--- title: Katy Perry Thanks Left Shark for Emmy Nomination description: Katy Perry may win an Emmy before she's won a Grammy. Perry was nominated for an "Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program" Emmy on Thursday, for... canonical: https://time.com/3962201/katy-perry-left-shark-emmy-grammy/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-17T03:34:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:20:42.647Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Katy Perry Thanks Left Shark for Emmy Nomination og:description: Katy Perry may win an Emmy before she's won a Grammy og:url: https://time.com/3962201/katy-perry-left-shark-emmy-grammy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9487d0f0b478b3f/69877de7e53aba4c1c4d76f9/no-grammy-24.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Katy Perry Thanks Left Shark for Emmy Nomination twitter:description: Katy Perry may win an Emmy before she's won a Grammy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9487d0f0b478b3f/69877de7e53aba4c1c4d76f9/no-grammy-24.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Katy Perry Thanks Left Shark for Emmy Nomination by [The Hollywood Reporter](https://time.com/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## The Hollywood Reporter Jul 17, 2015 3:34 AM UTC  GLENDALE, AZ - FEBRUARY 01: Recording artist Katy Perry performs onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium on February 1, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) GLENDALE, AZ - FEBRUARY 01: Recording artist Katy Perry performs onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium on February 1, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images by [The Hollywood Reporter](https://time.com/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## The Hollywood Reporter Jul 17, 2015 3:34 AM UTC Katy Perry may win an Emmy before she’s won a Grammy. Perry was nominated for an “Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program” [Emmy](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emmy-nominations-2015-complete-list-808911) on Thursday, for her halftime show performance at the Super Bowl XLIX. The halftime show performance received positive reviews, and Perry’s “Left Shark” backup dancer went viral for his hilarious moves. Perry was excited to hear the news when she found out she was nominated, and tweeted her enthusiasm, calling out Left Shark in particular. > [](https://twitter.com/katyperry/status/621758074827743232) Although [#LeftShark memes and tweets abounded](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/super-bowl-left-shark-steals-769153) teasing the backup dancers moves, Perry’s choreographer said he “nailed” the halftime performance. “The sharks were given two main objectives,” RJ Durell told _The Hollywood Reporter_ in February. “One, perform Katy’s trademark moves to the ‘Teenage Dream’ chorus, which they both did perfectly; and two, to have loads of fun, and bring to life these characters in a cartoon manner, giving them a Tweedledee/Tweedledum-type persona.” “Clearly, that was portrayed with the overzealous shark on the right hitting precise dance moves, while the left shark was playing up the more goofy, fun-spirited sports-fan mascot type, who was just happy to be at the Super Bowl.” [_This article originally appeared on Hollywoodreporter.com_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emmys-katy-perry-thanks-leftshark-809253) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3962201/katy-perry-left-shark-emmy-grammy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3962201/katy-perry-left-shark-emmy-grammy/"},"headline":"Katy Perry Thanks Left Shark for Emmy Nomination","datePublished":"2015-07-17T03:34:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:20:42.647Z","description":"Katy Perry may win an Emmy before she's won a Grammy. 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