Will Beyoncรฉ make an appearance at the Emmy and win one more trophy?
Beyoncรฉ already has one Emmy in her trophy case. โBeyoncรฉ Bowl,โ the pop starโs โCowboy Carterโ-themed NFL halftime performance, could get one more during the prime-time telecast.
The special earned Beyoncรฉ her first-ever Emmy in August for costumes for variety, nonfiction or reality programming, which she shared with designers Shiona Turini, Erica Rice, Molly Peters, Chelsea Staebell and Timothy White. The award is selected by a panel and was announced in advance along with other juried awards. โBeyoncรฉ Bowlโ received five overall nominations, including for choreography, production design and directing for a variety special. Winners of those categories were announced at last weekโs Creative Arts Emmys, but so far โBeyoncรฉ Bowlโsโ tally remains at one.
However, Beyoncรฉ has a shot at one more Emmy for live variety special, which will be awarded during the prime-time ceremony Sunday in Los Angeles. The special is up against a number of notable contenders, including Kendrick Lamarโs Super Bowl LIX halftime show, the 2025 Oscars, โSNL50: The Anniversary Specialโ and โSNL50: The Homecoming Concert.โ Last week, Lamar won an Emmy for music direction on the halftime show, โSNL50: The Anniversary Specialโ took home seven Emmys, and the Oscars won one award.
Beyoncรฉโs showstopping performance, the first-ever halftime show for an NFL Christmas Day game, was filmed in 2024 in the pop starโs hometown of Houston at NRG Stadium, where the Houston Texans hosted the Baltimore Ravens. It featured a medley of songs from her most recent album, the country-infused โCowboy Carter,โ including โ16 Carriages,โ her rendition of the Beatlesโ โBlackbird,โ โYa Ya,โ โMy Houseโ and โSweet Honey Buckiin,โ โSpaghettii/Riiverdance,โ โLeviiโs Jeans,โ her cover of Dolly Partonโs โJoleneโ and the lead single, โTexas Hold โEm.โ The show also included appearances by Post Malone, Shaboozey, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer and Tiera Kennedy. Times pop music critic Mikael Wood called the live 13-minute production โa thrill from top to bottom.โ
Though no stranger to Emmy nominations, this is the first year Beyoncรฉ has won the award. She was previously nominated for โHomecoming: A Film by Beyoncรฉ,โ which documented her Coachella performance in 2018; โLemonade,โ her 2016 visual album; โOn the Run Tour: Beyoncรฉ and Jay-Z,โ a 2014 HBO concert special; and for her Super Bowl XLVII halftime performance in 2013.
An edited presentation of the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards is available to stream on Hulu.