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Submitted by Martin from Berlin

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  1. Wallflower says:

    First!

  2. Wiggin says:

    Unbelievable.

  3. Kendy says:

    Not even lying… I was going to submit this.
    SLACKER FAIL

    I WILL NOT FAIL TO GET ON THE FAIL BLOG!!!

  4. Ocean_Pacific says:

    Amazing. Best fail ever.

  5. Lefty says:

    Don’t forget make-up fail and not having big hair fail.

  6. Killerwit says:

    Ken Lee? That guy owes me 10 pesos!

  7. Plastic in Pickering says:

    that was fantastic!
    horrible singing, great job on the subtitles! it made me LOL.
    “ken leeeeee!”…

  8. Halogen says:

    Wow. That will be in my brain until the day I die…”Ken Leeeee!” LOL!

  9. Lala says:

    Does ken lee know about this? He’s been immortalized in song.

  10. ken lee says:

    Why was she singing about me? I’ve never met her before in my life.

  11. Avis says:

    There are no words to describe my incredulity. Perhaps she can make a few up for me.

  12. [dangeruss] says:

    in Soviet Russia Ken Lee sings you

  13. Luka says:

    this video is a bit old, she’s a star already. :) you can find various remixes of the song on the Net. there’s even Mariah’s comment about this on YouTube.

  14. Yamini says:

    KEN LEE.
    Legendary.

  15. M@ says:

    Wow. I don’t even know what to say except Wow.

  16. ? says:

    Having a hard time deciding which version I like better

  17. HavUTheenMaWeena says:

    That RULED!

  18. HappyGestapo says:

    All heterosexuals below here.

  19. Martin says:

    look what ive found! a comment box! i thought i have to be registered to post

    • MikeW of VA says:

      [Ponders Hamlet in application to the point of the above]
      To be or not to be, that is the question.
      One one side, it is better than a “first” post, but on the other… words fail.

  20. zearth says:

    seconded!!!

  21. Chronos says:

    wow, that was… bad?

  22. Rosie says:

    I almost failed in my pants laughing at that one.

  23. SKW says:

    I’m guilty of this, just making sounds of another language because I like the music and the translation. But for heaven’s sake, if you’re going to compete look up the lyrics!

    • duckman says:

      I’m guessing she can’t read English…

      • Pretentious White Girl says:

        Yeah. Different alphabet. She probably only knows cyrillic. You see, in Soviet Russia, words pronounce you…

        • Wulf says:

          Pretty sure this is Ukranian. When asked if she meant “Without You” rather than “Ken Lee,” the singer (and I use that term in the loosest possible sense) replied “Nee” rather than “Nyet.” I grew up a couple doors down from a Ukranian family and one of their kids taught me that “Tahk” and “Nee” were “Yes” and “No” in Ukranian (as distinguished from “da” and “nyet”).

    • Malfeasant says:

      nu ma nu ma iei

  24. MettanAtem says:

    That was NOT English!

  25. konal says:

    I thought she was singing in Indian…

  26. OINK says:

    I use TV captions for the hearing impaired. Sometimes they read like they were typed by a demented chimpanzee on crack.

  27. darkrain says:

    This is old…omfg

  28. Tucker says:

    OMG. Epic Fail!

    Totally

  29. sniffles says:

    That was awesome. I want to book her for a party.

  30. Juice says:

    Oldie but a goodie. I sent it to my friend about 3 months ago. His name: Ken Lee.

  31. Crossbow says:

    Wow. One of the biggest fails I’ve ever seen.

  32. Silver Fire85 says:

    Oh…my..god. That was horrible.

  33. Wingra says:

    Funniest damn Engrish I ever read. Does anyone realized that Harry Neilson performed this song (written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans for Badfinger) long before Mariah was even born?

    • Bob your mothers brother says:

      Really??
      Harry Neilson performed this before Mariah?
      Well gosh darnit.
      I could have sworn that no-one gives a flying S**T.

