And, as to be expected, she KILLED!

Rihanna returned to the Saturday Night Live stage for the third time last night, this time as a musical guest for host Eli Manning, and performed one helluva mash-up of songs Talk That Talk and Birthday Cake, as well as her latest single, Where Have You Been!

Ch-ch-check 'em out (above)!

Oh man! We NEVER expected to hear Birthday on live television EVER, but are we thrilled that she did or WHAT?

Especially as she set it up as the perfect opener to the album's title track!

LOVE!