--- title: Watch Malin Akerman 'Pour Some Sugar' on 'Lip Sync Battle' description: She is up against Stephen Merchant and his rendition of 'Dirrty' canonical: https://time.com/3849428/malin-akerman-lip-sync-battle/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-06T21:41:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:59:26.545Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Malin Akerman 'Pour Some Sugar' on 'Lip Sync Battle' og:description: She is up against Stephen Merchant and his rendition of 'Dirrty' og:url: https://time.com/3849428/malin-akerman-lip-sync-battle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Malin Akerman 'Pour Some Sugar' on 'Lip Sync Battle' twitter:description: She is up against Stephen Merchant and his rendition of 'Dirrty' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Malin Akerman 'Pour Some Sugar' on _Lip Sync Battle_ by [Andrea Park / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Andrea Park / People May 6, 2015 9:41 PM UTC by [Andrea Park / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Andrea Park / People May 6, 2015 9:41 PM UTC Looks like [Taylor Swift](http://www.people.com/people/taylor%5Fswift) isn’t Def Leppard’s only [fan](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20231489,00.html) of the famous-blonde-and-beautiful variety. In a preview of this week’s _Lip Sync Battle_, [Malin Akerman](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:MalinAkerman,00.html) rocks out to the English rock band’s 1987 hit “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” The _27 Dresses_ star’s low-cut, all-black outfit and bright red lipstick seem rather subdued in comparison to the [leather chaps and Union Jack tank top combo](http://www.people.com/article/lip-sync-battle-stephen-merchant-dirrty) her opponent Stephen Merchant sports in his performance of [Christina Aguilera](http://www.people.com/people/christina%5Faguilera)‘s “Dirrty.” However, Akerman still has a second chance to step up her game, and we’re counting on her second performance to blow Merchant’s out of the water. May we suggest doing, say, 27 costume changes? (If nothing else, [Blake Lively](http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2015/04/21/blake-lively-outfit-changes-in-one-day-fashion-style/) would be impressed.) _Lip Sync Battle_ airs Thursdays (10 p.m. ET) on Spike. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/lip-sync-battle-malin-akerman-def-leppard) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3849428/malin-akerman-lip-sync-battle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3849428/malin-akerman-lip-sync-battle/"},"headline":"Watch Malin Akerman 'Pour Some Sugar' on Lip Sync Battle","datePublished":"2015-05-06T21:41:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:59:26.545Z","description":"She is up against Stephen Merchant and his rendition of 'Dirrty'","url":"https://time.com/3849428/malin-akerman-lip-sync-battle/","keywords":["Television","lip sync battle"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Andrea Park / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3849428/malin-akerman-lip-sync-battle/","name":"Watch Malin Akerman 'Pour Some Sugar' on Lip Sync Battle"}}]}] ```