The 586th episode of Saturday Night Live and the season premiere of Season 31 aired on October 1, 2005. It was hosted by Steve Carell and the musical guest was Kanye West, who performed a medley of "Gold Digger and "Touch The Sky for the first performance and was joined by Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine to perform "Heard Em Say" for the second performance. West also appeared in the Backstage sketch right before his first performance.