{"id":2162445,"date":"2025-11-17T18:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2162445"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:32:15","slug":"ariana-grande-to-host-saturday-night-live-a-third-time-with-cher-as-musical-guest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ariana-grande-to-host-saturday-night-live-a-third-time-with-cher-as-musical-guest\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande to Host \u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 a Third Time With Cher as Musical Guest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ariana-grande\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ariana Grande;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ariana Grande<\/a> is going for a <em>Saturday Night Live <\/em>three-peat, with the sketch comedy series announcing Monday (Nov. 17) that she\u2019ll soon be returning to 30 Rock for her third time helming an episode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Coming just over a year after the <em>Wicked <\/em>star last hosted <em>SNL<\/em>, the next Grande-led episode will air Dec. 20. Rather than Grande serving as her own musical guest \u2014 which she did the first time she hosted the show in 2016 \u2014 Cher will come aboard to perform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_l9p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_l9p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_l9p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_159p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_159p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_159p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The two weeks immediately preceding Grande\u2019s return are also sure to be exciting. Melissa McCarthy is locked in to host the Dec. 6 episode, on which Dijon\u00a0will appear as music guest, while the following week will see Josh O\u2019Connor taking the lead with Lily Allen \u2014 fresh off the release of her acclaimed album <em>West End Girl <\/em>\u2014 performing. The last time the British pop star appeared on the show was in 2007.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The newly revealed hosts and performers build on an impressive run of guests this season, with Olivia Dean most recently providing music with Glen Powell hosting over the weekend. Before that, Sombr made his musical guest debut on an episode helmed by Nikki Glaser, and Sabrina Carpenter pulled double duty the week before that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Grande\u2019s third spin hosting <em>SNL <\/em>mirrors the promotional blitz surrounding the premiere of <em>Wicked <\/em>last year, with the singer appearing on the show \u2014 and delivering some now-iconic <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/ariana-grande-snl-sketches-ranked-2024-episode\/castrati\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:modern-day sketches;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">modern-day sketches <\/a>such as the original \u201cDomingo\u201d wedding scene and \u201cCastratti\u201d \u2014 shortly before the first film hit theaters. Now, she\u2019ll lead the cast on an episode airing almost exactly one month after <em>Wicked: For Good <\/em>is released worldwide on Nov. 21.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Billboard VIP Pass<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billboard&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/31XsHSx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2TkcoeG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2TntOHq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Grande is going for a Saturday Night Live three-peat, with the sketch comedy series announcing Monday (Nov. 17) that she\u2019ll soon be returning to 30 Rock for her third time helming an episode. Coming just over a year after the Wicked star last hosted SNL, the next Grande-led episode will air Dec. 20. Rather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2021507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[24076,323564,374986,349247],"class_list":["post-2162445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ariana-grande","tag-melissa-mccarthy","tag-musical-guest","tag-sketch-comedy-series"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Charli-XCX-and-George-Daniel-marry-for-second-time-in.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2162445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2162446,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162445\/revisions\/2162446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2162445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2162445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2162445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}