Kyle Sandilands on Shannon Noll’s widely-panned ‘KFC ad’ at State of Origin pre-game

Kyle Sandilands has weighed in on the mystery surrounding Shannon Noll’s ‘KFC ad’ appearance in State of Origin 2.

Noll, 47, left fans at Suncorp stadium Brisbane scratching their heads on Wednesday after he sang a song about the event’s sponsor KFC.

Even more baffling is that Channel Nine never aired his performance, despite both the network and Noll heavily promoting his set on Instagram.

Sandilands discussed the blunder on The Kyle And Jackie O Show on Thursday, speculating that something went wrong at the last minute.

“Usually when something like this is organized there are months and months of contracts,” he said of Noll’s performance.

Kyle Sandilands (left) has weighed in on the mystery surrounding Shannon Noll’s (right) “KFC ad” appearance in State of Origin 2.

‘If you’re going to perform and it’s broadcast on television, they can’t just choose [not to air it] on the day. Something must have gone wrong,” says Sandilands, who has worked in broadcasting for decades.

Co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson was also baffled by the situation, telling him, “You’d think if they’re the sponsor, why wouldn’t they air that?”

‘Don’t know. It’s just weird. Why give it to the people there and not to the people back home?’ she asked.

Channel Nine never aired his performance, despite both the network and Noll heavily promoting his set on Instagram

Sandilands discussed the mystery on The Kyle And Jackie O Show on Thursday, speculating that something went wrong at the last minute

It comes after fans of Origin and Nollsy expressed their confusion on social media following his performance.

“Did the NRL just have Shannon Noll sing a full song over the KFC Friday Night Footy jingle?” asked a stunned viewer on Twitter.

“Shannon Noll singing a KFC commercial at Origin should be as low as possible #RIPTina,” another wrote.

‘If you’re going to perform and it’s broadcast on television, they can’t just choose [not to air it] on the day. Something must have gone wrong,” says Sandilands, who has worked in broadcasting for decades

ABC Sport’s Nick Campton soon joined the chorus in disbelief.

“If I didn’t see Shannon Noll open his pre-game set with a KFC jingle, I wouldn’t believe it happened,” he wrote.

“Who needs Taylor Swift when Shannon Noll sings a song about footy and chicken at Suncorp Stadium,” another added.

“Did the NRL just have Shannon Noll sing a full song over the KFC Friday Night Footy jingle?” asked a stunned viewer on Twitter

Elsewhere, others were perplexed as to why Shannon’s performance was cut from the air altogether.

“So Nine isn’t airing Shannon Noll’s ‘gig’ because he sang the sponsor’s theme song. That would be a free ad. But ABC sports radio accidentally did it because they were airing pre-match stuff. Funny,” wrote respected music journalist Kathy McCabe.

“They show even less of Shannon’s performance than The Living End, so nothing at all,” wrote another.

‘They didn’t even play a single Shannon Noll song?! I’m smoking. Get in the big black shiny car to drive and slap Nollsie on the throat,’ another joked.

Curiously, Channel Nine had heavily promoted Noll’s performance during the match on social media, suggesting that the decision not to feature his performance was a last-minute one.

Many in the audience wondered why Nollsy’s would choose to sing a song about KFC fast food over his more recognizable hits