Worst Idol Performance Ever (not counting semi finalists)

[countrynineteen]

I feel like if we included semi finalists that would be too easy. What would you say were the worst idol performances ever?

 

Mine:

 

Paige Miles - Against All Odds

Tim Urban - Apologize

Lazaro Arbos - (They Long To Be) Close To You

Camile Velasco - Goodbye Yellowbrick Road

Sanjaya Malakar - Bathwater 

John Stevens - Crocodile Rock

Daniel Seavey - Breakaway 

 

[Carrie_On]

Danny Gokey- Dream On

Ryan Star- You Really Got Me

Carmen Rasmusen- Call Me

Kevin Covais- Part Time Lover

Jacob Lusk- No Air

MK Nobilette- Perfect 

Qaasim Middleton- Stronger

 

 

[Elliott]

Eight Days a Week.

[jazzontherocks]

Lol! Just rewatched the performances a majority of viewers found atrocious. Eight Days a Week is still tops in my book. 

[Bk1234]

5 minutes ago, jazzontherocks said:

Eight Days a Week is still tops in my book. 

I actually didn't think this was that bad. 

[blackfield]

scream on still horrifies me 

[aaronjudge]

I really liked Megan Joy back in the day but even liking her i remember the cringe when she sang rockin robin. Simon even said one of the worst ever. The only reason it does not have many down votes on youtube is nobody wanted to watch it again lol.

[countrynineteen]

4 hours ago, Bk1234 said:

I actually didn't think this was that bad. 

I didn’t think it was even the worst of the night - David Archuleta’s ‘We Can Work It Out’ was worse.

[Bk1234]

2 minutes ago, countrynineteen said:

I didn’t think it was even the worst of the night - David Archuleta’s ‘We Can Work It Out’ was worse.

I thought David H’s performance was the worst of the night lol

[kamil24]

5 hours ago, Bk1234 said:

I actually didn't think this was that bad. 

Agreed lol, never thought this was that bad.

[sneaky]

Tim Urban's apologize and Jim Verraros season 1 were pretty bad. But Paige's against all odds and Lazaros close to you were so shockingly off key

[istersay]

On 5/28/2021 at 10:32 PM, Elliott said:

Eight Days a Week.

[Carrie_On]

Yeah, Eight Days A Week wasn’t good but I never think of it as the worst lol. The fast arrangement is jarring but I don’t think KLC sounded horrible on it. 

[wgm]

Jason Castro - I shot the sherrif 

Danny Gokey - Scream On

Carrie Underwood - MacArthur Park 

Kellie Pickler - Bohemian Rhapsody

[istersay]

8 hours ago, Carrie_On said:

Yeah, Eight Days A Week wasn’t good but I never think of it as the worst lol. The fast arrangement is jarring but I don’t think KLC sounded horrible on it. 

I thought it was legendary on IDF at the time   remembering The Curse Of Kristy Lee Cook thread

[countrynineteen]

Good lists...I have a few more that I left out (that hasn't been listed here yet):

 

Megan Joy - Turn Your Lights Down Low

Jasmine Trias - Its Raining Men

Lacey Brown - Landslide

 

[nytsch]

Cade Foehner - Undo It

[frederick]

Kady Malloy - Magic Man

Janell Wheeler - What About Love (I love her, but that was not the right song choice for her)

Edited August 13, 2024 by frederick

[frederick]

Stevie Wright - You Belong With Me is also pretty terrible

 

 

[CarmenSandiego]

The guys in Season 12 doing “Sugar Pie Honeybunch”.  Awful but hilarious.

[NGL2008]

Eddie Island: Bennie and the Jets. I unironically love everything about this.

 

 

The hyping up he does at the start. The "Youguysarebeautifulcomeonletmehearyou" followed by muted cheering. The increasingly insane "Bene...BENNYYY"s and laughter after that. It's an iconic mess, tbh.

 

(That said, I would've preferred if Ryan Hammond or Kate Barnette had made it to Top 14.)

 

Honorable mention to Cecil Ray's Top 24 performance.

 

People were not happy when this guy and Hannah beat out Murphy, and the fact that he...did stuff to his lady shortly afterwards makes it uncomfortable to watch.

 

Edited August 15, 2024 by NGL2008