Key Takeaways:

• Doja Cat will make her “Saturday Night Live” debut because the musical visitor for the present’s Season 51 premiere on Oct. 4.
• Bad Bunny can be set to return as a number, marking his third look on the present.
• Sabrina Carpenter will host and carry out on Oct. 18, showcasing her versatility and rising star energy.

The Season 51 premiere of “Saturday Night Live” is shaping as much as be an excellent one. On Thursday (Sept. 18), the primary three hosts and musician visitors had been introduced, with Bad Bunny and Doja Cat taking the stage, respectively, on Oct. 4.

It’ll surprisingly be Doja Cat’s first time on “SNL.” However, the timing couldn’t be higher, along with her fifth studio album, Vie, dropping only a week earlier than her look on the present. She’s already been teasing the undertaking with “Jealous Type” and its accompanying music video.

Bad Bunny, however, is virtually an everyday by now. He made a cameo in 2020, served because the musical visitor in 2021 alongside host Regé-Jean Page, and returned in 2023 as each host and performer.

After that, Amy Poehler will step in to host the Oct. 11 episode with Role Model because the evening’s musical visitor. Then, on Oct. 18, Sabrina Carpenter will tackle double obligation as each host and performer. See the complete lineup beneath.

It’ll be thrilling to see what medley Doja Cat places collectively for her “SNL” debut, particularly since her forthcoming album goes to be extra pop-driven. Her web site teased the 15-track undertaking as being “rich with retro textures and a sonic background charged by various influences from the ’70s and ’80s.”

Vie can even discover themes of “love, romance and sex.” Speaking to V Magazine, she defined, “I remember there was a time when people were talking about wanting to be with each other, and it seems to have gotten a bit more vapid and just sort of like, not real.”

Once the undertaking does lastly drop, Doja Cat will embark on the Australian leg of her “Ma Vie World Tour.” It will probably be her first time taking part in arenas within the land Down Under. A North American stretch is about to be introduced later.