Justin Timberlake steals the Super Bowl halftime show

Singer paid spectacular tribute to Prince and posed for mid-show selfie with lucky teen

Justin Timberlake Super Bowl halftime show
(Image credit: Streeter Lecka / Staff)

The Philadelphia Eagles might have beat the odds to notch up their first-ever Super Bowl victory last night - but the real stars of the show were Justin Timberlake, Prince and a 13-year-old boy.

The 37-year-old singer’s halftime show set got millions of TV viewers talking - and unlike his last Super Bowl appearance, it was for all the right reasons. His 2004 performance with Janet Jackson went down in pop-culture history after the latter’s “wardrobe malfunction”.

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