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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Wins Seven Emmys

  • On Saturday, the Television Academy awarded Bad Bunny's 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show seven Emmy Awards, marking the first Spanish-language halftime show to receive such recognition.
  • Creative director Harriet Cuddeford described the 13-minute spectacle as celebrating normal people on the world's biggest stage, transforming a football field into scenes including a bodega and sugar cane field to honor Latino culture.
  • Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known as Bad Bunny, earned a trophy for Best Variety Special while serving as a producer; the production landed nine total nominations, the most-nominated Super Bowl halftime show in Emmy history.
  • Also honored at Saturday's ceremony was Mariska Hargitay for her documentary 'My Mom Jayne,' about her mother Jayne Mansfield; the film won for documentary special and directing as Hargitay prepares to host the Primetime Emmy Awards.
  • These Creative Arts Emmys honor behind-the-scenes craftspeople ahead of the Primetime Emmy Awards on September 14 in Los Angeles, with an abridged broadcast scheduled September 12 on FXX and streaming on Hulu.
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The Puerto Rican singer's program won a total of seven awards, including musical direction, choreography, mixing sound, technical direction, lighting design and special program direction.

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Bad Bunny won his first Emmy for the halftime show of the Super Bowl on February 9, during the delivery ceremony of the Creative Arts Emmy, which precedes the TV gala scheduled on September 14th. (ANSA)

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The singer Bad Bunny won his first Emmy on Saturday night thanks to Super Bowl's part-time show, during the Creative Arts award ceremony...

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The Puerto Rican singer receives the award for a show that won seven awards and nine nominations in the Emmy Awards.

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Prensa Libre broke the news on Saturday, September 5, 2026.
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