Actress Sofia Vergara (L) and Television Academy CEO Bruce Rosenblum 2014. Kevin Winter/Getty Images
And just like that, it's Award Season again! It all kicks off tonight, Sunday, Sept. 18, with the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. This is the show that honors the biggest names on American TV. Major personalities with egos to match, present and receive awards, so it's not surprising that the Emmys have seen their fair share of OMG moments. Going back to 2001, why not check out some of the most shocking ones? You've probably totally forgotten about Donald Trump's cringeworthy appearance in 2005, so click through to slide #9 to see it!
... was so shocked that his legs gave out and he crawled on stage to accept the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series! Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesAt the 2009 Awards Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy from 'Dancing With The Stars' inexplicably gave a performance in the middle of the show. Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesJimmy Fallon is known for his song and dance numbers on his late night show and he didn't disappoint when he hosted the 2010 Emmy Awards. With a little help from the cast of "Glee," including the late Cory Monteith, Tina Fey, Jon Hamm, Joel McHale and even Kate Gosselin, Fallon sang and fist-pumped to Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run."
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesIn 2014, Gwen Stefani and Adam Levine presented the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Series. Stefani took the envelope and read, “The Colbort Report!” Levine looked embarrassed mouthed the correct pronunciation.
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesIn 2007, Sally Field's won for 'Brothers And Sisters' and after thanking everyone on the show, she thanked all of the mothers of the world, especially mothers of soldiers. She ended by saying, "If the mothers ruled the world there would be no goddam wars in the first place," to rapturous applause from the audience. Getty ImagesWhen Amy Poehler spontaneously bounded on stage as the nominees for outstanding lead actress in a comedy were being read aloud at the 2011 Emmys, her fellow nominees, Poehler, Melissa McCarthy, Tina Fey, Edie Falco, Laura Linney and Martha Plimpton followed. McCarthy took home the prize, but the folks watching at home got an hilarious break from the usual award show format.
Getty ImagesMerritt Wever was visibly shocked when she won the award for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Nurse Jackie. So shocked, in fact, that she gave one of the all-time great acceptance speeches: "Thank you so much! Um -- I gotta go. Bye."
Kevin Winter/Getty Images'Bones' actor David Boreanaz and reality star of 'The Hills,' Lauren Conrad, could barely make eye contact, let alone share a podium as they announced nominees for Guest Actor and Actress prizes and Best Comedy Writing. Awkward! Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesLena Dunham is known for being one of the most talented young actor/writer/producers in Hollywood, as well as for not being shy when it comes to fashion. However, this get-up from the 2014 Awards was tough to take in, even for the most hardcore fashionistas. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images"Uh, yeah, yeah. He was on Seinfeld," Louis-Dreyfus admitted when she got to the mic.Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesPresenting the Best Actor in a Comedy award, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Bryan Cranston goofed around with Louis-Dreyfus pretending not to remember Cranston's recurring role on Seinfeld. on the way to accept her award for Best Actress in a Comedy, Dreyfus was intercepted by Cranston Getty ImagesAaron Paul surprised and delighted the audience by yelling "Emmy, bitches" in his best Jesse Pinkman voice when he won the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama series. Then said, in regards to his character Jesse, "I miss him, I love him," We do too! Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesOK, so we all know that Björk wore the infamous swan dress to the 2001 Oscars. But guess who else wore it that same year to the Emmys? Click to the next slide for the answer ... LUCY NICHOLSON/AFP/Getty ImagesJon Hamm played Don Draper on 7 seasons of Mad Men. He had never won the Best Actor Emmy. In 2015, Megan Mullally called his name and Hamm ... Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesIt took another decade after Cosby accepted the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards for accusations to emerge that far from being a humanitarian, Cosby was a serial rapist. Frederick M. Brown/Getty ImagesThis is an OMG moment in retrospect. In 2003 Ray Romano presented Bill Cosby with the Bob Hope Humanitarian award. Vince Bucci/Getty ImagesI bet Donald Trump has forgotten all about this appearance. Had you? In 2005 the current U.S. presidential candidate joined Megan Mullally onstage to sing the 'Green Acres' theme song. Vince Bucci/Getty ImagesDame Helen Mirren, looking like Hollywood Royalty, accepted the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for "Elizabeth I" with the words "My great triumph is not falling ass over tit as I came up those stairs." Ooops!! Vince Bucci/Getty Images... when she was announced as the winner and the camera panned in on Heigl, she seemed genuinely shocked, "Oh S**T" she was seen to be mouthing. Was she channelling Helen Mirren from the previous year? Vince Bucci/Getty ImagesIn 2007, Katherine Heigl was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series award for "Grey's Anatomy." She appeared on the red carpet looking every inch the perfect TV ice queen. However ... Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesAs she turned around Rosenblum explained that it was television's job to "give viewers something compelling to watch." It was so embarrassingly sexist that Vergara finally jumped off, exclaiming, "This is why I stopped doing the car shows!"Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesSofia Vergara introduced chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Bruce Rosenblum who ushered the actress onto a 360-degree rotating pedestal .... Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesThat's right... It was Ellen! Degeneres had the unenviable task of hosting the first Emmys held after 9/11/2001. After a rousing opening speech which included the words, "They can't take away our creativity, our striving for excellence, our joy," she said. "Only network executives can do that, " she got the crowd laughing and clapping by wearing a copy of Bjork's swan dress.
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