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Big-night mishaps gone live
Miss Universe In 2015, US comedian Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner at the Miss Universe pageant.
Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez, was incorrectly named as the winner and was given the crown, before Harvey revealed his mistake and that she was the runner-up.
The correct winner was revealed to be Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzbach and Gutierrez was decrowned.
The Eurovision Song Contest
Pop group Scooch were revealed as the UK’s act for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007, but only after their rival, singer Cyndi, had been mistakenly announced first.
During the live pre-Eurovision programme Making Your Mind Up, which sees the public vote for their favourite UK entry ahead of the final event, hosts Sir Terry Wogan and Fearne Cotton simultaneously revealed Scooch and Cyndi to be the winners.
Seconds later, Cotton confirmed Scooch had won the public vote and the BBC later apologised for the live TV error.
The MTV Video Music Awards
Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift’s speech as she accepted the VMA for best female video at the 2009 awards. Jumping up on to the stage, he told her “I’mma let you finish” before telling the audience that the award should have gone to Beyonce.
He said: “Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.” The Oscars (2014) During the 2014 Oscars ceremony, John Travolta failed to correctly pronounce Frozen star Idina Menzel’s name, instead introducing her to the stage as Adele Dazeem.
Following the gaffe, she began trending on Twitter and the singer has since said Travolta inadvertently gave her a career boost.
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