Pitbull Favored to Be Featured Performer at 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show
By Robert Duff in Entertainment
Updated: April 13, 2020 at 3:45 pm EDTPublished:
- Early odds being offered favor rapper Pitbull to headline the Super Bowl 54 halftime show.
- Pitbull is from Miami, where Super Bowl 54 is to be played.
- The Super Bowl 53 halftime show featuring Maroon 5 is being panned by critics as perhaps the worst ever.
They’re talking about Pitbull and the Super Bowl coming together to join forces next year, and no, it has nothing to do with Michael Vick.
Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium is slated to play host to Super Bowl 54 and rapper Pitbull, who hails from South Beach, has already dropped an official hype video for the event.
The Miami Super Bowl Host Committee unveiled the new Super Bowl LIV host city marketing campaign “LIVE IT MIAMI”! We're loving it! https://t.co/RD4U6Waqk1
— X102.3FM (@X1023FM) February 4, 2019
This had increased speculation that the rapper would be a natural to headline the halftime show as the big game is played in his hometown. Sportsbooks clearly agree, as they made Pitbull the favorite to do just that at +500.
Who Will Be the Halftime Featured Performer at Super Bowl 54?
| Who Will Be the Halftime Featured Performer at Super Bowl 54? | Odds (02/05/19) |
|---|---|
| Pitbull | +500 |
| Flo Rida | +600 |
| Drake | +600 |
| Florida Georgia Line | +700 |
| Ariana Grande | +700 |
| Justin Bieber | +800 |
| Jason Derulo | +1000 |
| Metallica | +1000 |
| Luke Bryan | +1200 |
| Ed Sheeran | +1200 |
| Taylor Swift | +1200 |
| Snoop Dogg | +2000 |
| Backstreet Boys | +3300 |
This will be the record 20th Super Bowl to be played in Miami.
Past Miami (Super Bowl) Sound Machines
The last time Miami played host to the big game in 2010, The Who headlined Super Bowl 44.
Truth be told, Miami has been responsible for some of the lamest Super Bowl halftime shows.
This list includes Up With People, Elvis Presto, and an Indiana Jones-themed performance that wasted the talents of Tony Bennett, Patt LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass, and the Miami Sound Machine.
Gloria Estefan did return minus the MSM to join Stevie Wonder and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy for a much better halftime show at Super Bowl 33. And Prince played Super Bowl 41 in Miami. So there’s that.
It’s Pitbull, or Another Dog and Pony Show
The NFL is taking a beating over its Super Bowl 53 halftime show featuring Maroon 5, which got such scathing reviews people actually seemed to forget how bad the game itself was turning out to be.
It was so dreadful that even other professional sports teams took to mocking it.
The #SuperBowl halftime show fans deserve. https://t.co/rfG8PxPWiK
— z – Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) February 4, 2019
The NFL is concerned about getting millennials tuned into their game, and that’s why their next Super Bowl halftime show should cater to a younger crowd. Then again, it’s the NFL, so who knows what they might come up with?
Miami is hosting the 2020 Super Bowl. The way I see it, the NFL will either have Flo Rida & Pitbull feat. DJ Laz perform or the killer combo of Barry Manilow & Neil Diamond. Gotta play up to the local crowd….
— ((( Ari Goldstein ))) (@ari_goldstein) February 5, 2019
The league took plenty of heat for eschewing Motown acts during Super Bowl 40 in Detroit to put the Rolling Stones on as the Ford Field halftime show. They’d be wise to throw Miami a bone with Pitbull at halftime. Considering that sportsbooks have the Dolphins at +10000 in their Super Bowl 54 future book, it figures to be the only hometown flavor on offer.
Pitbull was featured in a Super Bowl 53 ad.
Did anyone outside of NY get this super bowl adhttps://t.co/QX2DwPHzjm
— Petrana 冰冰 Radulovic (@Pet_rana) February 4, 2019
We’re willing to wager he’ll be featured at halftime of Super Bowl 54. And so should you.
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An industry veteran, Bob literally taught the course on the history of sports at Elder College. He has worked as a Sports Columnist for Postmedia, appeared as a guest on several radio stations, was the Vice President of the Society For International Hockey Research in Ontario, and written 25 books.
