Every Musical Guest for SNL Season 51 in 2025-2026

Saturday Night Live Season 51 is rocking and rolling with some of music’s biggest stars.

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After launching on October 4 with Doja Cat’s SNL debut, Studio 8H has been graced with some old friends — like Sabrina Carpenter and Brandi Carlile — and new hitmakers. Role Model, sombr, and Olivia Dean all brought the house down in the fall, and December is shaping up to be just as much of a bop. Dijon will mark his first performance at SNL, while both Lily Allen and Cher are returning literal decades after their Musical Guest debuts in 2007 and 1987, respectively.

You can turn back time to other Musical Guests of the past by heading to Peacock to stream the documentary Ladies & Gentleman … 50 Years of SNL Music, but if you just want to find out more about this season’s lineup, we got you, babe. Get all the details below!

Every Musical Guest for Season 51 of SNL

October 4: Doja Cat

Host: Bad Bunny

Doja Cat made her SNL debut on the Season 51 premiere with two tracks from her latest album Vie, which was released on September 26. She performed “Gorgeous” while sitting in a giant rose, and brought the house down with a very 80s performance of “AAAHH MEN!”

October 11: Role Model

Host: Amy Poehler

Born Tucker Pillsbury, Role Model went viral in 2025 for his single “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out.” During live performances, he typically invites celebrities up on stage to dance as “Sally,” including Kate Hudson, Natalie Portman, Olivia Rodrigo, Troye Sivan and Renee Rapp. Role Model has performed on Today and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and opened for Gracie Abrams’ 2024 tour.

Season 51 cast member Bowen Yang played Sally during Role Model’s Tonight Show performance back in April 2025, but when he performed the hit on SNL, Season 50 Host and Musical Guest Charli xcx joined him on stage as Sally. Role Model also performed the much more lowkey “Some Protector.”

October 18: Sabrina Carpenter

Host: Sabrina Carpenter

Sabrina Carpenter killed it when she pulled double duty for her first time as SNL host. She made dreams come true for every little girl who ever sang into a hairbrush with her underwear-clad performance of her no. 1 hit “Manchild,” and took a martial arts class for “Nobody’s Son.”

This was the “Espresso” singer‘s first episode as Host and second as Musical Guest. She previously helped close out Season 49 on May 18, 2024, and made a few other brief appearances. She opened SNL50: The Anniversary Special with Paul Simon and parodied her own song in the third “Domingo” sketch. She popped up again to help May 3, 2025 Host Quinta Brunson sing about being short. So far, there’s nothing she can’t seem to do.

Sabrina Carpenter: Espresso

November 1: Brandi Carlile

Host: Miles Teller

Carlile’s November 1 appearance was her fourth episode as Musical Guest, though her third time doing it solo. When Jack Black hosted in Season 50, she co-headlined with Elton John and even appeared in a sketch. Before that, she had performed in Season 47, Season 48, and on SNL50: The Homecoming Concert.

On October 24, she released her eighth studio album, Returning To Myself, which chronicles Carlile’s musical journey after a long period of collaborating with other stars, including Joni Mitchell. On SNL, she performed the powerful single “Church & State,” followed by “Human.”

November 8: sombr

Host: Nikki Glaser

Sombr, real name Shane Michael Boose, is a young alt rock singer/songwriter whose singles have been going viral online for the past two years. The NYC native released his debut album I Barely Know Her in August 2025 and had hits with “Undressed” and “Back to Friends.”

He made his TV debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in May, performing the latter track, and he brought the crowd-pleasing hit back for SNL, along with the catchy single “12 to 12.” He’s also nominated for Best New Artist at the 2026 Grammys.

November 15: Olivia Dean

Host: Glen Powell

Olivia Dean is a U.K. native whose star has slowly been rising over the past few years. She started with self-releasing a few singles on YouTube in 2018, and her debut album Messy came out in 2023. She performed at British music festival Glastonbury in 2024, and gained more recognition in the U.S. with her second album, The Art of Loving. The single “Man I Need” went particularly viral, with more than 11 million views for the music video on YouTube.

She performed that hit on SNL, along with the more understated “Let Alone the One You Love.”

Like fellow Musical Guest sombr, Dean is nominated for Best New Artist at the 2026 Grammys.

December 6: Dijon

Host: Melissa McCarthy

Singer and producer Dijon, whose full name is Dijon Duenas, will make his SNL debut on December 6. He’s known for collaborating with Mk.gee, Justin Bieber, Bon Iver, and Charli XCX, and even earned two Grammy nominations for his work on Bieber’s album Swag.

His own solo album, Baby, released on August 15 to critical acclaim, with standout songs including “kindalove” and “Another Baby!”

Djion currently on tour in North America and Europe, and made his acting debut in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2025 film One Battle After Another.

December 13: Lily Allen

Host: Josh O’Connor

Fresh off her buzzy new critically acclaimed album West End Girl, British artist Lily Allen will return to SNL for the first time since she performed as Musical Guest in 2007.

The album is her first in seven years, and she’s heading out on a massive arena tour in 2026.

December 20: Cher

Host: Ariana Grande

Cher first performed as Musical Guest on SNL in 1987, and now she’s returning to help close out 2025 and celebrate the holidays. Luckily, she’s got a catchy Christmas album that’s perfect for the occasion, as well as a catalog filled with hits.

Her memoir, Cher: The Memoir, is now out in paperback, and part two is expected in November 2026.

Watch SNL Season 51 on NBC and Peacock

New episodes air live on NBC and Peacock on Saturdays at 11:30 pm ET/8:30 pm PT, but you can stream sketches from every episode of every season anytime on Peacock.

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