Top 20 UNBEARABLY Awkward Live Musical Performances

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

I cringed and laughed through the majority😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂

[@zodiacmartnio7256]

Too embarrassing

[@northerninfidelable]

This video

[@chelseacanales8763]

Fergie singing the anthem is still cringing at its existence along with Steven Tyler

[@Lucean627]

I honestly thought that it would be number 1 instead of Britneys performance

[@tiananesbitt7156]

Seducing patriots?

[@lindahandley5267]

Our anthem isn't a song to play around with and she was too into herself to even care.

[@Nola5427]

It was the companys fault, the video said they told her to do it Jazzy, Fergie is not a Jazz singer at all.

[@AlkalineInsides]

😂😂😂 “She’s got 99 problems, and they all seemed to show up here”

[@ssupermen98]

hahahah LOL

[@dsrs219]

“She’s got 99 problems but being a bitch ain’t one”

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

#20 Madonna didn't just suddenly fall as the cape billowed behind her.....the cape was yanked, and didn't break-away like it was supposed to.

[@simplybeautiful9885]

Evil does that.

[@jereykobalt8874]

@@simplybeautiful9885 Evil responds like this.

[@lindahandley5267]

I bet there was some hell raising by her afterwards.🤣

[@SidneyMosley]

Steph Curry's "Do everything to hold this laugh in" face during Fergie's National Anthem was funny as shit.

[@winniebae4alwayyz963]

*That took helluva integrity, I tell you that. Just trying not to laugh!* 😅😅😅

[@Nola5427]

It was the companys fault, the video said they told her to do it Jazzy, Fergie is not a Jazz singer at all.

[@bernardomello842]

Madonna’s fall was much more serious than what they are describing. Shortly after that, she had to do hip replacement surgery. The fall wasn’t the single event that caused the need for it, but it definitely sped up the process.

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

She also got a concussion

[@101shadeira]

Wow

[@victoriashore1332]

Yeah, she’s not twenty. When she fell I got worried

[@chadstrimpel3379]

That's amazing! Somehow that makes my smile even brighter, and my heart fill up with so much more love than before. Maybe she should not have been doing a satanic performance for millions to see, and she wouldn't have gotten struck down

[@Che-tm4of]

Her hip injury was unrelated, that was almost four or five years later

[@trinaq]

I'll never forget Ashlee Simpson's uncomfortable lip sync moment, where she tried to save face by awkwardly dancing, only to eventually shuffle off in defeat. Hopefully she can laugh at it now.

[@mattalan6618]

not only that but she threw her band under the bus

[@bernardomello842]

@@mattalan6618 exactly. Horrible person

[@101shadeira]

Embarrassing 😂 the Hokey Pokey dance

[@D-Fens_1632]

That was really the last of that start of thing, I don't think people lip synch on TV shows like they used to. Or if they do nobody cares now. Unless you count Motley Crue basically playing along to tapes on their last tour.

[@victoriashore1332]

Look up Family Guy Ashley Simpson. I always think of that

[@dahfars5464]

Nicole’s tone when the rest of Pussycat Dolls were messing up this performance was exactly what we were feeling.

[@Chantara27]

Years later, and I'm still laughing at Fergie butchering The National Anthem 😅

[@vinceely2906]

Why sing one note when twelve will do? 😀

[@WatchMojo]

[@kendra.1]

Till this day😂 every time I see Stephen’s face during it I laugh so hard!

[@kyerannisbet8895]

​@@vinceely2906And why sing a one-syllable word when you can somehow turn it into a FIVE-syllable word? 😂

[@ChristopherJames1993]

Mate, listen to Scott Stapp yarl his way through it. That'll compare for hilarity.

[@grahtman]

For Fergie you could have also done her Today Show performance where she did cartwheels while singing at almost 9 am. Absolutely hilarious.

[@mikeawesome9212]

Sure it was 9am but for her she was up all night drinking and ridin the rails. The rest of us may have been just waking up but she was wired and flyin high. It's not like it stopped snowing when she left the party and went to do her performance. She was still taking down Hollywoods in her dressing room before and after the performance.

[@DeliverUsFromEvie]

one time fergie pissed her pants on stage. i'm not kidding, look it up.

[@danielpena4472]

I WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU STARTED LAUGHING FROM THE MOMENT YOU SAW FERGIE SINGING IN THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO LOL 😂😂😂😂

[@Nola5427]

It was the companys fault, the video said they told her to do it Jazzy, Fergie is not a Jazz singer at all.