    • Sensitive chauvinist pig says:

      Wow, I didn’t realize it was Badfinger. Nilsson’s version was great and I thought he wrote it.

  34. Killerwit says:

    I’d hit that judge chick over and over again, too, but, by hit, I mean punch.

  35. FC says:

    still speaks better english than most americans…

    • johnnycomelately says:

      Oy – do you come on these sites to make up for your low self-esteem by being an ignorant generalizer and America basher? Speak to your therapist/hooker/crack-dealer for alternative remedies, that’s my advice to you.

      (I’m not an American, in case anyone is wondering).

    • dolt says:

      you no no-one actually belives any of that anti-american stuff they just say it because you get wound up so easily as most of the commenters above have just displayed

      • dolt says:

        oh and “you’ve got a small pennis” does not constitute as a witty come-back – can you yanks think of nothing more original? in addition people who say this are surly covering up the fact that their penises are actualy so small you would need an electron microscope to find them

  36. MyMalady says:

    That was amazing!! Wow.. srsly I cannot wipe the smirk off my face.

  37. jayhonk says:

    Russian?

    • In Soviet Russian, it is warm, smells like vodka, and can be a bloody mess.

    • TMI service says:

      Bulgarian (“Bulgarian Music Idol” // “American Idol”).
      (I have a Bulgarian friend who showed this to me last year; the singer was brought back, a la Hung Lee to reprise the song later in the show’s season. She was a great sport about it, and everybody loved it.)

  38. dethduck says:

    Mariah Carey my ass!! That’s the legendary Harry Nilsson’s song!! Respect!

  39. Brian says:

    She speaks lolcat.

  40. Omega says:

    All your language are belong to us. Again.

  41. binarygodmonkey says:

    Lolspeak FTW

  42. MEH. says:

    I bet Paula would actually understand that perfectly fine.

  43. nytshad says:

    Not only did she suck, she sucked in her own made-up language. Bravah!

  44. ChurmanLanguich says:

    She should try that throatsinging folk thing. Would fit nicely with her voice, plus she could make up all kinds of crazy noises.

  45. 4ndyman says:

    Reverse Benny Lava Win!

  46. weasle says:

    IT’S NOT A TUMOR! IT’S A KEN LEE!!! (ok, bad joke, couldn’t resis…. RESIST FAIL!!)

  47. Killerwit says:

    And by “have sex with” you mean three pumps followed by a crying jag, right?

  48. Iridus says:

    Can’t beliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeveeee ♪ that you really eeeexiiisttttss ♪ can’t belieeeeeeeeeeeeeve ♪ this shit is truuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeee ♫ looooool XDDD

  49. Mina says:

    That Ken Lee must be a special guy. KEN LEEEEEEE!!!

  50. OMG DATS TEH CUTEST LIL FURBLLZ zomg! Iz snurgle teh oranj flavurd kitteh all teh way homez, gives heem lots feshes n noms n all teh sun foar teh kitteh. Mmm snorgle snorgle snorgle

    Crap wrong channel.

  51. wittier than killerwit says:

    next person to comment will make millions at age 45

  52. wittier than killerwit says:

    next commenter will become amazingly rich in a short period of time

  53. Pat says:

    That was horrid. Who strangled the cat?

  54. Took a long time to get there, but not bad.

  55. Roo says:

    Isn’t that how EVERY pub singer does it?

  56. gamamew says:

    English class fail!!!

  57. heh man says:

    timeline

  58. L says:

    The fail is strong with this one

  59. someone says:

    In Soviet Russia, the song sings you.

  60. Agnus says:

    por eso no canto en ingles

    can liiiiiiiiiiiiiiii can li alitol bat chu!!!!!

  61. Karen says:

    This is probably the funniest thing I’ve seen (heard) in a while. By the way, does anyone remember that Harry Nilsson wrote the song and had the original hit? Or am I just showing my age? (Mirah Carey – bleh!!)

