Top 10 Worst National-Anthem Renditions

There will be 2,430 chances this baseball season for aspiring singers to butcher "The Star-Spangled Banner." Here are 10 of history's worst national-anthem performances.

Kat DeLuna

By DAN FLETCHER Tuesday, Apr. 07, 2009
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For the aspiring pop sensation, the opportunity to sing "The Star Spangled Banner" can easily turn into an exercise in one-upmanship. Who can have more superfluous trills, embellishments, and instances of unnecessary melisma? Well, future singers might have a tough time outdoing Kat DeLuna's 2008 rendition. If you can suffer through her lengthy, ahem, interpretation, the boos raining down from the Dallas Cowboy crowd are easily the best part.

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