[@natashakus4418]

I feel so sorry for michelle williams especially how they looked at her and not helped that’s absolutely disgusting!

[@danielwilcox2878]

"The show must go on" that isn't just a random made up line. Fact is, they most likely weren't allowed to break from the performance, they just had to let her pick herself up and continue.

[@tadanott300]

The Fergie and Miley were way more cringe worthy then Britney's. Britney's was just sad.

[@wordswordswords8203]

i agree. Britney's loaded with talent and seems like a sweetheart. she was just having a hard time. Fergie and Miley, cringe.

[@Nola5427]

It was the companys fault, the video said they told Fergie to do it Jazzy , Fergie is not a Jazz singer at all.

[@teenie36214]

Ashlee Simpson seemed to be the least controversial sibling of a famous singer especially compared to people like Jamie Lynn and Aaron Carter yet she managed to ruin her career in a matter of seconds 🙊😬

[@assmane999]

She was exposed and I still believe the drummer played the wrong track on purpose

[@ambzerambzer8800]

And it’s all because the fans couldn’t let it go and give her another chance.

[@assmane999]

@@ambzerambzer8800 she didn’t deserve a second chance. You don’t hire an armless man to be a surgeon, and you don’t hire a shit singer to be a solo recording artist.

[@skipsch]

Wait I thought Randy Marsh was Lorde

[@rodolfohernandez3303]

Definetly Miley Cirus and Robin Thicke is the most gross of all the one of the list

[@dadosamac]

Im so tired of Britney Spears and her meltdowns. You're growing woman now get your life together. Focus on your kids and stop leaving in early 2000. It's over move on or get some help. So sick of her. Just go away for awhile. We need break from you and you need break from us.

[@ma53jg]

Fergie is number one for me. I laughed at that performance for days!

[@Nola5427]

It was the companys fault, the video said they told her to do it Jazzy, Fergie is not a Jazz singer at all.

[@TheRealBlackarrot]

Who the eff thought Roseanne Barr singing the national anthem was a good idea?

[@lindahandley5267]

Like I've said before, our anthem is not a song to be played around with or made fun of, especially when you think about the history and importance behind it.

[@edittheworld-ct5yu]

Kanye "Bohemian Rhapsody"? What the heck. By far the worst thing ever done in art!

[@zciliyafilms5508]

Random thoughts about some of these... Bieber: OK, he may get hell from people for all sorts of things, but he handled that perfectly. No hinting, no hiding it, just telling the audience the truth. I gotta respect that. Madonna: A pro all the way. Cyrus: What made this so uncomfortable was that it made it impossible to not realize that there was something very deeply wrong with Disney. I mean, how did she wind up this way? Fergie: I blame Whitney Houston and her ostentatious rendition for this crap. It's not supposed to be about the singer. Spears: This looks so clear in retrospect. You can see her realizing that she's been turned into a piece of meat. I'm so glad she's found her freedom.

[@Fitzpatrick65]

Although Britney Spears's 2007 performance of "Gimme More" was deemed a failure, it occurred during a difficult time in her life. It's worth noting that Britney currently has complete control over her finances and is no longer under her father's responsibility.

[@Breexbloodlust]

Yeh that was undeserved mocking she got

[@HanaThyregod]

I would also say that throwing up on stage is worse than Britney’s performance. I would throw up too if I had to sing Justin Bieber music.

[@steverogers3940]

​@@HanaThyregodI thought every woman liked him

[@HanaThyregod]

@@steverogers3940 man I hope you’re being sarcastic 😂

[@janeentumbao8690]

Does Cory kinda remind you of a younger version of Charlie Sheen? 😂

[@phantomrequim]

I get that Fergie was trying to add her own personal flavor to the National Anthem, but....yeah, it was bad.

[@BobPagani]

That WAS her own personal flavor.

[@lindahandley5267]

@@BobPagani Very true. She cannot sing and the way she butchered such an important song was appalling.

[@Nola5427]

It was the companys fault, the video said they told her to do it Jazzy, Fergie is not a Jazz singer at all.

[@nicholasmcmahon8966]

Lorde is TOTALLY known for her dancing.

[@ChristopherJames1993]

Ya ya ya.

