Fact: Most Super Bowl halftime acts play for FREE - GoFuckYourself.com

$5 submissions · 02-08-2011, 01:15 PM

If you go by the negative reactions on the blogosphere/twittersphere during the Super Bowl, the Black Eyed Peas shouldn't be paid for their underwhelming performance.

The fact of the matter is: most Superbowl halftime acts play for free in return for the HUGE exposure (no Janet Jackson pun intended).

Source: http://blogs.forbes.com/zackomalleyg...uper-bowl-gig/

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So it may come as a surprise to learn what The Black Eyed Peas are earning for their halftime show at Super Bowl XLV: Nothing.

That?s right. Fergie, will.i.am, and those other two guys whose names you can never remember (for the record, they?re called Taboo and apl.de.ap) will not be receiving a performance fee for their efforts in Dallas. So why the charity? Because the acts that play Super Bowl halftime shows traditionally don?t get paid. A better question: Why have dozens of other high-profile acts agreed to play the Super Bowl for free?

The simple answer is exposure. At first glance, that sounds preposterous. Turn on any pop radio station and you?ll be hard-pressed to go more than seven minutes without getting the echoey, bass-laden, auto-tuned strains of The Black Eyed Peas firmly implanted in your brain. A remarkable 1.3 million people paid to see the Peas in concert last year alone.

But think about the Super Bowl. In 2010 a record 106.5 million people watched the New Orleans Saints defeat the Indianapolis Colts, and this year?s audience is expected to top that ? making it the most-watched show in American broadcast history. Even if 6.5 million people get up to go to the bathroom at halftime, there will still be 100 million pairs of eyes on The Black Eyed Peas.

Vendzilla · 02-08-2011, 01:25 PM

Just like all the people running around on the half time show didn't get paid either.
I doubt the girls that run around the mansion with painted bodies get paid during parties.

I do agree with their performance, bad mic problems, sounded bad

Scott McD · 02-08-2011, 02:09 PM

I don't know if all those people watching is good exposure when you sound THAT bad !!

woj · 02-08-2011, 02:24 PM

interesting, never knew that

Caligari · 02-08-2011, 02:41 PM

really? i thought the slack jawed fleas weren't getting paid because they are robots and you don't have to pay robots.

J/K if thats the case then that was truly an EPIC fail cuz they sucked donkey balls! hahaha

seeandsee · 02-08-2011, 02:47 PM

where is going all super bowl money?

bronco67 · 02-08-2011, 03:02 PM

The Black Eyed peas should pay me to watch that fucking garbage. I had to watch it because there were 5 fags at the party who wanted to see it.

bronco67 · 02-08-2011, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Just like all the people running around on the half time show didn't get paid either.
I doubt the girls that run around the mansion with painted bodies get paid during parties.

I do agree with their performance, bad mic problems, sounded bad

The mic is the least of their problems. They barely qualify as a joke band.

Mutt · 02-08-2011, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by seeandsee

where is going all super bowl money?

most goes to the National Football League and Fox - Fox probably broke even at best, but it gave their own programs incredible exposure that's impossible to get anywhere else but on the Super Bowl.

$5 submissions · 02-08-2011, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Mutt

most goes to the National Football League and Fox - Fox probably broke even at best, but it gave their own programs incredible exposure that's impossible to get anywhere else but on the Super Bowl.

Nice sig, man.

Some Guy · 02-08-2011, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by bronco67

The mic is the least of their problems. They barely qualify as a joke band.

Exactly. Even if they played for free they still got paid too much.

Spunky · 02-08-2011, 05:15 PM

Any exposure is good.out of the millions that hate them there are millions of new fans

$5 submissions · 02-08-2011, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Some Guy

Exactly. Even if they played for free they still got paid too much.

TurboAngel · 02-08-2011, 05:37 PM

I need to be payed for watching it.

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