When the centrestage turned to the centrestrange

There have been some famous instances of an occasion getting the better of the personality Steve Ballmer's flop show.

Back in 2012, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer flopped in his final keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where he was interviewed by Ryan Seacrest.

What was supposed to be an important moment got mixed reviews, especially when a choir belted out a song made up of tweets by random people. We're not sure this would have gone down well on American Idol either.

Tim Cook's finger zinger

Handshakes are so passé -at least that's what Apple CEO Tim Cook and U2 frontman Bono thought when they took the stage together to announce that U2's album Songs of Innocence would be given free to every iTunes user. The two gushed about each other, with Cook even bowing to Bono with a namaste after the singer called to him as a Zen master. Finally, they exchanged a gentle (and weird) finger touch that the internet was quick to point out, looked like a scene out of E.T.

Apple CEO Tim Cook (L) greets the crowd with U2 singer Bono (R) as The Edge looks on. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Frank Lowy's foot fall

When it comes to sport, co ordination is a must. Not if you're the chairman of The Australian Football Federation, Frank Lowy. In May, the 84-year-old fell off the stage as he was presenting an award in Melbourne in front of a 29,000-strong crowd.

Thankfully, the only injury was his bruised ego.

FFA chairman Frank Lowy falls off the stage as he presents Victory with the winners trophy during the 2015 A-League Grand Final match between the Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC at AAMI Park on May 17, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Prezioso/Getty Images)
Robert Mugabe's peach speech

A major case of déjà vu was shared by everyone who listened to the 91-year-old Zimbabwean president at the opening of parliament on Tuesday. Mugabe used the same speech he gave a month ago which have led many to question if he is fit to run the country. Perhaps the speech was just so nice, he had to use it twice.


Robert Mugabe (Reuters)

Jonathan Neman's rap trap

Sweetgreen co-founder and CEO Jonathan Neman was recently invited onstage by rapper Kendrick Lamar at a festival organised by his company to sing along to his song 'm.A.A.d city'.Neman's rapping skills fell short as he didn't know the words and he was escorted off the stage at his own music festival.Guess who's not going to be invited back, Lamar.