It was an impressive debut for the 17-year-old star, proving she can deliver the goods both live and on record.Ĭlick to load video 10: Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: You Don’t Know How It Feels, Honey Bee (1994) Later she teamed up for her brother Finneas and slowed things down on with the tender duet “I Love You,” surrounded by a starry sky and pulling in the studio audience and viewers at home into her personal orbit. Kicking off the premiere of the 45th season, emerging pop icon Billie Eilish made her SNL debut in gravity-defying fashion, performing her smash hit “Bad Guy” and scaling the walls of Studio 8H thanks to some Jamiroquai-inspired camera trickery. Trying to verbalize what that is for someone who has no idea, it’s really difficult.” 11: Billie Eilish: Bad Guy, I Love You (2019) “I remember trying to explain to them how scratching worked. “The people on the show were so nervous,” Blondie guitarist Chris Stein told Rolling Stone. Thanks to the urging of hip-hop advocate Debbie Harry, of Blondie (whose “Rapture” was the first song with rapping to go No.1), the brought the boogie-down Bronx to America’s living rooms. SNL made history when the old-school legends Funky 4 + 1 led the first hip-hop performance on national network television. Now, decades later, mea culpas abound and O’Connor’s rendition goes down as one of the best SNL musical performances.Ĭlick to load video 12: Funky 4 + 1: That’s The Joint (1981)
People predictably lost their minds, famously leading to more than 4,000 phone calls to NBC, and the Irish singer-songwriter being vilified in the news. 13: Sinead O’Connor: War (1992)īefore people were winning Oscars for speaking out against the abuse scandals in the Catholic church, Sinead O’Connor shocked American audiences when she performed a stunning a cappella rendition of Bob Marley’s “War,” altering the line “Fight racial injustice” to “Fight sexual abuse”, and then tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II. But instead of playing it safe with the hits like “New Orleans Is Sinking,” the Hip opted for a more nuanced performance of “Nautical Disaster” and “Grace Too,” with Gord Downie changing the opening lyric from “He said I’m fabulously rich” to “They say we’re Tragically Hip”. At this time, the Hip had already become “Canada’s band”, and were primed – or at least waiting – for a stateside breakthrough. “It’s my honor to introduce to America, my friends, The Tragically Hip,” pronounced SNL veteran and Ontario native Dan Aykroyd, as he introduced the group to the SNL stage.
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And keep in mind that after five seasons of being on TV every Saturday night, these cast members tend to be household names-which means they're supplementing their SNL income with movies and spon-con.14: The Tragically Hip: Nautical Disaster, Grace Too (1995) Specifically, their per-episode salary shoots up to $15,000, which ends up being $315,000 for a 21 episode season (this is what Pete Davidson and Michael Che are thought to be making). Not sure what goes on between years two and five, but Celebrity Net Worth reports that if a Saturday Night Live cast member has been on the show for five years then they get a hugeeeee raise. Second Year Cast MembersĬNW says cast members who make it to their second season get a $1,000 per episode raise, which amounts to an extra $21,000 if the season is 21 episodes long for a total of $168,000 per season. A ton of money, but it's only going up from there. Which, considering there are typically around 21 episodes per season, ends up being $147,000. Quick breakdown, incoming! How Much Does the Cast Make on SNL? First Year Cast MembersĪccording to Celebrity Net Worth, first year cast members make just (sorry, "just") $7,000 per episode. While some cast members are definitely making a ton of money, the size of your SNL paycheck depends on how ~seasoned~ you are, like, season-wise. You'd think Saturday Night Live's cast would make legit millions for working tirelessly every damn weekend, but it's not quite that simple. Gather round, people feeling nosy about what celebrities have lurking in their bank accounts: It's time to discuss how much money the cast of SNL makes because it's sort of complicated.
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