" Bad Romance " was performed at the 2009 American Music Awards , where she coupled it with " Speechless " from '' The Fame Monster '' . Gaga was dressed in a flesh-colored bodysuit wrapped with white piping and embedded with flashing lights , imitating rib cage and a spine . It started with the singer performing " Bad Romance " and dancing around the stage , ultimately breaking open a glass door with the microphone stand . The song was next performed on '' The Jay Leno Show '' , where Gaga wore a pair of black sunglasses and a black jacket with shoulder pads that extended above her head . Her male back-up dancers were dressed in black suits and S&M - inspired headgear . Both " Bad Romance " and " Speechless " were performed on '' The Ellen DeGeneres Show '' on November 25 , 2009 . Gaga performed " Bad Romance " on the British TV show '' The X Factor '' on December 6 , 2009 , singing inside a long bathtub and playing the piano . On January 15 , 2010 , Gaga performed " Bad Romance " as part of a three-song medley on '' The Oprah Winfrey Show '' . She was dressed in a metallic jacket and had spikes in her hair , and she carried a spiked ball dangling from a chain held in her hand . " Bad Romance " was performed as the last song of Gaga 's worldwide concert series , The Monster Ball Tour ( 2009 – 2011 ) . During the original version of the show , she wore a 1980s-inspired white power suit with exaggerated high shoulders and high-waisted pants , and performed the song while standing in a human-sized gyroscope . On the revamped version of the show , she similarly appeared on stage inside of a gyroscope for " Bad Romance " , while wearing a mirrored dress and headpiece
2009 American Music Awards
American Music Awards of 2009
Bad Romance