Kelsea Ballerini Prepares For SNL Gig This Weekend

Kelsea Ballerini has returned from her trip to Europe, and she's already busy getting ready for her first appearance as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend.

Kelsea posted several photos and a few video clips, including one of her rehearsing on the SNL stage on Instagram. She captioned the post, "home long enough to kiss the furbaby, do laundry, rehearse new songs for tour, and deliriously lay on the floor instead of repacking. off to NYC for @nbcsnl."

One of the things she posted was a to-do list for the Saturday Night Live performance. On her iPhone, you can see the list titled "SNL/MY packing list."

The list reads:

Many fans reacted to the post, including one who wrote, "I am loving the way you are just so real for us fans! Like if I saw you out and about you'd be someone I'd totally be open to saying "hey you seem cool, wanna hang sometime?" Another fan said, "The note is such a mood." One more fan commented, "You are truly a down-to-earth girl."

As we reported in February, Kelsea will be making her first appearance on NBC's Saturday Night Live on March 4 as the musical guest. Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce will host the show. Kelsea joins a select group, including Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Kacey Musgraves, Blake Shelton, Garth Brooks, and more, in being the musical guest on the legendary comedy sketch show.

Ballerini posted to Instagram at the time, "it's not 7 am, and i'm not on a mountain with a view, but i am in my living room screaming, crying, and throwing up. see you march 4th on @nbcsnl."

With the announcement that Kelsea Ballerini will be the next country star to perform on Saturday Night Live on March 4, we look back at the country stars have come before her on the legendary comedy sketch show. There haven't been too many country music stars to be the musical guest on the show, and only a handful of country superstars, including Garth Brooks, Blake Shelton, Dolly Parton, and Taylor Swift, have hosted the show.

Luke sang two songs on the show, including his big ole hit "Beer Never Broke My Heart."

Morgan sang two songs on the show and appeared in a skit along with Jason Bateman, who played Wallen at a party.

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Kacey is the only artist to ever perform totally in the nude with just a guitar to cover her. Kacey told V Magazine after the performance, "It was an idea that hit me last minute. A lot of my ideas come like a lightning bolt with no explanation." She added, "A couple of days [before the performance], I was getting a workout, and I had this image pop into my mind of Jenny from Forrest Gump, naked on a stool. I just thought, with 'Justified,' I had to do it."

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Dolly was the musical guest and performed in many of the skits on the show as host. She later said it was pretty hard and that she would not ever host and be the musical guests at the same time again.

He hosted as Garth and was the musical guest as Chris Gaines.

The always-funny Blake was perfect for his hosting role, appearing in many skits on the show. In one skit, he played Disney character, John Smith.

Taylor was a natural and quite funny in many of the show's skits. She hosted the show when she was just 19 years old.

Chris did a fun promo for the show with Will Ferrell. He also performed two songs.

Besides singing, Faith even did a fun skit with host Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Cash did many skits and sang two of his classic songs.