Olympic Ceremony Director: Singing Star was a Fake
By VOA News
The music director for the Opening Ceremony at the Beijing Olympics has admitted that a young girl who delivered a key performance during the show, lip-synched her song.
Chen Qigang says the pigtailed nine-year-old girl, Lin Miaoke, was actually a stand-in for the real singer who was not considered attractive enough.
The real singer, Yang Peiyi, is seven, and has a chubby face and crooked teeth.
Chen says organizers made the decision at the request of a high-ranking Communist Party official, adding that they were thinking about doing what was best for the nation.
Chinese officials also revealed Tuesday that some of the fireworks shown on television during the opening ceremony were pre-recorded footage, and some images of fireworks were computer-generated.
Wang Wei, a member of the Beijing Olympic organizing committee, said the footage and computer images were used because of poor visibility on the night of the opening ceremony.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
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While there certainly is no blame directed from this blog to Lin Miaoke, the stand-in singer, it only seems fair that the girl who really did the singing get her props from as many places as possible. Tell that high-ranking Communist Party official, if that is really who made the decision, that he or she has his or her head up their butt. What is best for the nation? How about what is best for the girl who did the singing?
One can take solice in the fact that if this was the least that happens to children the world would be a better place. But the insult to this child still sux and China should apologize. And if it makes you feel any better, China, go ahead and insult the US before you make it right by the kid. You’re gonna do it anyway, so take a freebie. But do right by the kid. BTW, Lin Miaoke, you got your 15 minutes of fame. Yang Peiyi, you did a great job on the singing.
Stanford Matthews