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by Amy Judd | August 12, 2008 at 07:13 am
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The pretty girl in the red dress during the opening ceremony of the Olympics was miming.
In fact, it wasn't even her voice that she was miming to.
The girl, Lin Miaoke, sang a rendition of 'Ode to the Motherland', but the singer was Yang Peiyi, who, it was decided at the last minute, could not appear because she was not as 'flawless'.
The show's musical director said Lin was used because it was in the best interests of the country.
The revelation follows news that a fireworks display used during the opening ceremony was apparently faked.
'Smiling angel'
Speaking on Beijing Radio station, musical director Chen Qigang said the organisers needed a girl with both a good image and a good voice.
They faced a dilemma because although Lin was prettier, seven-year-old Yang had the better voice, Mr Chen said.
"After several tests, we decided to put Lin Miaoke on the live picture, while using Yang Peiyi's voice," he told the radio station.
"The reason for this is that we must put our country's interest first," he added.
"The girl appearing on the picture must be flawless in terms of her facial expression and the great feeling she can give to people."
Singer Lin, who is being called the "smiling angel", has already become a media celebrity because of her performance.
She told state-run China Daily that she felt "beautiful" in the red dress she wore during the performance.
This is the second 'fake' story coming out of the olympics. Turns out the fireworks were faked digitally too.
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at 08:29 on August 12th, 2008
People who can read Chinese should check out Lin Maioke's personal blog.
at 08:43 on August 12th, 2008
You can not even imagine the amount of lip sync that goes on in the music industry. I have always been against it feeling it is a deception .
I just wish the Chinese mens gymnastic team was fake !
Go Milli Vanilli !!!
at 09:27 on August 12th, 2008
Ha, I thought about Milli Vanilli when I first heard about this too!
at 08:46 on August 12th, 2008
amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Yes, yes, the Chinese like a good show, fake singing, fake fireworks, who knows what was fake and real. See also:
http://shanghaiist.com/2008/08/12/olympic_opening_uses_girls_voice_no.php
at 09:43 on August 12th, 2008
I agree- the lines are getting blurrier by the day..
at 09:29 on August 12th, 2008
at 09:44 on August 12th, 2008
Thanks for the flag!
at 09:32 on August 12th, 2008
But isn't one person's fake an other's hyper-reality?
at 10:35 on August 12th, 2008
I feel a little cheated by that idea. I believe that might work for some instances, but for the Olympics, it almost seems to be a bit of a let-down after you find that out.
Next thing you know, we'll find out that Michael Phelps is a robot or something.
at 10:42 on August 12th, 2008
Phelps is Aqua Man !
at 12:52 on August 12th, 2008
amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff. I saw this this morning. What about the little girl with the beautiful voice? Yang looks like a typical little girl, nothing at all wrong with her. To be told that you can contribute your voice but stay out of the spotlight 'cause you're not good looking enough is a terrible thing to do to her. What it has taught the "most perfect" little girl is that lies and deception will win in the end. I wonder if this is the message that the rulers of China are really trying to send us.
at 13:18 on August 12th, 2008
Well this analogy will probably get me panned by the ladies on here, but It kind of reminds me of Glamor Shots. All this air brushing and hairstyling is just hiding what real beauty there is. Which brings me to one of my favorite old Sammy Hagar songs "Plain Jane"
She falls somewhere in-between
Levi's and Vogue Magazine
She doesn't paint on her face
But what she does she does with taste.
And you can call her Plain Jane
But she's drivin' me insane
at 22:09 on August 15th, 2008
What is really disappointing is that although China has come a long way in terms of economical and technological gains, it's some of its "elites" are, at least, are still sorely lacking in social integrity. Remains to be seen, how much of what they say to the world is not just "theatrics".
That said, not all chinese should be seen in a similar light. The musical director who broke the story probably has balls of steel