Super Bowl 59 kicks off shortly and pre-game festivities are wrapping up. The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs will kick off the Super Bowl, but prior to the coin toss, Jon Batiste sang America’s national anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner.
Jon Batiste sings National Anthem in 1 minutes, 59 seconds at Super Bowl 59
Plenty of people were interested in how long it would take for Jon Batiste to sing the Star-Spangled Banner. We take a look at how long the National Anthem was for the 2025 Super Bowl.
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A week removed from winning his sixth and seventh Grammys, Batiste sang the anthem in 1 minute, 59 seconds (to be super technical, I clocked it at 1:59.47). Ahead of the game, FanDuel Sportsbook offered odds on the length, setting the over/under at 120.5 seconds. The result went UNDER that time.
Alicia Keys holds the record for the longest anthem performance at the Super Bowl. In 2013, she sang the song in two minutes and 36 seconds at Super Bowl 47. The shortest performance belongs to Neil Diamond. In 1987, he sang the song in one minute and two seconds at Super Bowl 21. Last year, Reba McEntire finished with a time of one minute and 35 seconds. You can view this full list of anthem times dating back to Super Bowl 1.
FanDuel offered six prop bets related to the Anthem, although they were only available in Ontario, Canada. They also were based on the CTV/TSN broadcast and not the Fox broadcast in the United States. The props were as follows, with results included based on the Fox feed I’m seeing in the US:
Length (over/under 120.5 seconds): 1:59 (Over +154 / Under -200)
Batiste performs the anthem with a piano: Yes (-1800) / No (+790)
Length of last “brave” note sung by Batiste: Over 4.5 seconds / Under 4.5 seconds (both -113)
First coach shown on broadcast during anthem: Andy Reid (-155) / Nick Sirianni (+105)
First QB shown on broadcast during anthem: Patrick Mahomes (-180) / Jalen Hurts (+115)
Player or coach shown crying during the anthem: Yes (-520) / No (+350)
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