The logic is easy to see.
has never been shy about ceremony, but the final has traditionally kept the game at the centre and the pageantry around the edges. A dedicated interval show would change that balance. It would pull the event closer to the model used by the Super Bowl, where sport and entertainment are packaged as one headline product.
There is another side to it.
Football is not built around a long halftime. The break serves players, coaches and the rhythm of the contest. Stretching that moment into a major performance slot would raise obvious questions about preparation, focus and the flow of the match itself.
That tension matters because the World Cup final works precisely because it feels singular and uncompromising. The drama comes from the football, the stakes and the sense that nothing should interrupt either.
Reports mentioning BTS, Madonna and Shakira point to the scale may want. Those are names with reach far beyond traditional football audiences. That is the point. The final would become a crossover event, not just a sporting climax.
Nothing is official until confirms it, but the direction is clear. The next storyline is whether this idea becomes formal policy - and how far football’s biggest night is prepared to move toward the entertainment playbook before 2026 arrives.