Insane career destroying moments like THIS at Melfest!

[Hak]

You just DON’T GET insane career destroying moments like this at Melfest anymore

Please share your favorite Melfest career ending moment

 

[Penelope]

I love to sing Enemy at @Suomi's face when he's busy trying to pretend he doesn't know me when I've just been arrested

 

[Alla]

Please share your favorite Melfest career ending moment

Which career?

Still too recent but there can't be much more tragic than Anton Ewald this year. From singing to that Kompani Svan travesty now, good luck hun.

 

[VoR]

On an A*Teens tip - what on earth possessed her to say yes to this?



Her career was in a fairly decent place, having done a reasonable job of presenting the year before. She really didn't need to do this!

The awkward final "SALT AND PEPPA!" sets me off every time.

 

[VoR]

An iconic disaster. The unjustifiably smug facial expressions, the gammon thigh, the way the vocal completely falls apart



Poor Shirl

 

[Suomi]

An iconic disaster. The unjustifiably smug facial expressions, the gammon thigh, the way the vocal completely falls apart



Poor Shirl

Yes but her apology a week later was incredible

 

[Diddy]

oh I like Salt and Pepper
I guess that was right in the midst of my peak engagement with MF, and I liked her Enjoy the Ride album

 

[Penelope]

An iconic disaster. The unjustifiably smug facial expressions, the gammon thigh, the way the vocal completely falls apart



Poor Shirl

Her anecdote during her LIVE TOUR that she started to express BREAST MILK during this performance from the emotion still strikes me dead to this day!

 

[Kala]

Yes but her apology a week later was incredible

This is ICONIC

 

[Apoca]

Naturally.

 

[Hak]

Naturally.

Sandra Dahlberg was so much fun as a live performer.

She's been stuck selling lottery tickets ever since she got back from her sick leave. She deserved a better fate.

Dahlberg congratulating pandemic lottery winner Tommy.

 

[Hak]

I know it looks photoshopped but sadly it isn't.

 

[Hak]

I bet you cannot guess who's her co-sidekick

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

To his credit he sang fine, his career was already on a lifeline at that point, him crashing at in the semi-final was the demise.

The lyrics and bowtie are still unfortunate though.

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Do Avengers count?



Songwriters from a past MelFest are given the chance to perform their own song. Proceed to slaughter it live and score 0 POINTS. Their first and last performance in MelFest and only single released before getting promptly dropped by their label.

The male pianist/singer went on to co-write Carola's Invincible and Azerbaijan's Samra's Miracle so it didn't kill his career (as a songwriter) but we never heard from poor Susie again.

 

[Hak]

Do Avengers count?



Songwriters from a past MelFest are given the chance to perform their own song. Proceed to slaughter it live and score 0 POINTS. Their first and last performance in MelFest and only single released before getting promptly dropped by their label.

The male pianist/singer went on to co-write Carola's Invincible and Azerbaijan's Samra's Miracle so it didn't kill his career (as a songwriter) but we never heard from poor Susie again.

That surely must be some kind of record.

2 934 votes, 1/10th of the second to last placer and 1/60th of runaway winner Pontare. It was nothing wrong with the song.

Poor Suss.

 

[Kratz]

Post reserved for Janet Leon

 

[Penelope]

Post reserved for Janet Leon

I'm HOOOOOOOOLLOOOOOOOO-*shatters window*

 

[Hak]

Another female fronted duo where she took the brunt of the hit, rightfully so.


To my knowledge the last live instrument on the Mello stage.

Michael is still a very successful producer/vocalist/DJ/saxophonist and I believe Caisa still is his dear friend.

 

[Penelope]

The last live instrument on the Mello stage was DOTTER'S VOICE DURING CRY

 

[Hak]

 

[Kratz]

An iconic disaster. The unjustifiably smug facial expressions, the gammon thigh, the way the vocal completely falls apart



Poor Shirl

Like a young Penny Morduant

 

[Penelope]

Like a young Penny Morduant

YOUNG?

 

[Hak]

It's surprising how many potentially career destroying moments the Shirley train just smashes through. I guess Shirl's just keeps it simple and leverages her great work ethic and generally fun to be around persona.

 

[Apoca]

How quickly we forget



B-A-N-A-S!

 

[Alla]

I guess this wasn't posted so far for being too obvious, after this poor woman DIES electrocuted on stage at the end of her performance.The definitive career destroying moment.

 

[Penelope]

I guess this wasn't posted so far for being too obvious, after this poor woman DIES electrocuted on stage at the end of her performance.The definitive career destroying moment.

YES! An ALL TIME FAVOURITE!

 

[Penelope]

A career BORN and SMOTHERED in ONE GO

 

[Apoca]

An absolute riot of a song.

 

[Penelope]

The REAL career killing version of Elektrisk with the live nocals, btw

 

[Kratz]

But WHAT a song

 

[Alla]

The microphone only version of Enemy was on youtube but it has disappeared Shame, as they were the most horrific live vocals of all time, absolutely epic.

 

[Tisch]

How quickly we forget



B-A-N-A-S!

It's B-A-N-A-NAS!!

 

[Penelope]

Yes but that's LESS FUN

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

I can't find the full live performance (seems to have been scrubbed from YouTube and the Internet ) but in studio a cute little disco schlager number:


Live, the little bit I can find was something else of lack of charisma and dodgy notes.

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

I assume this was another obvious one which is why no-one posted it but:


*dances in dead fish flopping fashion avoiding eye contact with camera*

 

[Penelope]

I assume this was another obvious one which is why no-one posted it but:


*dances in dead fish flopping fashion avoiding eye contact with camera*

Still convinced to this day this is about the death of Kirsty MacColl

 

[Alla]

I can't find the full live performance (seems to have been scrubbed from YouTube and the Internet )

My poor ears

 

[Hak]

Pre-contest favourite
Dusted off Mello reject
Comatose singer
Aluminium pyjamases
Chill sax solo
Peek-a-boo
Celebrity Cameo
On stage dismemberment
Sax on fire
Teleportation
Disturbed stare down
Cloning
Pitch black heart

 

[VoR]

OMG how did I forget that? An all time classic that actually DID destroy their careers (in the sense that they'd had a couple of big hits going in and where subsequently NEVER SEEN OR HEARD FROM AGAIN).