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SpongeBob Opened Nickelodeon’s Super Bowl Broadcast With Chilling ‘Sweet Victory’ Rendition
Moments before kickoff of Super Bowl LVIII, fans were brought to their feet by an all-time classic.
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SpongeBob SquarePants took to the stage during Nickelodeon’s broadcast of The Big Game to sing a rendition of his classic “Sweet Victory,” a song made famous in the 2001 episode “Band Geeks.”
Winner takes all. It’s the thrill of one more kill.
SWEET VICTORY: SUPER BOWL LVIII EDITION@Nickelodeon pic.twitter.com/ESAr65cUBK
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) February 11, 2024
Millennial fans preparing for kickoff loved the blast of nostalgia.
I need this every Super Bowl from now on and I’m angry it wasn’t done for the Eagles https://t.co/dEBm1pOu2I
— Tim “Saquon Barkley fan account” Nichols (@timcities555) February 11, 2024
The real National Anthem https://t.co/GZF1kvHbNr
— Chris Castellani (@Castellani2014) February 11, 2024
This is what it’s all about. https://t.co/4X2TGk3es4
— Albaro (@martinez3594) February 11, 2024
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO. https://t.co/Jf8jcPrw4I
— GSW Kevin (@_GSW4Life) February 11, 2024
Its. so. beautiful. https://t.co/uMStsMTWoU
— Mike Meredith (@_mikemeredith) February 11, 2024
Tyler Lauletta is a staff writer for the Breaking and Trending News Team/team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI, he covered sports for nearly a decade at Business Insider, and helped design and launch the OffBall newsletter. He is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, and remains an Eagles and Phillies sicko. When not watching or blogging about sports, Tyler can be found scratching his dog behind the ears.