Turning Point USA, the conservative Christian organization founded by slain activist Charlie Kirk, has confirmed it’s moving full steam ahead with plans for its own halftime show to compete with Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance.
However, the details on who’s performing won’t be clear until Feb. 8 when the big game is played, TPUSA public relations manager Aubrey Laitsch told TMZ.
While Laitsch claims multiple performers have already signed on, she declined to announce the lineup or any additional information on where the show will take place. Instead, viewers will have to tune in to the “All-American Halftime Show” website to see who takes the stage.
The site currently features a form for visitors to fill out to be “the first to receive information and updates” regarding the show. It asks fans who are interested to select from several genres of music they’d like to hear, including Americana, country, worship and “anything in English.”
Super Bowl organizers faced a backlash from many religious conservatives when it was confirmed in September that Bad Bunny — a Puerto Rican performer who sings in Spanish, advocates for the LGBTQ community and has publicly criticized the Trump administration’s ICE raids — would headline the biggest event in U.S. sports, making history as the first male Latin artist to lead the halftime show.
Just days after President Trump trashed the NFL for its decision, Turning Point USA — now led by Kirk’s widow, Erika — announced its plans for a rival performance, but remained tight-lipped on any details.
When buzz about a TPUSA halftime show began making the rounds last year, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson offered 83-year-old country singer Lee Greenwood as someone he’d prefer to see, claiming he has “a broader audience” — despite the fact that Bad Bunny is the most-streamed male artist in Spotify history.
TMZ suggested that TPUSA’s lineup could feature bigger names than some might expect, pointing to rapper Nicki Minaj, who appeared onstage at a TPUSA event alongside Erika Kirk last month.
However, Minaj’s decision was met with pushback from more than 91,000 critics who signed a petition to deport the 43-year-old performer to Trinidad and Tobago, where she was born and raised before relocating to the Bronx.
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