The halftime show of the Super Bowl is arguably a bigger deal than the football going on around it, but sometimes they end up being so damn bad.
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The most expensive Super Bowl halftime show of all time was Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar. Thankfully, this one was worth the money, with a massive 117 million people tuning in. The three of them are icons of the music scene and killed it.
However, we're going to look at the worst of the worst when it comes to the phenomenally expensive monument of US sports. There are some stinkers.
#5 1995 Indiana Jones Super Bowl Halftime Show
Disney is responsible for more than one of the disasters on this list. They like to try to shoehorn in their promotional material here and there, and the results are always bad. In 1995 they chose to make the halftime show Indiana Jones-themed themed and it was hilariously bad.
The whole thing looked like it was ripped straight from the local amateur dramatics school. There were awful costumes, including a drumming snake, and lackluster performances from tired-looking extras. It's a spectacle, for sure, but it definitely deserves a place in the worst Super Bowl halftime show list.
#4 2004 Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson
If you were there, or even in the proximity of media, after this Super Bowl halftime show, you know about this one. It singlehandedly destroyed Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, and MTV in one mistimed nip-slip. The fallout from this disastrous mistake took JT years to bounce back, and Janet Jackson was gone forever. MTV stepped back from the music industry completely following the incident. Who knew boobs were so scary!
#3 2000 Disney Does It Again At The Super Bowl Halftime Show
You would think, with a lineup like Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, and Tina Turner to name just a few, there would be some bangers. But, no greedy old Disney is back at it again. Fans hoping to sing along to a few classics were put out by the fact that the musicians were told to sing their unknown Disney tracks. Tarzan does slap, but not Super Bowl slap.
#2 1992 What In The Winter Wonderland
The 1992 Super Bowl halftime show saw a rapid channel change of 20 million viewers. For some odd reason, the Super Bowl decided to host a figure skating show, with no ice, no skates, and no snow. It was a choreographed dance on the grass with singing and dancing. But it sucked. It was weird and out of place, and really very dull.
Thankfully, they realized they had seriously missed the mark and got none other than Michael Jackson to play the next year.
#1 2011 Black Eyed Please Stop, Oh God, Please
I would argue that the Black Eyed Peas have always been talentless, ear-rot, industry machine produced, wastes of airtime, but their sales beg to differ. However, their 2011 Super Bowl halftime show is by far one of the worst, and it just confirmed what I always knew to be true in my heart.
The only thing interesting about their entire show was the outfits. I spent more time trying to figure out what on earth they were wearing than watching their incredibly lackluster performance. Come on Peas, this is the Super Bowl, not your usual gig at Chuck-E-Cheese.
