Madonna Super Bowl Halftime Show To Feature Nicki Minaj And M.I.A. -- We're Excited

The past year has clearly been a win for women in entertainment. It's only fitting, then, that the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show belongs to none other than Madonna -- along with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., according to Contact Music.

Madonna admitted to Anderson Cooper in an episode of his talk show that will air on Thursday, February 2, that the pressure's fierce: "I have eight minutes to set up my stage, 12 minutes to put on the greatest show on Earth, and I have seven minutes to take it down." While we have no doubts she will bring down the house, one big question looms: Will there be voguing?

I ask because pictures on TMZ show the stage Vogue'd out. If that's not some cruel trick the producers are playing on fans who've loved Madonna since she wore these pants, this could be the most amazing female act since Beyonce donned a metal tutu and launched into a medley of "If I were A Boy" and Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know at the 2010 Grammys. Let's just hope there's no Janet Jackson moment to distract from the spectacle.

 

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Comments

[kwright]

08:48 PM on 02/05/2012

Great Half-time show. Pure class. Madonna was superb! "Like A Prayer" was just wonderful.

[Jes from Kemah]

09:07 PM on 02/04/2012

Why do the Super Bowl promoters get people like Madonna? It makes me dread half time. They need more 'footballish' music like rock and roll or country....but Madonna? Euro Pop? Really? I guess Mariah Carey and Celine Dion were busy? LOL

[WillistonElkoAlum2002]

06:17 AM on 02/03/2012

This is the first time that female musicians performed at the halftime show since the infamous Super Bowl 38 (yes, the one with the Carolina Panthers) in 2004. That year saw Janet Jackson bare a breast, and CBS affiliates (including WRDW, WLTX, and WSPA) get hit with a $550,000.00 fine, which has been thrown out of two courts so far and, will likely get thrown out of the Supreme Court later this year.

[Relacks83]

10:29 PM on 02/02/2012

Half time means beer run!

[Spank05]

06:14 PM on 02/03/2012

And halftime lines in Vegas.

[Relacks83]

09:29 PM on 02/03/2012

Don't need halftime to do a line!

[Protect Speech]

04:57 PM on 02/02/2012

Its almost as if they don't want people to watch...

[abhorson]

04:06 PM on 02/02/2012

and she sings as well as she is modest, "I have ...12 minutes to put on the greatest show on Earth..."

the Queen of self-promotion is unrivaled in her inability to like anything more than herself !

[knowcomment]

12:59 PM on 02/02/2012

Only thing more exciting I can think of doing Sunday is sealing my tile grout.

[abhorson]

04:07 PM on 02/02/2012

I'll bring the wire brush and you supply the silicone 'gun' ...

[knowcomment]

06:05 PM on 02/02/2012

Cerveza is mandatory.

[howlermonk43]

10:58 AM on 02/02/2012

I used to wonder why my parents got such a kick out of seeing Sinatra or Tony Bennett or Barbara Striesand come out of retirement, dust themselves off and go on tour. Now that a pop star from my youth is performing at the super bowl...I still don't get what's exciting about watching a past their prime performer dragging their decrepit carcass around on stage.

[Liberalbydefault]

04:07 PM on 02/03/2012

Sometimes it's about the talent. I saw Paul McCartney in 2006, he was 64, eleven years older than I was. One of the best concerts I've ever seen and he had more energy than I did.

[howlermonk43]

11:10 PM on 02/03/2012

Hey, I love the Rolling Stones. But their peak was Exile on Main Street and everything since with the possible exception of Some Girls has been a blatantly obivious and marked decline.

I understand why nostalgia tours exist but culturally....it's just nostalgia.

[LiberalBuzz]

12:38 AM on 02/02/2012

I think you are easily entertained. I have great respect for Madonna and all she has accomplished but this is just pure ego going down here. There are so many more great acts that should be showcased and this ain't one of them. Simply going along because it's a woman is hardly reason to get excited.

[Rosemary Hirsch]

08:28 PM on 02/01/2012

Since the Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction," Madonna will be watched like a hawk. However, Madonna is too professional to go the Janet Jackson's route of 15 minutes of infamous fame. This is where a true professional shines like Madonna versus Janet Jackson's "wanna be."

[jstawordr2]

07:15 PM on 02/01/2012

That wasn't Beyonce's best performance...you are clearly not a B fan.

[EStreetShuffler]

02:42 PM on 02/01/2012

Is it mean to ask Madonna to wear long sleeves? Her arms are just kind of, I don't know, scary. Toned, I know, but scary.