    • Pirate Dan says:

      I’m embarrassed to say that I remembered the Air Supply version first. The really sad thing is that even the Air Supply version is infinitely better than the Mariah Carey version.

      I have never understood why anybody ever wanted to hear anything that came out of her mouth. Ever.

      • Karen says:

        I didn’t know Air Supply covered it. My only complaint about them is the lead singer always “sings” any final “R’s” in a phrase. Musically speaking, “R” is an annoying sound to sustain. The only consonants that can be “sung” are “M” and “N” .

        Mariah Carey should have duct tape put over her mouth and put us all out of our misery. (IMHO)

    • havoc says:

      Absolutely, Karen… and bonus points for spelling Nilsson correctly. I couldn’t agree more.

      • Karen says:

        Hee hee – I loved Harry Nilsson! My first Nilsson album was “A Little Touch of Schmillson in the Night” where he covered a lot of old classics like “As Time Goes By” and “Always” – a lot of fun! (Again, IMHO)

      • Karen says:

        Certainly better than this version of Ken Lee! hahaha ;-)

  62. Karen says:

    Mariah – still bleh! (spelling fail – lol)

  63. Iyv says:

    mismatched foundation and prom dress fail

  64. CheekyC says:

    Whoa whoa whoa whoa! So those AREN’T the lyrics? Dammit…well at least only my steering wheel has heard my shame…

  65. LightDisciple says:

    I’m really curious as to what she thinks she was singing about.

  66. Dave says:

    Ken Lee for president!

  67. kali says:

    You should meet spanish singer “El Principe Gitano” and his song “In the Ghetto”… it’s thousand of times better than this!

  68. SanSan says:

    rofl, I totally thought that judge stuck the pencil up her nose. But I suppose the song was pretty bad… not sure bad enough to poke your brain out via your nose though…

  69. andrew says:

    lol … this is from Music Idol, which is the bulgarian version of American idol.

    i was watching the show when this happened. it was special.

    and btw the stamp that comes up at the end with ‘HE’ means ‘no’.

  70. Julie says:

    KEN LEEEEE!!!

  71. Mark says:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT18LZItBLA
    Improved her lyrics, still quite shitty

  72. BondFan4518 says:

    The Judges probably ken lee without ear plugs.

  73. NeoApocalypse says:

    Quick Google search for the Lyrics and a lot of sing-training seems to be in order here

  74. ken lee says:

    I love her song.

  75. MikeW of VA says:

    Durn! For some inexplicable reason, I just lost the game!

  76. Winfail says:

    And news just in…Ken Leeeeeee takes the EPIC WIN!

  77. moola says:

    Розовые сиски

    • Ineverfial says:

      er…no…being-ale-to-read-it FAIL

      • A person says:

        That’s likely Russian, an actual language.

        Ignorance fail.

        Also, I love how the subtitle guy for this video just makes up the words so even deaf people can see how hard this woman fails.

    • Mogget says:

      Ummm…Russian win?

      Okay, that was pathetic.

      • nikolay says:

        This video has an unintentional Easter egg for Russian viewers. The long-haired guy on the jury is the Bulgarian-Russian pop singer Filipp Kirkorov, who had his own great fail moment captured on video, when he lashed out on a journalist at a press conference, saying “I’m annoyed by your pink blouse, your tits and your microphone”. He then started swearing and had her thrown out of the room. There was a massive outcry in Russia and he basically killed his reputation.

        “moola” said “pink tits” in recognition.

        The video (in Russian, no translation) is here. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pUdhddAddds

  78. Ineverfial says:

    ERROR:
    Threaded Comments can’t find the ‘addcomment’ div.
    This is probably because you have changed
    the comments.php file.
    Make sure there is a tag around the form
    that has the id ‘addcomment’

    adding comment fail

  79. Aaluran says:

    I have never been so ashamed to share a nationality with someone.

  80. beef says:

    Ken Lee must really be impressive to a great magnitude.

