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Chris Cantell Discusses Sports: Faking at the Olympics
by Martina Janeckova

On Wednesday, August 13, 2008 organizers of the Olympic Games in Beijing faced tough criticism after it was revealed that the 9-year-old who performed at the opening ceremony was lip-synching to another girl’s singing. Organizers passed the song off as being sung by Lin Miaoke, another girl, who put a red dress on and flied on wires above the crowd at the Bird’s nest stadium. In reality, the song was being sung by Yang Peiyi, a 7-year-old, who appears to be losing her milk teeth and her new front teeth are only partially grown and angled slightly. The secret of singing Peiyi was revealed on Sunday by the ceremony’s musical director Chen Qigang in a radio interview. He said that the Politburo Standing Committee demanded Miaoke’s voice be dubbed. Chinese officials called this a simple casting choice. Beijing organizing committee spokesman Sun Weide said, “there were a number of candidates to sing that song and at the end of the day the artistic directors picked the best voice and the best performer." This move was criticized by the world’s press - “The counterfeit Games: designed to look good from every angle," said a headline in The Times of London. In Spain, one newspaper called it "Olympic karaoke." Baltimore Sun reporter Jill Rosen said the switch was hardly the first case of lip-synching, but was "possibly the cruelest." Miaoke's father, Lin Hui, said both girls are cute but he agreed that Peiyi's voice was "a bit better" than his daughter's. He said both girls played important roles, but the organizers should have made clear who was singing. Many people said Peiyi deserves the spotlight and some suggested find a place for her in the closing ceremony August 24.

by Martina Janeckova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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