--- title: How Beyonce Ended Up on Lip Sync Battle With Channing Tatum description: She and Channing Tatum had never met before the performance canonical: https://time.com/4182797/heres-how-beyonce-ended-up-on-that-episode-of-lip-sync-battle/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-15T19:15:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:52.919Z og:title: Here's How Beyoncé Ended Up on That Episode of 'Lip Sync Battle' og:description: She and Channing Tatum had never met before the performance og:url: https://time.com/4182797/heres-how-beyonce-ended-up-on-that-episode-of-lip-sync-battle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda5c844b45ffe5d5/698879602dce0189589e75f8/gettyimages-493489860.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIDAL X: 1020 - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How Beyoncé Ended Up on That Episode of 'Lip Sync Battle' twitter:description: She and Channing Tatum had never met before the performance twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda5c844b45ffe5d5/698879602dce0189589e75f8/gettyimages-493489860.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How Beyoncé Ended Up on That Episode of _Lip Sync Battle_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 15, 2016 7:15 PM UTC  Beyonce attends TIDAL X: 1020 at Barclays Center on October 20, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Beyonce attends TIDAL X: 1020 at Barclays Center on October 20, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.Ilya S. Savenok—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 15, 2016 7:15 PM UTC On last week’s episode of _Lip Sync Battle_, Beyoncé[ crashed](http://time.com/4172541/channing-tatum-beyonce-lip-sync-battle/) Channing Tatum’s performance of her song, “Run the World (Girls).” _The Hollywood Reporter_ [has the full story](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/how-lip-sync-battle-booked-855667) on how that went down. First of all, Tatum and Beyoncé had never met—so that moment when she struts onstage to join him was their first meeting ever. “He’s dressed as her, dancing and singing to her song,” Casey Patterson, an executive producer on the show, told _THR_. “We were just hoping he would keep dancing.” The show had been trying to get Beyoncé on for a year. According to Patterson, “She’s been the holy grail, and we’ve always been in contact with her camp. They know when we’re gearing up for production.” Apparently Chan sent her a video message a few days before the show, and according to Patterson “that’s what put it over the top,” because Bey finally agreed to an appearance just one night before production. In the meantime, Chan’s wife, Jenna Dewan Tatum, had no idea a Beyoncé cameo was even a possibility. 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