  81. CJ Tha Kid says:

    daaaammm

    i knew all the words

    |the kid|

  82. Alberto says:

    Youtube has tons of videos like this. There are versions of this tv show in a lot of countries that don’t speak english, and than you can imagine. Search for “idolos” on youtube and you see similar “idols” we have here in Brazil (lol). Some of them can’t even sing in Portuguese (yes, we don’t speak spanish, eventhough we are in South America)… have fun!

  83. frank says:

    ken lee with a better english (little bit better :o )) )

    http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=uEbV5M59Xc8&feature=related

  84. nikolay says:

    Ken Lee is Leeroy Jenkins’ fabled ancestor. And this song is an old ballad about him that Mariah Carey ripped off.

  85. bovvered says:

    this song will forever be known as ‘ken lee’ by the awesome lady on failblog.

  86. hiperbato says:

    Language Recognition Fail?

  87. stratocruiser says:

    I thought it needed more cowbell

  88. Masha says:

    She makes me ashamed to be Bulgarian. Sad part? She has a career back in BG..I saw her when I went back. She actually doesn’t sing too bad in Bulgarian, but English? Different story.

  89. Baynachew says:

    at one point she sounds like a cow mooing….

  90. Whitney says:

    I had my entire office (60+) watching this today…

    and now we cant get it out of our heads!!

    I love the subtitles.

  91. Zzinged says:

    OMG…. I haven’t laughed this hard in ages! Epic failwin!!

  92. FuzzyMuffin says:

    ken lee!!!! tulibu dibu douchoo!

  93. This fee-deo is now fee-toured on Fee-blo!
    Sorry?
    Fee-blo!
    Do you mean Failblog?
    No, Fee-blo.
    What angel-age was that?
    Fee-blish! (Fee-bliskij)

  94. Dagnabits says:

    Wow. I speak Bulgarian. That made even less sense in Bulgarian that it did in English.

    The woman most likely is Roma (more likely you know them as “Gypsies”…although that term is considered vulgar) and probably extremely uneducated.

    Yes Bulgarian woman have teh hawtness.

  95. Eggs. says:

    KEN LEEEEEEEEEEEE
    TULIBU DIBU DOUCHOOOOOOO

  96. ImAPenguin says:

    Does anyone think she ever practiced in front of people?? She should have looked up the lyrics (and song) on the internet.

  97. Salty says:

    It reminds me of a SNL skit from when I was a kid. Eddie Murphy’s character, Buh Weet would sing songs like Wookin Pa Nub and Unce Tice Fee Tines a Mady.

  98. alxl8n says:

    EPIC mo’foin FAIL She was lyk saying random shit and was iyk thats einglish

  99. Pwnage Toast says:

    Jet leee ooo Yeahhhh!

  100. Ajah says:

    Is Ken Lee aware the woman speaking in tongues is looking for him?

  101. Gansta Fail says:

    Stumble fail

  102. k1n4o says:

    I’m from Bulgaria and that “English” wasn’t a fail… It was a win…
    She just speaks it SO GOOD, that none of us poor bastards understand anything.
    Ken leeeeeeeeeeee… Too lee boo dee boo douchooooooooooo…

  103. alex says:

    I guess she passed english exams

  104. ohmy says:

    In democratic Bulgaria idiots make fun of you…

  105. thomas says:

    if THAT was english, i am then pope

  106. ivanzs says:

    He is of Bulgarian descent.

  107. henry b says:

    we’re no strangers to love

  108. henry b says:

    you know the rules and so do i

  109. maybeitsjustlogic says:

    YESSSSSSS KEN LEE MADE IT ON FAILBLOG!!! I should be very happy because I’m Bulgarian but, actually I don’t know what to feel since, on the other hand, I’m kinda embarrassed lol!

  110. Portuguese says:

    tulibu dibu douchoo! WTF?

  111. name says:

    Ёбаный Киркоров!
    сидит и ненавидит её розовую кофточку и её микрофон!


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