Saturday Night Live went on a holiday break this weekend, but expectations for its return are already running high. Jacob Elordi has been chosen to host SNL’s first episode of 2024, with Reneé Rapp serving as the musical guest.
Elordi made a name for himself as the star of Euphoria and The Kissing Booth movies, but 2023 turned out to be the most transformative year of his career. He played Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla and starred alongside Barry Keoghan in Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn.
Elordi will make his SNL debut on January 20, 2024, and he’ll be in pretty good company. Reneé Rapp, who’s playing Regina George in the upcoming musical remake of Mean Girls, will serve as the first musical guest of the new year.
Elordi will follow in the footsteps of fellow actors Pete Davidson, Timothée Chalamet, Jason Momoa, Emma Stone, and Adam Driver, who hosted the show since SNL returned for Season 49 this fall.
The final episode before the holiday break was hosted by the SNL alum Kate McKinnon on December 16. Billie Eilish, who wrote the song “What Was I Made For?” for McKinnon’s latest film Barbie, served as the musical guest, while its director Greta Gerwig made a cameo.
