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Remember earlier this year when Christina Aguilera flubbed the National Anthem during the Superbowl? I thought that she covered it up as well as she could in that she sang some other lyrics without pausing, but the consensus was that it was totally unacceptable, especially for a seasoned professional who’s performed the song in the past. Christina was deep in denial about it, and that was the beginning of a long, drunken precipitous downfall for her that’s going on to this day.
American Idol runner up Lauren Alaina, 17, was performing The National Anthem during a Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers game on Thanksgiving. Unlike Aguilera, Alaina didn’t just make up some other words when she forgot the lyrics at just the second line. She skipped a few beats before she started singing again and you could hear the crowd booing during the awkward silence.
The season 10 runner up kicked off the Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers game Thursday with a rendition of “The Star- Spangled Banner” that included an unforced error.
After singing “What so proudly we hailed, through the twi…”, she went totally silent (at about the 35 second mark).
Luckily, though, she was able to pick the song back up a few seconds later, finishing the line with “Whose broad stripes and bright stars…”, and then going on to complete the rest of the song with a smile.
Unfortunately, however, the Twitterverse had already caught on to Alaina’s Thanksgiving game day snafu.
She became a top 10 trending topic right after the incident. Yikes!
But we’re thankful she showed poise and persevered.
[From E! Online]
Well at least she recovered and sang the rest of the song. This girl is going to be dealing with the fallout from this for a long time, and it will probably affect her career quite a bit. It’s hard enough for American Idol contestants to maintain any kind of music career after that show is over.
Meanwhile Lauren’s boyfriend (or former boyfriend, it’s hard to tell whether they’re still together), winner Scotty McCreary, messed up his easy gig lip syncing at the Thanksgiving Day parade. The music had already started and the backing track had him singing a few words until he lifted up the mic and caught up with it.
These photos are from 8/12/11 and 6/11/11. Alaina has since lost weight. Credit: WENN.com
I was under the impression that singers usually pre record the anthem and lip snych
Twice: Yikes!
Thank goodness she isn’t famous, or this might be embarrassing.
Hahaha! Seriously, I had no idea this person existed until this article and now all I know is that she didn’t win American Idol and that she doesn’t know the “Star-spangled Banner.”
I thought at first that her microphone had failed, that it was an equipment problem!
Mortifying. but her smirking and everything beforehand were obnoxious. However, I can’t fault someone for freaking when on a stage of that magnitude and they’re new to it. I’m sure some people will come out and mock her for it, but get back to me when you’ve performed or even given a speech in front of a crowd that big.
That is a HUGE audience to sing to. The pressure must be intense.
Ugh I saw it…several times since my husband kept rewinding it and laughing. It was BAD!
Honestly, how hard is it to learn the lyrics to the National Anthem? I learned them in grade school.
Of course, I went to grade school on Camp Pendleton, so maybe that had something to do with it.
go pack go 🙂
LMAO @Scott’s lip sync fail! I wouldn’t be able to’sing’ through the whole song after that, but he did LOL!
I feel bad for Lauren. She didn’t mess up like Xtina did!
Phew!
Good thing nobody was watching a Green Bay/Detroit game. Nope nobody at all! Is GB the only undefeated team in the NFL right now? Nobody watching…
Do they not teach kids the National Anthem in school anymore? I remember having drilled into our head in elementary school.
never heard of her and I am glad!
folks still watch AI?? wow!
How sad, lots of pressure. She’s only human you know.
Im still surprised that she won over Haley on American Idol!
Aww.
She’s 17,I give her a pass, Christina is 30 and drunk.
I think performing in front of the Packers makes these girls nervous ; ) I wouldn’t be able to make a peep if I knew Aaron Rodgers and Clay Matthews were watching me!
I still think Michael Bolton’s mess up was the worst.
@shalibali — Agreed! Haley was terrific!
Most singers prerecord the Anthem and just lipsync. I give her props for at least singing it live.Also, she should have won over Scotty. Icked out she’s dating him.
Second I heard her do this live I said to my boyfriend “I bet she did that on purpose for publicity”. Nobody would have remembered who she was and now she’s a top ten trending topic. Think it was totally planned, any publicity is good publicity, right?