I guess the uproar over the digitally enhanced firework footprints from the Opening Ceremony will have some company now.Minutes before the Opening Ceremonies were to start, organizers informed Lin Miaoke (left) that she would be taking the place of Yang Peiyi in the festivities. Peiyi was originally selected to sing "Ode to the Motherland" during the ceremonies.
The reason for the switch? Peiyi wasn't cute enough.
Ouch.
Here's the real kicker.......Miaoke only lip-synched the song. Peivi was voice behind the performance and Miaoke was the face.
Double Ouch.
But the real voice behind the tiny, pigtailed girl in the red dress who wowed 91,000 spectators at the National Stadium on opening night really belonged to 7-year-old Yang Peiyi. Her looks apparently failed the cuteness test with officials organizing the ceremony, but Chen said her voice was judged the most beautiful.
When questioned about the decision, a Chinese organizer had this quote:
"The audience will understand that it's in the national interest," Chen Qigang said in a video of the interview posted online Sunday night.
Triple Ouch.
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