Lip-Synch Scandal At The Olympic opening Ceremony

Photo by: Zhou Liang / Xinhua / AP

For those of you who watched the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympics at Beijing China, you might remember the little girl Lin Miaoke, who sang China's anthem, "Hymn to the Motherland," during the ceremony. Unfortunately Miaoke was not the real voice of the song. The real voice belonged to a 7 year-old girl named Yang Peiyi.

Chen Qigang, the musical director of the ceremony, responded, "The main consideration was the national interest. The child on the screen should be flawless in image, in her internal feelings and in her expression." The director claimed the switch was a last minute decision sanctioned by the government.

Peiyi's voice was perfect but the problem was that her teeth was not.

Peiyi, although being so young said, "I am proud to have been chosen to sing at all."

How could they do that? That is just wrong to have someone else take credit for something they did not do. I don't like their reasoning as well. Peiyi looks perfectly fine. She's cute.

Source: People.com