Before Justin Timberlake was a huge pop-star he was on a little show called Star Search as a kid. Oddly enough, he isn’t actually that good in this audition.

Who knew Justin had a horrible country-western voice?

As cool as the narrator tries to play it off, you can’t deny how embarrassing this footage is. The shrills in little Justin’s voice are just plain awful! If you ask me, the judges went a little soft on him because of his age.

That being said, the man has indeed progressed as he’s gotten older and I’ve actually become a fan of some of his songs (N*Sync tracks not included). Sure the girl beside him won the show, but Timberlake went on to become a millionaire pop-star.