That TMZ Poll Comparing Bad Bunny and Kid Rock Performances May Not Have Gone As They Anticipated

As we reported, there was a lot of controversy about the performance of Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime show, with many thinking it was a bit of a finger to the U.S. on multiple levels.

I watched it, and I admit, I've never really heard of him until the advertising for this program started showing up. I understand Spanish, but some of it was difficult to discern. If you don't know his songs, it was a bit of a miss, even before you get to the political questions. I imagine it was for a lot of Americans who didn't even understand what he was singing, and there was no real effort to explain the words or the meanings of what he was trying to say. So the Lady Gaga segment, with English and wedding dancing, was a bit of a welcome respite.

Bad Bunny's Full #SuperBowlLX HalfTime Show pic.twitter.com/2iI5dzkdB4
— celebsnapz (@celebsnapzx) February 9, 2026

White House Drops Epic 'Unapologetically American' Smackdown Video to Counter Bad Bunny

Behind Martin, dancers dressed as jibaros in pavas, Puerto Rican farmers in traditional straw hats, climbed atop exploded power poles, which symbolized the island’s failing power grid. Bad Bunny stood before the power poles, waving a Puerto Rico flag in the air as he performed his track, “El Apagón,” protesting against the recurring power outages.

Did anyone get that? I doubt many did. And maybe then vote out your Democrats in local government? Just a thought.

But what some did note was that during that segment, at about the 10:23 mark, he was waving a Puerto Rican flag with a slight change: it was light blue where it should have been darker blue. The light blue has generally been associated with the push for independence, so that was another subtle political point.

Meanwhile, the Turning Point USA All-American Halftime Show pulled in some of the folks who were turned off or who would rather look at something other than Bad Bunny. Here's some of Kid Rock's performance:

🚨 AMAZING: Kid Rock just wrapped up the All American Halftime Show with a beautiful tribute to Charlie Kirk

“If you're gonna love somebody, Hold 'em as long and as strong and as close as you can… Until you can't” ❤️🇺🇸

MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS just watched this live. Unreal. pic.twitter.com/kRqf6KLXfu
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 9, 2026

Our sister site Townhall reported that TMZ put out a poll asking who had the better show: Bad Bunny or Kid Rock?

I don't think they expected the result that they got back. Because the Turning Point show just crushed the Bad Bunny show in the vote.

It must really upset your giggling staff that Charlie Kirk's show outshone a rotting rabbit. pic.twitter.com/fwbrTSGP0r
— Sandy 〽️ (@RightSandy) February 9, 2026

Click on the tweet and then click to vote on the names under the pictures. That will show you the current vote.

Who had the better halftime show -- Bad Bunny or Kid Rock?
— TMZ (@TMZ) February 9, 2026

That sounds like a big message to the NFL if the biggest comment about their halftime show is how it was turning people off and/or they were going elsewhere.

Here's the full Turning Point show at about 41 minutes in. It already has close to 20 million views.

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