NRL Grand Final Entertainment 2022: Who is the pre-match show entertainment for the NRL and NRLW Grand Final?
Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes has been confirmed as the headline act for this year’s NRL grand final pre-game show, while daughter Mahalia will do likewise ahead of the NRLW decider.
It will be an all-Aussie music line-up at Accor Stadium on Sunday night, with the NRL pre-game show also featuring Diesel with special guest Josh Teskey, as well as award-winning Indigenous singer-songwriter Emma Donovan.
Eurovision star Sheldon Riley will also perform, as will hip-hop trio Bliss n Eso.
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The NRLW grand final will have its own pre-game show, with Mahalia Barnes joined by A.Girl and Emma Donovan.
Alinta Chidzey, star of Moulin Rouge!, will sing the national anthem.
Nine’s broadcast of the NRLW grand final will begin at 3.15pm (AEDT) following the State Cup Championship grand final, with kick-off scheduled for 40 minutes later.
The NRL grand final program will commence at 6.30pm, immediately following 9News, with kick-off set for an hour later.
Mahalia’s performance comes more than two decades after she performed with her father prior to the 2001 NRL grand final.
Barnes took to the stage at the 1998 grand final, and did so again ahead of the 2015 decider.
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NRL grand final entertainment line-up
– Jimmy Barnes with DIESEL, Joshua Teskey and Emma Donovan
– Sheldon Riley
– Bliss n Eso (featuring JOY.)
– Alinta Chidzey
NRLW grand final entertainment line-up
– Mahalia Barnes with A.Girl and Emma Donovan
– Alinta Chidzey
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