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Mariah Carey Rings In 2017 With Painful Lip Sync Fail On Live TV

Mariah Carey Rings In 2017 With Painful Lip Sync Fail On Live TV
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Mariah Carey and Ryan Seacrest speak during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2017 at Times Square on December 31, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/DCNYRE2017/Getty Images for dcp)
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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Mariah Carey and Ryan Seacrest speak during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2017 at Times Square on December 31, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/DCNYRE2017/Getty Images for dcp)

Mariah Carey’s 2016 ended on a low note as the singer had to deal with a series of technical malfunctions during her performance on ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.”

Carey appears to have been prepared to lip sync, but many of her vocals didn’t play at all ― and when they did, she was often far out of sync with them:

”We didn’t have a soundcheck but it’s New Year’s, baby,” she said as her music played without her vocals. “It’s OK, you guys.”

Carey gamely strutted across the stage and encouraged fans to sing as her dancers did their routine around her.

“I’m trying to be a good sport here,” she said.

But viewers weren’t buying it. Here were some of the reactions from Twitter:

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