Steve Kardynal

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Steve Kardynal
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Kardynal on Season 3 of Dance Showdown
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Born
Stephen Kardynal

(1990-01-07) January 7, 1990 (age 33)
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Channel
Years active2009–present
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Subscribers5.12 million [1]
Total views555.66 million [1]
Network BroadbandTV Corp
Associated actsDirt Humor
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2011
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2013

Last updated: December 31, 2021

Stephen Kardynal (born January 7, 1990) [2] is an American comedian and YouTuber from Michigan. [3]

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Career

Kardynal has produced a series of Chatroulette videos, where he shows himself often dressing up as a woman and lip syncing and dancing to pop songs, along with the reactions of unsuspecting people who connect with him on Chatroulette. [4] Songs he has covered on Chatroulette are "Call Me Maybe", [5] [6] "Wrecking Ball", [7] [8] "Telephone" [9] (which was featured on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ), [10] "All I Want for Christmas Is You", [11] [12] "Peacock" [13] and "Let It Go". [14]

Kardynal has also produced the "Songs In Real Life" series, where people in different scenarios describe what is happening to them via singing while the song is playing and editing out their voice during relevant song lyrics. [15]

In 2014, Kardynal's YouTube Channel was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #46. [16]

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