Super Bowl LX was shaping up to be a memorable one even before game day. For one, it marks the diamond year celebration for the big game, taking place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, the same venue where the 50th Super Bowl was held a decade ago.

It also marked the first time in history that the halftime show would be performed primarily in Spanish after it was announced that Bad Bunny would be performing.

“If you didn’t understand what I just said, you have four months to learn [spanish]” joked Bad Bunny, the stage name of musician Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, during his Saturday Night Live opening monologue during the season 51 premiere on Oct. 4, 2025.

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Besides the game and halftime show, viewers also took to social media to talk about their favorite moments during the commercial breaks, which many noted had an overall nostalgic air to them.

Here are some of the top moments from this year’s Super Bowl, according to social media users.

That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny!

— Elmo (@elmo) February 9, 2026

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”

Leading up to the halftime performance, it was anticipated by many that Bad Bunny would use the televised event to make a political statement. While the artist didn’t directly state “ICE out,” like he did in his Grammys acceptance speech last weekend, he did utilize the message of his speech during his performance.

During the final song, Bad Bunny was seen walking out of the stage area, football in hand, as dancers followed behind him with various flags of different countries and territories from both North and South America. Behind him on the Jumbotron at Levi’s Stadium read “The only thing more powerful than hate is love,” the same phrase he said as he accepted the Grammy for Best Música Urbana Album for “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.” Additionally, the singer held out the football to the screen for only a second, showcasing the message written on it: “Together, we are America.”

#BadBunny closes out with a celebration of countries from around the world dancing together and a message of “the only thing more powerful than hate is love.” pic.twitter.com/UOThe4jfFO

— Elex Michaelson (@Elex_Michaelson) February 9, 2026

Bad Bunny is crushing it he’s inclusive and he’s real and he’s got a tremendous heart and soul. A great decision by the NFL to bring him on tonight.

— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) February 9, 2026

GOD BLESS AMERICA (PERO TODO EL CONTINENTE) mensaje tan elegante y contundente. ¡Mi corazón! #badbunnysuperbowl #Halftime #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/bvGuP2XwYr

— ANGIE ACOSTA (@angieacostam_) February 9, 2026

Lo grande que es BAD BUNNY

—Está parte me rompió, que gran show de medio tiempo #SuperBowlLX #badbunnysuperbowl #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/Y1DF6hsZXy

— ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛʏ ᴋᴀʀɪᴏʀʀᴇꜱ (@karivalaktorr) February 9, 2026

I LOVE THIS HALFTIME #SuperBowl #badbunnysuperbowl #latinos pic.twitter.com/YcdWQHFDB8

— sofie (@idksofiee) February 9, 2026

Me eating my wings and vibing to #BadBunny halftime show not knowing a word he was saying. All vibes tho #SuperBowl #badbunnysuperbowl pic.twitter.com/1ZSqEBYRQk

— KP_of_TheColleagues (@TheColleagues) February 9, 2026

That was was a cinematically beautiful halftime show. Bad Bunny is a global gift #badbunnysuperbowl #badbunnyhalftimeshow pic.twitter.com/ucLfHTe6ff

— Brunch Betty (@BrunchBetty) February 9, 2026

Real couple gets married during the halftime performance

During the opening song, Bad Bunny was seen handing an engagement ring to a man who then used the ring to propose to the woman in front of him. Shortly after, that same couple was seen during the wedding portion of the performance as the bride and groom.

Bad Bunny’s reps went on to confirm to multiple sources that it was a real couple who actually got married.

According to NBC News Sports reporter Rohan Nadkarni, the moment came to be after “[the couple] invited Bad Bunny to their wedding and in turn he invited them to get married during his performance.”

This is incredibly cool — A source familiar with Bad Bunny’s performance tonight tells me that the couple in the halftime show got married for real.

They invited Bad Bunny to their wedding and in turn he invited them to get married during his performance.

— Rohan Nadkarni (@RohanNadkarni) February 9, 2026

Lady Gaga and more surprise cameos

Viewers were delighted when Lady Gaga appeared midway during the halftime show to perform “Die With a Smile.” The pair had been seen together last week during the Grammy Awards.

Bad Bunny has been open about his appreciation for Lady Gaga and her music in the past. “In that moment where I feel sad, it’s ‘Chromatica’ [by] Lady Gaga. That album makes me feel more happy. When she dropped that album, I was in a really good moment, enjoying my life. I love that album,” said Bad Bunny in a 2020 interview with E! News when asked about the soundtrack of his life. The artist was also spotted wearing a “Chromatica” while voting in the Puerto Rica election earlier that year.

BAD BUNNY AND LADY GAGA? OH MY GOD #badbunnysuperbowl #SuperBowlLX #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/zBSsYhqfjy

— (@bodysaylove) February 9, 2026

Additionally, Ricky Martin was featured during the halftime performance where he sang “LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii” off of Bad Bunny’s award winning album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

But the singers weren’t the only surprise guests the Puerto Rican artist had in store. Viewers also spotted Pedro Pascal, Karol G, Cardi B, Jessica Alba, Alix Earle and Young Miko dancing on stage.

