This article is about the Internet trend. For the Skylar Spence album, see
Skylar Spence.
Two students acting motionless for a mannequin challenge videoVideo of a mannequin challenge staged by students at the
University of Jordan
The Mannequin Challenge is a
viral Internet video trend which became popular in November 2016. In this challenge, participants have to stay still in action like a
mannequin while a moving camera films them, often with the song "
Black Beatles" by
Rae Sremmurd playing in the background.[1][2] The
hashtag#MannequinChallenge was used for popular
social media platforms such as
Twitter and
Instagram. It is believed that the phenomenon was started by students at a high school in
Jacksonville, Florida.[3] The initial posting has inspired works by other groups, especially
professional athletes and sports teams, who have posted increasingly complex and elaborate videos.
The mannequin challenge being performed by the Mississauga Academy of Martial Arts
A number of notable sports teams, including both collegiate and professional, as well as sports personalities, have engaged in the challenge.[7] Notable instances of sport-figure participation include:
University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, in a home exhibition game against Asbury University. Thousands of attendees in the basketball arena participated.[16]
Once many versions of the challenge began surfacing with
Rae Sremmurd's "
Black Beatles" as the background music, Rae Sremmurd paused a concert to do a Mannequin Challenge video live on stage.[39][40]
Singer
Adele adopted a Western theme in a November 7 video.[43]
Country singer
Garth Brooks created a video while live on stage in a concert on November 12.[44]
Singer
Britney Spears celebrated winning, for the second year in a row, Best Resident Performer in the Best of Las Vegas Awards by posting a video on her
Instagram page on November 13 of her and her dancers doing the challenge to the sound of her single
"Slumber Party", taken from her album Glory.[45]
Former
Beatles member
Paul McCartney did this challenge by standing by a piano frozen while the song is playing. He showed his support for the song and the artists in a Twitter message.[47][48]
The Late Late Show with James Corden created an elaborate video of more than 2 minutes and 30 seconds, that involved the entire crew, backstage area and studio audience.[53]
On December 14, the Boston Pops Orchestra and Conductor Keith Lockhart participated in the challenge during a rehearsal for the orchestra's 43rd Annual Holiday Pops Season and posted a video on
YouTube.[citation needed]
On December 13,
Westmount, Quebec's city council became the first municipality to release a mannequin challenge filmed in the council chambers.[67] The video features eight council members and the mayor frozen during a seemingly chaotic council meeting.
Activism
On November 10, film makers Simone Shepherd,
Kevalena Everett and Todd Anthony made a series of videos that re-created scenes related to the
Black Lives Matter movement, as a promotional teaser for their feature film Black in Blue.[68][69]
In November 2016, the Revolutionaries of Syria Media Office, a Syrian media organisation, published a video showing two
White Helmet volunteers performing a staged rescue operation for the meme. The organisation apologised for their volunteers' error of judgement and said it had not shared the recording on their official channels.[70][71]
Legacy
Videos of the challenge uploaded to
YouTube have been used to advance
machine learning research in depth prediction.[72][73]
This article is about the Internet trend. For the Skylar Spence album, see
Skylar Spence.
Two students acting motionless for a mannequin challenge videoVideo of a mannequin challenge staged by students at the
University of Jordan
The Mannequin Challenge is a
viral Internet video trend which became popular in November 2016. In this challenge, participants have to stay still in action like a
mannequin while a moving camera films them, often with the song "
Black Beatles" by
Rae Sremmurd playing in the background.[1][2] The
hashtag#MannequinChallenge was used for popular
social media platforms such as
Twitter and
Instagram. It is believed that the phenomenon was started by students at a high school in
Jacksonville, Florida.[3] The initial posting has inspired works by other groups, especially
professional athletes and sports teams, who have posted increasingly complex and elaborate videos.
The mannequin challenge being performed by the Mississauga Academy of Martial Arts
A number of notable sports teams, including both collegiate and professional, as well as sports personalities, have engaged in the challenge.[7] Notable instances of sport-figure participation include:
University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, in a home exhibition game against Asbury University. Thousands of attendees in the basketball arena participated.[16]
Once many versions of the challenge began surfacing with
Rae Sremmurd's "
Black Beatles" as the background music, Rae Sremmurd paused a concert to do a Mannequin Challenge video live on stage.[39][40]
Singer
Adele adopted a Western theme in a November 7 video.[43]
Country singer
Garth Brooks created a video while live on stage in a concert on November 12.[44]
Singer
Britney Spears celebrated winning, for the second year in a row, Best Resident Performer in the Best of Las Vegas Awards by posting a video on her
Instagram page on November 13 of her and her dancers doing the challenge to the sound of her single
"Slumber Party", taken from her album Glory.[45]
Former
Beatles member
Paul McCartney did this challenge by standing by a piano frozen while the song is playing. He showed his support for the song and the artists in a Twitter message.[47][48]
The Late Late Show with James Corden created an elaborate video of more than 2 minutes and 30 seconds, that involved the entire crew, backstage area and studio audience.[53]
On December 14, the Boston Pops Orchestra and Conductor Keith Lockhart participated in the challenge during a rehearsal for the orchestra's 43rd Annual Holiday Pops Season and posted a video on
YouTube.[citation needed]
On December 13,
Westmount, Quebec's city council became the first municipality to release a mannequin challenge filmed in the council chambers.[67] The video features eight council members and the mayor frozen during a seemingly chaotic council meeting.
Activism
On November 10, film makers Simone Shepherd,
Kevalena Everett and Todd Anthony made a series of videos that re-created scenes related to the
Black Lives Matter movement, as a promotional teaser for their feature film Black in Blue.[68][69]
In November 2016, the Revolutionaries of Syria Media Office, a Syrian media organisation, published a video showing two
White Helmet volunteers performing a staged rescue operation for the meme. The organisation apologised for their volunteers' error of judgement and said it had not shared the recording on their official channels.[70][71]
Legacy
Videos of the challenge uploaded to
YouTube have been used to advance
machine learning research in depth prediction.[72][73]