The worst national anthem performances of all time: From Ingrid Andress butchering the Home Run Derby to Fergie's NBA All-Star disaster

'The Star-Spangled Banner' is simply a difficult opus to singing for moreover immoderate of nan champion performers.

The required vocal scope to singing nan opus takes a vocalist passim nan limits of their sound and starting connected nan incorrect statement tin screw you up.

Add to that truth that nan opus is comparatively agelong to sing, truthful nan lyrics person been forgotten by immoderate connected occasion. 

Because of those facts, location person been plentifulness of renditions of nan nationalist anthem that person been screwed up.

From Roseanne screeching nan nationalist anthem to Fergie's sultry rendition to Monday night's monstrosity by Ingrid Andress, DailyMail.com looks backmost astatine nan worst renditions of nan nationalist anthem.

Roseanne Barr, 1990

Imagine singing nan nationalist anthem truthful terribly that nan President of nan United States (in this case, George H.W. Bush) calls it 'disgraceful'.

Comedian Roseanne Barr gained notoriety for her speedy wit and her trademark high-pitched laughter and voice. Great look for a funnywoman, not a awesome look for a nationalist anthem performer. 

Fans were irate pinch Barr's screechy capacity - which ended pinch her spitting connected nan pitchers mound and grabbing her crotch - and boos rained down connected her. She moreover had to do a property convention aft her rendition.

'I was singing successful my enactment astatine nan clip ― and I americium a bully vocalist ― I was flattered and afloat intended to singing a bully type of nan song,' she told The Washington Post successful 2015.

'I started excessively high,' she explained. 'I knew astir six notes successful that I couldn't deed nan large note. So I conscionable tried to get done it, but I couldn't perceive thing pinch 50,000 drunk assholes booing, screaming 'you fat f***,' giving maine nan digit and throwing bottles astatine maine during nan opus they 'respect' truthful much.'

Carl Lewis, 1993

The only version of this nationalist anthem connected this database not performed by an entertainer, Carl Lewis went into this opus pinch each nan assurance of nan fastest man connected nan satellite but jumped nan gun.

There are truthful galore hilarious parts astir this clip - opening pinch Lewis asking nan crowd if they're ready, to his incredibly agelong opening and closing notes, to his 'uh oh' erstwhile he messes up nan notes successful 'red glare' and saying that he'd 'make up for it now'.

Don't get america wrong, this is still a bad rendition of nan anthem, but it's by acold nan funniest.

Reaction to this anthem still remains hilarious. Just look astatine this clip of SportsCenter's Charley Steiner referring to nan capacity arsenic written by 'Francis Scott Off-Key' arsenic erstwhile Bruins announcer Jack Edwards can't power himself adjacent to him astatine nan desk.

Kat DeLuna, 2008

This 1 is decently performed, but it's conscionable each complete nan place.

The Dallas Cowboys invited past 20-year-old popular up-and-comer Kat DeLuna to singing nan anthem conscionable earlier their crippled against nan Philadelphia Eagles.

It's a existent rollercoaster of a capacity pinch a assortment of vocal runs that don't make overmuch consciousness - each while DeLuna is acting for illustration she's owning nan moment.

The cascade of boos from those astatine nan aged Texas Stadium came quickly and loudly.

Fergie, 2018

Still considered by galore to beryllium nan worst nationalist anthem capacity ever, erstwhile Black Eyed Peas personnel Fergie took a different tack erstwhile it came to her rendition astatine nan 2018 NBA All-Star Game.

She decided to 'jazz' things up virtually and figuratively pinch a breathy, slowed down type that came disconnected arsenic bluesy and retired of place.

Watch nan reactions from group for illustration Chance nan Rapper, Steph Curry, and Draymond Green passim and you tin easy spot why this capacity was panned.

Ingrid Andress, 2024

It mightiness beryllium excessively early to christen this arsenic THE worst nationalist anthem capacity of each time, but it will surely beryllium adjacent to nan apical of nan database erstwhile it's inevitably updated again.

Andress's rendition has measurement excessively overmuch vocal fry and her transportation is each complete nan place. Much for illustration Fergie, it besides takes connected airs of breathiness that doesn't lucifer nan reside of nan MLB Home Run Derby. But astatine slightest Fergie a) sewage each nan words correct and b) sounded intentional pinch what she did.

Hearing nan crowd's 'ohh's' erstwhile Andress fails to deed nan precocious notes successful 'flag was still there' should beryllium capable feedback 1 mightiness request that they shouldn't support trying to scope that high. However, she did effort it 1 much clip successful 'land of nan free' and it sounds truthful jarring that cringe instantly sets in.

It's connected this database for a reason. Even Phillies prima Alec Bohm couldn't support a consecutive face.