{"id":422739,"date":"2026-01-19T06:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422739\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:38:12","slug":"stranger-things-star-finn-wolfhard-debuts-as-saturday-night-live-host-robert-irwin-recreates-dancing-with-the-stars-performance-at-australia-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422739\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard debuts as Saturday Night Live host; Robert Irwin recreates Dancing With The Stars performance at Australia Zoo."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday Night Live returned for its first episode of 2026, enlisting Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard to make his hosting debut.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, did the honours with the help of a few familiar faces and both Sabrina Carpenter and Jason Momoa made surprise guest appearances in a couple of skits, one poking fun at the hot new series, Heated Rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>A$AP Rocky also made his debut as musical guest, performing three new songs and of course, his partner Rihanna was there to support, even attending the afterparty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/today\/sign-up-for-the-today-show-newsletter\/57b05181-ffe6-4143-9ddf-54d56d42db7f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7ce16070-63aa-42bd-a3ee-448b73a4dc54.png\"   alt=\"TODAY 2023\"\/>Subscribe to the Today newsletter here. (Nine)<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ccda24b1-02df-4662-b3dd-b2a705efa13f.png\"   alt=\"Robert Irwin Witney Carson family Australia Zoo January 2026\"\/>Robert Irwin (L) hosted dance partner Witney Carson and her family at Australia Zoo. (Robert Irwin\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/today\/karl-stefanovic-showboats-victory-against-tennis-champion-in-1-point-slam\/7d91b183-80da-4f95-b6a8-3ced7ff1b374\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Karl showboats tenis victory in $1 million 1 point Slam \">Karl showboats tenis victory in $1 million 1 point Slam<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We know Robert Irwin is back on home soil with that giant mirrorball trophy after winning US Dancing With The Stars last year.<\/p>\n<p>And over the weekend, he hosted his dance partner, Witney Carson, and her family at Australia Zoo.<\/p>\n<p>The pair also recreated one of their iconic routines in a very different ballroom, with the natives of Australia Zoo as an audience.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full entertainment wrap in the video above\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday Night Live returned for its first episode of 2026, enlisting Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard to make&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-422739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}