[@tiopatinhas55]

im lorde ya ya ya

[@michaelmarsh8802]

I saw Corey Feldman. He showed up 45 minutes late and then spent the last 15 minutes promoting his singing career. People were there to ask questions about the Goonies.

[@juliethompson5301]

Corey Feldman 🤣😂 this never gets old .

[@Breexbloodlust]

same

[@JrocDaBx]

Fun fact the 2007 VMAs in Las Vegas was never re aired or can you see any re airing of that show since MTV wanted it to be “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas “

[@danielwilcox2878]

I'm surprised Kanye West attempting Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't on here

[@manchesterunitedno7]

Katy Perry short hair era is cringing throughout. It's akin to "How do you do, fellow kids" meme.

[@lmr4403]

People stumble and fall once in a while (literally), none of that made any of it unbearably awkward imo. I was more concerned at Madonna's fall than feeling awkward. On the other hand you missed Madonna's Eurovision Songfestival performance.

[@lucyhurst2534]

Pretty much any time Madonna sings live is bad.

[@sophiaisabelle027]

This channel has been the best at what they do. There’s no doubt about it.

[@MrWebby93]

May I refer you to Top 10 Cheeses?

[@WatchMojo]

@@MrWebby93 What's wrong with that list, not Gouda enough?

[@MrWebby93]

@@WatchMojo Halloumi was an Honourable Mention... sacrilege! It should have been first!

[@Godzillaman]

Iggy Azalea is rapping in Simlish.

[@boredstudent]

I still remember that performance by Britney Spears. It didn't look like Britney was prepared for any performance.

[@theajones6080]

Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke absolutely disgusting. Corey Feldman a weirdo.

[@lisazimmerman6457]

It's still embarrassing to watch the Miley performance

[@edgyeric4385]

Lil Wayne playing guitar should have been on here

[@CringerKitty]

Was Phoebe the only one narrating this one? Because it sounds like multiple people here, and the audio sounds off and disjointed. Maybe it's on purpose? Like you're also trying to be awkward audio-wise? Weird!

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

I think part of the issue is because of picks from an earlier video on the same topic. That’s something I don’t like about Phoebe. Her voice jumps around a lot when she narrates videos with older picks and newer ones. I’m also starting to think her vocal fry is getting the best of her.

[@larkt6693]

I still feel Fergie should have been sued for this 😊😊😊

[@BobPagani]

Sued by who for what?

[@lindahandley5267]

I do too. It is a symbol of patriotism, dignity, liberty, justice, freedom, love of our country and national purpose!

[@Nola5427]

Then Roseanne should of been too, it was the companys fault, the video said they told her to do it Jazzy, Fergie is not a Jazz singer at all.

[@safahmie]

How can one be lip syncing yet singing poorly vocally? Selena Gomez

[@pacman52280]

I have two more for you that SHOULD HAVE BEEN numbers 1&2. Roseanne Barr's "singing" of our National Anthem in San Diego and Rob Lowe's duet with Snow White at the Oscars.

[@Rebelwithacause94]

I have never seen anything more horrifying than the Miley Cyrus and Tobin thicke performance that was 10 years ago. It was like watching p-rn on tv I was and am disgusted. Especially with what the song is about it’s so much worse than Ashley doing an awkward dance or even Janet Jackson mistakingly exposing herself. I can’t believe neither got in trouble for it

[@galaxyglitterlatte4664]

I don't think Janet's over exposure was really an "accident." 🤔🙄😒

[@samuelgalea7679]

I don’t get how Katy ever became a thing

[@lindahandley5267]

She is so into herself and loves to say that she sold her soul to the devil. I believe it.

[@blugreen123]

Just started the video. Can anyone top Fergie, Lana DelRay on SNL or Mariah on NYE? Let's see! 🤣

[@sydney6852]

Don't you bring up Britney like that, most of her life was out of her control, don't talk about my girl like that.

[@SirAsdf]

Fergie's performance was so bad that she was seemingly banished into the void of "oh yeah, whatever happened to her?" Conversations immediately afterward.

[@dionmarbury]

Thank God

[@Nola5427]

It was the companys fault, the video said they told her to do it Jazzy, Fergie is not a Jazz singer at all.

[@chancho1010]

Backpack kid sent it like no other. I mean it was of no value but he still tried his best!

