This week on Hot Ones: Ariana Grande
By Meg Dowell
The season finale of Hot Ones will feature Ariana Grande, who is set to star in one of the year's biggest movies later this year.
For those less familiar with one of YouTube's most entertaining interview-style shows, Hot Ones -- about to end its 24th season -- is sort of like a network TV talk show, but spicier (literally). Interviewer Sean Evans invites celebrities on to answer a series of questions while consuming (or in some cases, attempting to consume) increasingly spicy hot wings.
Since Hot Ones dropped its first early episodes in March 2015, it has expanded into a spinoff game show and has won and been nominated for a handful of notable awards (including being nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show.
🚨 This is NOT a drill 🚨 This week on the FINALE of @HotOnes Season 24, we got Ariana Grande vs. The Wings of Death. 💀 Tune in Thursday @ 11AM ET. ✨🔥 pic.twitter.com/bkPRTDBgnx
— First We Feast (@firstwefeast) August 4, 2024
On August 4, First We Feast announced that Grande would close out Season 24 of the show. Hot Ones typically produces three seasons per calendar year of about 12 episodes on average each season. Season 24 is the second of three seasons expected to release throughout 2024.
Ariana Grande, best known for her singing and acting cedits, is set to star in the upcoming Wicked movie alongside Cynthia Erivo. Grande will portray Glinda in the movie, based on the musical based on the book of the same name.
Wicked is a Wizard of Oz prequel chronicling the lives of Glinda (before she was the Good Witch) and Elphaba (before she was the Wicked Witch). Part One of the film adaption is set to release in November 2024.
To watch Ariana Grande's Hot Ones appearance this week, tune in to the First We Feast YouTube channel at 11 AM on Thursday, August 8. Or subscribe to the channel ahead of time and turn on notifications so you'll be notified as soon as the new episode drops.