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    10 Of The Most Cringeworthy Lip Sync Fails

    Iconic for all the wrong reasons.

    1. Lindsay Lohan

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    Year: 2004

    Venue: Good Morning America

    Was the performance televised? Yes.

    Most obviously lip-synched moment? When she forgets to start singing at 2:13.

    This maybe should've been our first cue that Lindsay Lohan wasn't going to be an Oscar-winning actress. It's bad enough that she flubbed a cue, but honestly she wasn't even trying to sell the performance before that happened.

    2. Hilary Duff

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    Year: 2004

    Venue: MTV's New Year's Eve Live special

    Was the performance televised? Yes.

    Most obviously lip-synched moment? The glitchy "backing track" at 0:44.

    What's worse than a flubbed cue? How about a vocal track that skips. To her eternal credit, Hilary pretended nothing was going wrong and powered through until the end of the song, but that doesn't make the clip any easier to watch.

    3. Britney Spears

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    Year: 2007

    Venue: MTV's Video Music Awards

    Was the performance televised? Yes.

    Most obviously lip-synched moment? ... all of them?

    Grass is green. Sky is blue. Britney Spears doesn't sing live. These are just facts. But Britney fans didn't mind until she stopped doing choreography. The issue with this now iconic-for-all-the-wrong-reasons performance wasn't that she didn't sing, it's that she didn't sing or dance.

    4. Katy Perry

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    Year: 2013

    Venue: NRJ Music Awards

    Was the performance televised? Yes.

    Most obviously lip-synched moment? When she shows up on stage, late, with her microphone by her side at 1:03.

    By the time Katy Perry started singing live, the damage was already done. The show's host had already stopped the show and asked her to start again because there were some "technical" issues, aka the song started playing before she hit the stage. Whether Katy missed her cue or the show producers screwed up, this is a particularly cringeworthy moment in lip-sync history.

    5. Selena Gomez

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    Year: 2013

    Venue: Jingle Ball

    Was the performance televised? No.

    Most obviously lip-synched moment? The missed lyric at the 0:58 mark.

    For her part, Selena didn't seem particularly happy about the performance either. When the lights went out she cursed into her mic, unaware that it was still (ever?) on.

    6. Beyoncé

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    Year: 2013

    Venue: President Obama's second inauguration

    Was the performance televised? Yes.

    Most obviously lip-synched moment? There isn't one. King B crushed it.

    Let's be honest, this performance was **flawless. It was all the postshow did-she-or-didn't-she drama that made us cringe.

    7. Ashley Tisdale

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    Year: 2007

    Venue: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

    Was the performance televised? Yes.

    Most obviously lip-synched moment? It's impossible to just choose one.

    Look, all performers at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade lip-synch. That's just a fact. But most of them do a better job than Ashley Tisdale did in 2007. The High School Musical performer looked like, well, a high school musical performer.

    8. Nicki Minaj

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    Year: 2012

    Venue: The Today Show

    Was the performance televised? Yes.

    Most obviously lip-synched moment? The beginning is pretty bad.

    Nicki Minaj's mic was on — she made clear every time she made a weird growling sound — she just didn't seem particularly interested in using it for its intended purpose.

    9. Justin Bieber

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    Year: 2012

    Venue: Opening night of the Believe Tour in Glendale, Arizona.

    Was the performance televised? No.

    Most obviously lip-synched moment? When he starts to vomit.

    Justin Bieber has many talents, but vomit-singing probably isn't one of them.

    10. Ashlee Simpson

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    Year: 2004

    Venue: Saturday Night Live

    Was the performance televised? Yes.

    Most obviously lip-synched moment? The part where the wrong song plays...

    ICONIC.