[@albertowen1025]

I used to love Fergie, but until she f--ked up the "Star Spangled Banner", it just made me think "WTH did I just hear?" - and suddenly my passion for her and her music rendition just kind of went down a whirlpool. Any singer who decides they can scream or howl or whatever in our national anthem should humble themselves by admitting their faux pas, and not glorify in bashing it like they did. SMH.

[@lindahandley5267]

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, our anthem is NOT a song to play around with. She was shameful.

[@Nola5427]

It was the companys fault, the video said they told her to do it Jazzy, Fergie is not a Jazz singer at all.

[@PHSDM104]

Knowing in hindsight the contract she was stuck in and her experience with Dr. Luke, I don't blame Kesha for that performance.

[@TornSparrow1974]

Corey wanting people to take his singing seriously.. HA!

[@kairinase]

"Real singing starts when you stop struggling..." Lesson learnt!

[@Huskytabby]

Um, no. The Nick Jonas embarrassment was thinking he made any kind of Broadway singer. He was god awful in Les Mis. He ruined the 25th anniversary.

[@Attroga]

When I seen iggy and we were only on number 18 I knew this gonna be bad 😅

[@kaycheops]

Lana’s vibe is not for everyone

[@tones.melodies]

To be honest, who even booked Fergie for the game lol?

[@Nola5427]

It was the companys fault, the video said they told her to do it Jazzy, Fergie is not a Jazz singer at all.

[@Jacquoribraddock]

Backpack kid is still hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

[@nightal78]

I too boomer to understand the backpack kid appeal.

[@mbrow]

Yeah, I'm not a prude or anything but the Miley Cyrus - Robin Thicke performance absolutely should be #1 here. That was awkward and very unbearable.

[@joaocabral3143]

Kelly and Beyoncé when Michelle fell: *roll eyes* "Bitch...." 😂🤣🤣

[@HartKent]

Poor Lorde (having flu) at least she continued with what appears to be one of those contemporary dances (didn’t look that bad) As for Madonna - jeez that could have been so bad! The dancer was meant to tug the cape and the tie was to break but it didn’t. She told Jonathan Ross “it was either suffocate or take the fall”

[@sammylane21]

I just suffered 2nd hand cringe x20.😂

[@robertocollarino5899]

A lip synch ruined Ashlee's career, while many artists built an entire career lip synching 🤔

[@lindahandley5267]

Yeah, I thought that was a little over the top, but don't try and blame it on the band.

[@Nola5427]

Yeah for certain singers it' s natural, smh 🙄

[@gtfotattoo]

Yall really went reaching back in tiem for some of these

[@NITE_SHIFTING]

Corey Feldman....Acting genius....Musical god. 🪰

[@loretta5653]

I feel nothin but sorry for that dude most of the time. Hes kind of a banana but I think a lot of that is bc the adults in his life completely failed him for so long. Im pretty sure hes harmless and it’s all just so sad.

[@Nola5427]

Not, lol 🤣

[@NITE_SHIFTING]

@@Nola5427 😏

[@danielrubinstein896]

Selena have always been a bad vocalist

[@SoCalJellybean]

Yeah, Biebs, I’m thinkin’ all the DRUGS AND ALCOHOL was the bad choice. 🙄

[@RCurry-yg3il]

Macy Gray’s NBA all star national anthem should’ve been up here too because she sounded like she was on drugs 😂

[@claymccoy]

Because she was...

[@kadajsnightqueen]

Kaanye West, “Bohemian Rhapsody”. How God’s green earth did that cringe fest not make this list?!

[@zodiacmartnio7256]

So embarrassing honestly

[@ingenito919]

I feel like watchmojo just loves finding a way to incorporate the Ashlee Simpson incident in every video

[@lindahandley5267]

Yeah and she was the least cringe. It shouldn't have ruined her whole career.

[@felipeaguena5289]

I didn't understand at all what was wrong with Lana Del Rey, the crowd didn't liked it enough??

[@GirlWithnail]

Totally agree!

[@alexisclark4270]

I liked melody interrupting Nicole lmao EVERYTIME 💀

[@Dgaf1990]

Diddy milk was a bad choice

[@rgm14]

BAHAHAHAHA

[@MrRyukage]

Nobody wants my bread

[@pantherplatform]

The only bad performance I heard was the narrator talking the entire time...

