span> channel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The organisation also planned to air their show on </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/x" rel="" target="_blank" title="X"><span>X</span></a><span>, formerly known as Twitter, but said they were unable to do so due to licensing restrictions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Politicians close to Trump have claimed the President will not tune into Bad Bunny's performance</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think the president would much prefer a Kid Rock performance over Bad Bunny, I must say that," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said last week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/israeli-president-visit-to-australia-huge-protests-expected/40b56f1b-3d34-4f03-bf25-282d4937abb0" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Snipers stationed on hotel rooftop during Israeli president's visit</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Experts say there could be various motivations behind the All-American Half-Time Show.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"[It's an] attempt to discredit the Bad Bunny selection as the NFL endorsed half-time performer and put forward a more 'patriotic performance' by entertainers whose politics leans to the right," Swinburne sport media expert Associate Professor Robert Gill said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"But it could be as much about media networks rivalry and competition and trying to hijack Fox's ownership of the Super Bowl entertainment, then it is about being All-American."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The official half-time show should begin at around 12pm AEDT.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>NEVER 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