Katy Perry’s very unlikely link to Rebecca Judd and Nadia Bartel is revealed after her AFL Grand Final performance

Katy Perry’s unexpected link with AFL WAGs Rebecca Judd and Nadia Bartel has been revealed following her highly anticipated headlining performance in the AFL Grand Final on Saturday.

The American pop sensation, 39, dazzled the 100,000-strong crowd at the MCG as she delivered an electrifying pre-game performance before the Brisbane Lions vs Sydney Swans clash.

Katy’s 20-minute set not only turned heads with her vocals and energetic hits, but also had a very unlikely link with Australian household names Rebecca, 41, and Nadia, 39.

Katy took to the stage with a glowing complexion that was achieved with the help of none other than Rebecca and Nadia’s popular tanning company, Spray Aus.

Emily McKay, who founded Spray Aus with the help of the WAGs, revealed on Instagram that she personally visited Katy at her hotel to apply the spray tan using their mobile tanning service.

She shared, “You guys, Katy Perry. Tanned by me in @sprayaus using our OG solution. What a special moment.’

Founded in 2014 by Emily and Ellie Pearson, Spray Aus has grown into a major player in the beauty industry.

Shortly after launch, Chris Judd’s wife Rebecca and Jimmy Bartel’s wife Nadia joined the business, allowing it to expand to four standalone salons in Melbourne.

Katy took to the stage with a glowing complexion that was achieved with the help of none other than Rebecca and Nadia’s popular tanning company, Spray Aus.

The brand now offers a wide range of products including mists, mousses and professional tanning solutions, all available through their website.

Katy shocked with an astonishing song choice and some very ‘bizarre’ CGI effects during her AFL Grand Final performance at the MCG.

She stunned fans almost immediately when she kicked off her set – for which she was reportedly paid $5 million – with her hit Roar, despite it being widely assumed she wouldn’t perform the song.

There had been feverish speculation that the song had been blacklisted because it showed a perceived bias against the Lions, with Perry herself even admitting that she had been warned not to sing it.

However, despite the rampant theories, Perry threw caution to the wind by performing the song that some fans consider the unofficial anthem of the underdogs.

She then added to the surprise with her setlist by not singing Hot n Cold, despite it being known as the MasterChef Australia theme song and jokingly regarded by many as the true Aussie ‘anthem’.

The American pop star took to the stage in front of 100,000 AFL fans as she headlined the pregame show ahead of the Brisbane Lions vs Sydney Swans clash.

She performed her hits Teenage Dreams, Dark Horse, Firework and California Gurls and sang I Kissed A Girl with Tina Arena, but notably missed Hot n Cold, even though it was widely expected to perform.

Following reports that she had been restricted to just one new song by AFL bosses, she also released two songs from her 2024 album 143 – Lifetimes and Beautiful, her collaboration with Kim Petras.

While fans praised her vocal talents, many viewers were also baffled by an unusual detail during the performance, which they claimed had no place in an AFL Grand Final.

Viewers at home took to social media to mercilessly mock her choice to accompany her real-life performance and dance moves with a range of ‘bizarre’ CGI effects.

Katy reportedly hoped her AFL show would “revive” her “faltering” pop career and help promote her new album 143, which has been divisive.

Another wrote: ‘No Australian act has the profile and appeal. I’ve tried to think of one, but I can’t. Every legendary act is too old now.”

Katy’s headlining performance in the AFL sparked controversy among Aussies when her $5 million payday was revealed despite a cost-of-living crisis in the music scene Down Under

And another user pointed out that the AFL Grand Final is broadcast in many other countries, not just Australia, so should appeal to a wider audience.

Katja She was said to be hopeful of performing several songs from her new album to the public, in an effort to promote the LP, which was savaged by critics.

However, AFL chiefs are said to have quickly hit back at the suggestion, telling Katy to stick to her signature hits from her previous album Teenage Dream.

Channel Nine reporter Tom Morris claimed AFL big wigs told the hitmaker they expected her to perform her older hits such as Firework and I Kissed A Girl.

The veteran AFL journalist appeared on SEN Breakfast ahead of her show and claimed they had reached a compromise, with Katy limited to playing just one new song.

Her highly anticipated seventh studio album 143, which references the phrase ‘I love you’, did not get off to a good start with music critics as it received lukewarm reviews.

A scathing review of her first album in four years, from a top entertainment outlet, stated that Perry is ‘struggling to regain past glory on the flat 143’.