Saturday Night Live’s milestone 50th season came to an end on the 2025 TV schedule, closing out yet another entertaining season filled with great hosts, musical guests, and special surprises. It was also filled with plenty of celebrity impressions, which included the return of Chloe Fineman’s Jojo Siwa. Even though the impression was near perfect, there was actually one struggle that the comedian had with it, and I never would have considered this.
Fineman first portrayed the dancer and singer during a Weekend Update segment in Season 49, and her look was pretty spot on, as it included a full face of makeup and face paint. Between the outfit and mannerisms, the comedian certainly killed the impression. However, it wasn’t as easy as one would think, as she recalled the big struggle with impersonating Siwa while speaking with IndieWire. Just hearing about it has me exhausted:
I was remembering last year I did JoJo Siwa on ‘Weekend Update,’ and that was so much crazy makeup that we created, and then had an immediate, quick change. So you’re putting it on, and then you’re fully washing your face, and then fully putting the new thing on. And then we did the same thing …
handful of people rumored to be leaving, it’s quite possible that Chloe Fineman will be coming back, and maybe she’ll even bring her Siwa impression with her. She has done numerous celebrity impressions, and she nails them every time. So, no matter who she’s playing, I know she’ll kill it.
I will definitely be looking at SNL differently now when I watch it with a Peacock subscription, but it sounds like even after 50 seasons, the series is still a well-oiled machine that keeps on chugging. And the series will return later this year for Season 51, and it will surely include more surprises and impressions.