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SNL UK might be coming for Saturday Night Live ’s crown.

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Oct 26, 2026 4:43 PM

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We might not be in Kansas anymore, but we’re not in Oz, either. Instead, the funniest Saturday Night Live sketch in recent memory—from this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live UK , which featured Wicked ’s co-lead, the Nigerian British actress Cynthia Erivo, as the celebrity host—landed us in “LagOz” with its now-viral skit “Nigerian Wicked .”

The three-minute video functions as a trailer for a fictionalized Nollywood version of Wicked , where Erivo role-swaps from her usual Elphaba to play Glinda, while SNL UK cast members…