[@desireenicole2497]

HEY HEY HEY LEAVE MY FITTY CENT ALONE 😊😂

[@randomfandom9459]

I thought Katy Perry and Backpack Kid wasn't that bad. I thought it was iconic for the time but thats just me

[@daniellelois4905]

Fergie's look of nailed it had me rolling 🤣

[@leonardogoulart3245]

Where's Poison's 1991 VMA performance? It should be at least top 5.

[@tiffanyi5645]

I have a good 5-6 Fergie songs in my playlist and even though I love them, I think of this moment ever time I hear them. And the second hand embarrassment never goes away 😭

[@Nola5427]

It was the companys fault, the video said they told her to do it Jazzy, Fergie is not a Jazz singer at all.

[@dafihale7139]

Wait where’s jesy nelson jingle bell rock? Are you ready? No we’re not!

[@therealchillichannel]

Moral of this video, good sound people are hard to come by.

[@LCampbell1990]

Britney Spears’ performance wasn’t because she was bad. She said in her book that she had been forced to do the performance (she really didn’t want to do it). Her manager and father booked her to do the performance without asking Britney. She’s just had a baby and wanted to stay home with her Son. She said she didn’t tell like she was in great shape either and wanted to cover up more, but instead the clothing team made her wear a skimpy outfit. She also said that she had been given only an hour to rehearse the whole performance, stage setting, and choreography. She hadn’t been giving any rehearsals prior to this performance apart from one hour on the day of the performance, just before she had to go on stage ✨

[@101shadeira]

Now y’all need to add Patti Labelle up here for that Tina Turner Tribute at the Bet Awards 😂

[@simplybeautiful9885]

Nahhh Ms. Patti is actually talented. She still sounded amazing.

[@bastianlarsen7375]

How Fergie is a singer is a big question! (when she pulled out these extremely questionable performances)

[@Nola5427]

It was the companys fault, the video said they told her to do it Jazz,y Fergie is not a Jazz singer at all.

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

WHY?!

[@donnahaynes138]

I'm the only one who actually liked Kesha's performances on SNL. She was just Kesha being Kesha

[@janeentumbao8690]

I think that was the performance that made Jerry Seinfeld act like he didn't know her. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@feedingthelocaleofshangri-1397]

Where is that one dj khalid performance at that boxing event where no one cheered and it was dead silent

[@slackerofhell]

Iggy Azalea ordering from a Vietnamese restaurant never gets old

[@MaxWeb2599]

Corey Feldman reminds me, with his edgy look and dance style which I can best describe as "post modern", of the "fellow kids" meme

[@haezeushawkins436]

50 was checking the temperature in the room because he was beefing with a lot of artist at the time y’all ain’t from the street so u don’t understand that that’s why he went into the audience

[@BobPagani]

Excuses aside, it still sucked.

[@Nola5427]

That' s what security is for.

[@JumeckRafeal]

That Salina-er 😂

[@Vanessa227]

Fergie needed to be in the top 3...

[@go4brookle761]

If you’re going to sing the National Anthem, just sing it.

[@ElisEdventures]

*Drunk Lethargic Apathetic Valley Girl Voice* “Ded enyone stahp to thenk, maybeh we are the eliensss” “ETS SATURDAY NIGHT! Wanna mek out?!”

[@Lunatikhex]

The PCD is so funny i love it

[@rgm14]

“wake up in the morning feeling like this city, got my glasses im out the door im finna hit p diddy.. AUUUH 🧔🏻AHHH.. im back😊”

[@ambzerambzer8800]

I’m not a Dua Lipa fan I don’t like her singing but the performance didn’t look awkward to me, also not a fan of Lorde but the weird dancing kinda looked cool. Katy Perry And Kesha’s performances weren’t awkward a little wacky sure but it suits them. With Bieber I remember people talking about it and Z-list celebs spoke of it on a documentary thing saying he lied about having milk before the show and he was actually boozing it up. Like come on I don’t think he was being literal, people can be sick without it involving Booze and drugs lol And Fergie... Well Fergie’s was just a piece of Art

[@teresacartwright5406]

I think the major reason so many contemporary singers (Ashlee Simpson, etc.) fail is because they're so used to simply lip synching that actually singing live is a rarity for them. Perhaps it's my age but i found Miley Cyrus utterly cringe-worthy.

[@ghfun1]

This is hilarious list

[@bjyoung11616]

There’s a children’s book based on Fergie’s national anthem performance. It’s hilarious!