She sings, she dances, she monologues … all from Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Sabrina Carpenter hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time on Oct. 18, and also served as the episode’s musical guest. She was previously Jake Gyllenhaal‘s musical guest in 2024, and made cameo appearances in Quinta Brunson‘s 2025 episode and during the 50th anniversary special alongside Paul Simon and Pedro Pascal. Carpenter is a two-time Grammy winner for Short n’ Sweet (Best Pop Vocal Album) and “Espresso” (Best Pop Solo Performance).
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The cast for this 51st season consists of Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Marcello Hernández, James Austin Johnson, Colin Jost, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, and Bowen Yang, plus featured players Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Ashley Padilla, Kam Patterson, Veronika Slowikowska, and Jane Wickline. Yang was not on this week’s live show because he was in Hollywood for the 2025 Academy Museum Gala.
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Carpenter is the third host of Season 51, following Bad Bunny (with musical guest Doja Cat) on Oct. 4, and Amy Poehler (with musical guest Role Model) on Oct. 11. Saturday Night Live recently celebrated winning 11 Emmy Awards in September.
Read on for all of Sabrina Carpenter’s best moments from Saturday’s all-new episode of SNL. Note that the episode started at 8:42 p.m. PT / 11:42 p.m. ET due to college football running late.
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