Nine shuns Shannon Noll in State of Origin broadcast

Singer Shannon Noll was cut from Nine’s State of Origin broadcast last night when he was reduced to singing jingles for KFC.

Courier Mail reports viewers around the country hoping to hear classics like ‘What About Me?’, ‘Shine’, and ‘Drive’ were “no doubt left disappointed.”

FOX Sports reported his first song had fans stunned. Noll opened his set with the jingle used by Origin sponsors KFC in their ‘Fried Night Footy’ advertisements.

The song, called the Fried Night Footy Anthem, was written before this season by Noll and DZ Deathrays, but it left a sour taste in the mouths of some fans at Suncorp.

It led to tweets from fans, with viewers irate at the musical choice. Even Wide World of Sports reported fans complaining, “Shannon Noll singing a KFC ad at Origin has to be as low as things could ever get”.

Nine cutting him from the broadcast comes despite earlier promotion of an appearance.

Shannon Noll has been confirmed as the pre-match entertainment for State of Origin Game II tomorrow night at Suncorp Stadium.

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— 9News Australia (@9NewsAUS) June 20, 2023

So Nine doesn’t broadcast Shannon Noll’s “performance” because he was singing the theme song of the sponsor. Which would be a free ad. But ABC sport radio accidentally did cuz they were broadcasting pre match stuff. Funny.

— Kathy McCabe (@McCabeRadar) June 21, 2023

Who needs Taylor Swift when you’ve got Shannon Noll at Suncorp Stadium singing a song about footy and chicken pic.twitter.com/Hp4qlyP6QO

— Sean Parnell 🫶🏼 (@seanparnell) June 21, 2023

Channel 9 showing even less of Shannon Noll's performance than they did The Living End i.e. none at all lmao#Origin

— Rewster (@Rewster7) June 21, 2023

Good to see @abcsport is playing the pre game entertainment Shannon noll as channel 9 is not playing it @GibsMoore @zanofc

— bec s (@bec_8888) June 21, 2023

SHOW ME SHANNON NOLL

— faith 🧸 (@faintlyfaith) June 21, 2023

@nrl @NRLonNine I don't pay big bucks for an origin ticket so you can launch your Friday night footy advert. #shannonnoll #nothappyjan #origin #nrl #qlder #nsw.

— Julie (@Jp88Julie) June 21, 2023