But what was possibly the biggest cameo of the night for Angelenos, was seeing Los Angeles’ very own Villa’s Tacos featured during the halftime show. The local spot took to social media to share their appreciation, “We sold our first taco in the front yard of my grandma’s house in Highland Park more than 8 years ago & I feel that every taco along the way, brought me here. Today. For this moment!”

@villastacoslosangeles

WHO SAW VILLA’S TACOS ON @BADBUNNYPR 2026 SUPERBOWL HALFTIME SHOW?!?! VILLA’S TACOS IS ALWAYS IN THE BUILDING, BUT TODAY, VILLA’S TACOS WAS IN @BADBUNNYPR’s SUPERBOWL HALFTIME SHOW BUILDING!!!!!! GOD IS GOOD. GOD IS GREAT!!!!! I want to give a huge thank you to @badbunnypr for hand selecting me & giving me an opportunity to represent my people, my culture, my family & my business. This Super Bowl halftime performance goes down as one of, if not the biggest Super Bowl halftime performance of all time & what an absolute honor it is to have been part of such a special moment! We sold our first taco in the front yard of my grandma’s house in Highland Park more than 8 years ago & I feel that every taco along the way, brought me here. Today. For this moment! I couldn’t have sold that 1st taco, if my parents didn’t make the difficult decision to leave their homeland for a better life & immigrate to the U.S. This one is for all the immigrants who paved the way before us to make this moment possible. Villa’s Tacos is a product of immigrants. As a 1st generation Mexican-America born & raised in LA, It was an honor to represent my raza & all the taqueros of the world by bringing my taco cart to @badbunnypr ‘s Super Bowl LX 2026 Halftime show. Thanks for the Piragua compa Benito! Saludos a todos de Puerto Rico. Saludos a toda la raza de Mexicó. SALUDOS A TODOS LOS LATINOS!!!!! What a way to kick off the year! God is good. God is GREAT!!! ALL GLORY TO MY LORD & SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. #VillasTacosLosAngeles #TheBunnyBowl2026 #SuperBowlLX #badbunny #immigrants

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Everyone in LA during the Bad Bunny half-time show: pic.twitter.com/0GNV0U67IR

— Americana at Brand Memes (@americanamemes) February 9, 2026

Viewers favorite commercials lean in on nostalgia

When it came to this year’s Super Bowl commercials, millennial nostalgia seemed to be the overall theme of the night as Threads user @teewatterss pointed out “if America runs on Dunkin then Super Bowl ads run on nostalgia.”

Which was also a fitting sentiment given the Dunkin’ Donuts ad starring Ben Affleck featured a slew of 80s and 90s television comedy stars under the guise of “Good Will Dunkin’,” the “original” sitcom version of the premise.

While the cameos of the actors was fun at first, including Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Jason Alexander, Ted Danson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Jaleel White, and Jasmine Guy, viewers weren’t sold on the editing used to de-age the actors back to their early career glory.

That Dunkin’ commercial would’ve been so much better if they just used everyone’s current face… for all we know everyone was ai generated pic.twitter.com/GpuP4wQzy4

— kate (@digthelove) February 9, 2026

That uncanny valley AI ass Dunkin Super Bowl commercial is the stuff of nightmares what the hell was this pic.twitter.com/TnKey88Y41

— Emily (@emilybernay) February 9, 2026

The Good Will Dunkin’ commercial was clever, but were they using AI/deepfake for some of the faces? Some of it looked off. #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/kmQ31mISjr

— Ashley Carter (@AshleyLCarter1) February 9, 2026

The Backstreet Boys had two commercial moments during game day. The first was a T-Mobile ad that was met with approval from fans online.

*NSYNC fans looking at Backstreet Boys fans get everything we’ve been begging for. pic.twitter.com/rEl2Covv7F

— brittny pierre (@sleep2dream) February 9, 2026

The only thing I’ve taken from the first half of the Super Bowl is that the Backstreet Boys are cool again. The world is healing. That is all.

— The King (@YourBudde) February 9, 2026

The second however, was a karaoke bit for their song “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back).” What started out as a fun sing along moment, had viewers pausing after realizing the lyrics had been changed to work for a Crypto commercial for Coinbase.

BackStreet Boys sing a long ending as a crypto ad had the whole room groaning in disappointment pic.twitter.com/qWKm4M4c06

— devilette (@deviIette) February 9, 2026

Backstreet Boys Karaoke turned into a crypto ad pic.twitter.com/VvI1dMIUQU

— Joey- Cade Smith enjoyer (@GuardsJoey) February 9, 2026

Additionally, Lady Gaga’s rendition of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” from “Mister Roger’s Neighborhood” for Rocket and Redfin’s advertisement left many emotional. The minute long commercial focused on families becoming neighbors and not connecting. During a storm, the dog of one family’s daughter runs away, thankfully to be found by girl next door. During the tearful hug between the two girls the text on screen reads “America could use a neighbor just like you.”

A God damn mortgage company has more compassion and humanity than the federal government. Terrific and timely ad. Well done @Redfin pic.twitter.com/yFhgyvuuxS

— Caleb Champeau (@CalebShampoo) February 9, 2026

Freakin’ Redfin ad making me #Superbowl pic.twitter.com/B4YBbiu3Fl

— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) February 9, 2026