We want to know who wins the Super Bowl, but also who Taylor Swift sits next to

This Sunday, it pays to best friends with Taylor Swift.

With Super Bowl 59 fast approaching, some of the most posh seats in New Orleans' Caesars Superdome will belong to the music icon and ... whoever she chooses to invite.

So who's on the vaunted shortlist to join Swift as she cheers on her beau, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, against the Philadelphia Eagles?

You'd have pretty good odds if you listed A-listers such as Selena Gomez and her fiancée Benny Blanco, actress Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, as well as singers Sabrina Carpenter and Ice Spice, all of whom have spent time with Swift - and Kelce's family members in a private box over the past 16 months. (Though with the drama around the Lively and Justin Baldoni lawsuit, it's possible Swift won't invite them.)

Why Miles Teller won't be going to Super Bowl 59 with Taylor Swift

Definitely not on the guest list this year however are actor Miles Teller and his wife Keleigh, this despite the couple having joined Swift in her box for the Chief's second second straight Super Bowl win last year over the San Francisco 49ers.

What happened to the invite? Simple - pure team rivalry. Teller told People magazine that since he and his wife were passionate Eagles fans (Teller spent his childhood years in Pennsylvania and Delaware), they could not see themselves enjoy the game in the enemy's den.

"She's a diehard Birds fan," Teller said. "She might be a Southern California girl, but you marry into Philadelphia sports and that is it." He added with pride: "I'm going to be in a sea of green."

A quick run through of Swift's past appearances at Chiefs game, which often came in the middle of her record-setting global Eras Tour, provides a sense of who else might be in the running for an invitation to this especially hot ticket. The Chiefs, led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes, could notch an NFL-record third straight Super Bowl; of the eight other teams who won two back-to-back trophies, none made it back to the Super Bowl for a third attempt. (For the record, megastar Tom Brady has won 7 Super Bowl rings, but never three in a row.)

Taylor Swift's Chiefs game appearances: from solo outings with Donna Kelce to celebfest cheerathons

Swift's first Chiefs game was on Sept. 24, 2023, an appearance that immediately had Swifies agog as it seemed to telegraph the seriousness of her relationship with the hulking athlete.

A week later, she showed up as the Chiefs played the Jets and brought along stars such as Carpenter (who just won big at the Grammy Awards), Hugh Jackman, Sophie Turner, as well as Reynolds and Lively, who is enmeshed in a high contentious series of lawsuits and recriminations stemming from her charges of inappropriate behavior on the set of "It Ends With Us," which star and director Baldoni has vociferously pushed back against.

That same fall found Swift sharing the family's box with Mahomes' wife Brittany, who has found a fan in President Donald Trump who, in the past, posted on social media: "I hate Taylor Swift." Despite that potentially awkward scenario, the two have often been spotted celebrating Chiefs wins together and one can assume Mahomes will be on hand to cheer for her husband.

Others who have cheered alongside Swift over the ensuing two seasons: her father, Scott Swift, and brother Austin; singer Lana Del Rey; and even a few friends from her Eras Tour, including backup singer Melanie Nyema and stylist Ashley Avigonone.

Bringing co-workers to join you in the Chiefs suite is certainly a sweet egalitarian gesture, and one to be expected from a superstar who when her world tour wrapped handed out $197 million in bonuses to her stunned crew. But Eras Tour vets, while your boss might be magnanimous, might be best to find a good sports bar.

For the rest of Celebrityville, this is Super Bowl 59, the toughest ticket in town. Call in your Swift Friend favors now.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Taylor Swift: Who will join her for Super Bowl 59?