BEIJING (AFP) - The little girl who starred at the Olympic opening ceremony was miming and only put on stage because the real singer was not considered attractive enough, the show's musical director has revealed. Pigtailed Lin Miaoke was selected to appear because of her cute appearance and did not sing a note, Chen Qigang, the general music designer of the ceremony, said in an interview with a state broadcaster aired Tuesday. Photographs of Lin in a bright red party dress were published in newspapers and websites all over the world and the official China Daily hailed her as a rising star on Tuesday. But Chen said the girl whose voice was actually heard by the 91,000 capacity crowd at the Olympic stadium during the spectacular ceremony was in fact seven-year-old Yang Peiyi, who has a chubby face and uneven teeth.
Pigtailed Lin Miaoke was selected to appear because of her cute appearance and did not sing a note, Chen Qigang, the general music designer of the ceremony, said in an interview with a state broadcaster aired Tuesday.
Photographs of Lin in a bright red party dress were published in newspapers and websites all over the world and the official China Daily hailed her as a rising star on Tuesday.
But Chen said the girl whose voice was actually heard by the 91,000 capacity crowd at the Olympic stadium during the spectacular ceremony was in fact seven-year-old Yang Peiyi, who has a chubby face and uneven teeth.
Source: Yahoo News
there was a reason the olympics are being boycotted by so many people, that and it's boring as all hell
yes, there was - and it wasn't this.
I can't believe that people are getting outraged about this news story of all things.
Quote: from Chino at 7:45 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 Quote: from allsmiles at 10:33 am on Aug. 22, 2008 They never planned on letting just one of the girls participate in it. All 3 of the girls up for the position featured in the opening ceremony. The "ugly" girl had stage fright, and was informed well in advance that she would not be appearing on stage. The other girl, while her voice was still beautiful, it was not as strong, but she had the presence on stage that was required. The other girl was deemed too old (10 years old) for the appearance, but all three were credited for the performance. Yang Peiyi was never told that she was ugly, and Lin Maioke was never a last minute replacement. None of the girls were damaged by the ordeal, they're all very proud of what they have done for their country. This rumour that the western media latched onto started at the Voice of America, which is a propaganda tool for the US government. Americans seem to be bitter about the whole Beijing Olympics paying attention to every single detail to talk about it. I have been hearing complain after complain from americans: "Oh, why spend so much money on all that instead of erasing poverty?...Imagine the discipline all the people on the ceremony had to go through, so inhuman!...Athletes are too young..." complain after complain trying to take credit away from the beauty of the ceremony, olympic park, etc. On top of that, they value golds silvers and bronzes equally just so that they can come above China in the tables. It's pathetic.
Quote: from allsmiles at 10:33 am on Aug. 22, 2008 They never planned on letting just one of the girls participate in it. All 3 of the girls up for the position featured in the opening ceremony. The "ugly" girl had stage fright, and was informed well in advance that she would not be appearing on stage. The other girl, while her voice was still beautiful, it was not as strong, but she had the presence on stage that was required. The other girl was deemed too old (10 years old) for the appearance, but all three were credited for the performance. Yang Peiyi was never told that she was ugly, and Lin Maioke was never a last minute replacement. None of the girls were damaged by the ordeal, they're all very proud of what they have done for their country. This rumour that the western media latched onto started at the Voice of America, which is a propaganda tool for the US government. Americans seem to be bitter about the whole Beijing Olympics paying attention to every single detail to talk about it. I have been hearing complain after complain from americans: "Oh, why spend so much money on all that instead of erasing poverty?...Imagine the discipline all the people on the ceremony had to go through, so inhuman!...Athletes are too young..." complain after complain trying to take credit away from the beauty of the ceremony, olympic park, etc.
They never planned on letting just one of the girls participate in it. All 3 of the girls up for the position featured in the opening ceremony. The "ugly" girl had stage fright, and was informed well in advance that she would not be appearing on stage. The other girl, while her voice was still beautiful, it was not as strong, but she had the presence on stage that was required. The other girl was deemed too old (10 years old) for the appearance, but all three were credited for the performance. Yang Peiyi was never told that she was ugly, and Lin Maioke was never a last minute replacement. None of the girls were damaged by the ordeal, they're all very proud of what they have done for their country. This rumour that the western media latched onto started at the Voice of America, which is a propaganda tool for the US government.
Americans seem to be bitter about the whole Beijing Olympics paying attention to every single detail to talk about it. I have been hearing complain after complain from americans: "Oh, why spend so much money on all that instead of erasing poverty?...Imagine the discipline all the people on the ceremony had to go through, so inhuman!...Athletes are too young..." complain after complain trying to take credit away from the beauty of the ceremony, olympic park, etc.
On top of that, they value golds silvers and bronzes equally just so that they can come above China in the tables. It's pathetic.
Yeah, huh? China won the most gold medals .
I keep seeing all this articles around about negative stuff about the olympics in China. Oh well, I think the ceremonies were beautiful, awesome venues, etc.
i couldn't agree more
why couldn't they be as hot as the japs.
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