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Cynthia's got Saturday night
Cynthia Erivo hosts Saturday Night Live UK on 24 October, with Blossoms as musical guest.
SNL UK · 24 Oct 2026
Cynthia took Saturday night
She hosted Saturday Night Live UK on 24 October, with Blossoms on music, and closed the show's 2026 run.
The monologue
Bake Off, please
With an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony already, she says the prize she still wants is the Hollywood handshake. Then she pictured herself in the tent: “I’ve got a soggy bottom, and I’m freaking stressed!”
Earlier this year
All 23 roles, one woman
From February to May she played every part in a one-woman Dracula at the Noël Coward Theatre in London's West End.
The range
Tony winner, now sketch host
The Stockwell-born star with Nigerian parents won a Tony for The Color Purple and has three Oscar nominations, for Harriet and Wicked.
Sky and NOW
Catch it back
Her episode is on NOW. SNL UK is off until January, when the second half of the season starts.
Sources
Picture credits (Instagram and TikTok cards)
- Saturday Night Live UK, Official Video (cards 1, 2, 5)
- This Morning, ITV (card 3)
- Variety, Official Video (card 4)
- Video: Saturday Night Live UK, played from YouTube. Not copied or hosted here.
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