View Full Version : Little Girl singing at Olympics was FAKE!
Hikari
08-13-2008, 11:14 AM
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-12-voa72.cfm
Honestly, I don't care that she wasn't the real singer, I couldn't care less to be honest.
What I find horrible is that whoever requested the change refused to let the true songstress sing because they deemed her ugly. Isn't that a horrible thing to do to a child? What a blow to her self-esteem!
Neko Rae
08-13-2008, 03:55 PM
Yeah, I saw that one the news. Poor little girl :(
and the other girl was getting all the credit. That wasn't fair
Addiction
08-13-2008, 04:03 PM
Thats so bullshit cuz asians aren't attractive to begin with so how is one not attractive enough? =\
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ok so I was lying, but still. that's stupid..
Hime-chan
08-13-2008, 04:04 PM
yeah I saw that on the news yesterday,
they said that she wasn't cute enough to sing, that is just mean :(
Jack Daniels
08-13-2008, 04:06 PM
Thats life for you though... sucks though they told some little girl in china you are ugly sorry. But dont the chinese also kill there athlets if they do bad? :D lol j/k though I heard it happen once.
mishaxelle
08-13-2008, 04:07 PM
Aw that's so mean! Just because the real singer wasn't attractive enough? That's not fair at all. D:<
I'd rather see the real singer than a "cuter" one.
Kamina
08-13-2008, 04:12 PM
I liek eye candy. That little girl is kawaii
The Chinese are my hero :p
That's terrible. I would have refused to sing if I were the replacement singer.
Neko Rae
08-13-2008, 04:15 PM
I think the real singer was cute too
Kamina
08-13-2008, 04:17 PM
http://www.voanews.com/english/images/ap-Lin-Miaoke-china-olympics-175eng12aug08.jpg
This girl is the faker. Where is the original?
Miyata
08-13-2008, 04:29 PM
That's terrible. I would have refused to sing if I were the replacement singer.
Not if you lived in a dictator state.
And they should have let the actual singer perform, but the country was on the line. So there are some things that make-up cannot cure...
Kazmiz
08-13-2008, 04:33 PM
The country was on the line!
Their lives were in the hands of a 9 year old girl!
Thank god for beautiful people!
Rorschach
08-13-2008, 04:33 PM
Makes you wonder what else is faked during the opening ceremonies >.>
Neko Rae
08-13-2008, 04:34 PM
Makes you wonder what else is faked during the opening ceremonies >.>
I'm sure there was a lot of other stuff faked.
Pyramus
08-13-2008, 11:25 PM
Apparently some of the fireworks were digitised in!
The foot prints in the sky were scenes taken from the general rehearsal --> a fake again.... LOL. Anyhoo, the Ceremony was amazing, whether it was fake-ish or not, i enjoyed every second of it.
But getting a new "kawaii" girl to lip-synch is low.
natsume1
08-13-2008, 11:54 PM
i saw it on the news last night i found it horrible.
i believe that the true girls voice is truly a talent and it was very shameful for them to take something like that away from her and give it to someone else. it shouldnt have mattered about her looks it should have been about her talent and if thats the way they had to do things thats really sad.im sorry for the girl i can only imagine how she felt:mad:
silverwolf801
08-13-2008, 11:58 PM
well I guess the whole chinese nation loves to be beautiful. they take the term full of yourself to a whole new meaning. They blatantly took one girl out and put in another one who probably couldn't even sing. ALL for the NATION> lol
well I guess the whole chinese nation loves to be beautiful. they take the term full of yourself to a whole new meaning. They blatantly took one girl out and put in another one who probably couldn't even sing. ALL for the NATION> lol
Yeah. In America, we just stick to objectifying all women. It's great how you generalize an entire nation of more than a billion people on one girl.
Hueso Loco
08-14-2008, 02:29 AM
Yeah. In America, we just stick to objectifying all women. It's great how you generalize an entire nation of more than a billion people on one girl.
Good point. The US media is trying to turn all girls into anorexic, silicon barbies, and nobody says anything. But China replaces one singer, and the Chinese are the worst people ever.
BTW that whole self-esteem thing, only applies to nations like the US. Anywhere else kids are strong enough that they can deal with whatever problem they have. Because they have to mature faster, and they have to deal with worst problems than self-esteem.
Manchester Black
08-14-2008, 02:40 AM
I'm glad I bought my 4th of July fireworks before the Chinese did. There probably aren't any left in the whole world. What an over the top ceremony.
Girl was fake? Who cares.
Silhouette
08-14-2008, 02:43 AM
They said she was too ugly to sing? So? They apparently thought she had a nice enough voice to be used. Doesn't that, like, even it out a bit?
At any rate, who gives a ****? :jcm:
This wasn't the first time a "fake" singer was used. There was one before in the Winter Olympics before....
But anyways, so much for the cute little girl. So what if she's cute? Now everyone knows she's a fraud. Her reputation has just gone down the drain.....
As for the fireworks, they had actual legitimate reasons for using computer graphics. I personally don't think the fireworks were that big of a deal, but this little girl... damn, I feel bad for her (the REAL singer, I mean, not the faker)
omg... :< I feel bad for the real singer. I knew something was wrong when the "cute" girl started to "sing"...
I thought all the fireworks were real ... well at least the air is "fresh" somehow >.> lol
i lol,if this girl is not ugly then how the ugly one look like? lolz
Lusania
08-20-2008, 06:34 AM
It's stupid and f'ed up >_>
They didn't let the real girl out because shes ugly?
DUDE. They did that recently they wouldn't let this Chinese, Gymnast in because of her teeth. (The chinese people) So someone paid her to get them fixed.
Thats damn wrong.
raisins
08-20-2008, 07:40 AM
kay! O_o u dunno?
anyway, both the fake and the real singer was in the papers... so i saw, and both of them looks rather kawaii...
yeah, the fireworks were prerecorded there...
guess they put a lot of importance in outward appearance and reputation, but this is a bit too much...
n i'm a chinese, though not in china... =.=
Neko Rae
08-20-2008, 03:51 PM
yeah, I thought the real singer was cute too :)
Evanesque
08-20-2008, 04:08 PM
Don't they all look alike? >.>;;
Those crafty Chinese and their sly ways :redbiggri
Poor fake + real singer...
BeeCrest
08-20-2008, 04:10 PM
And to think what you'd do if your government deemed you not cute enough to show your face on international television.
Barbaroi
08-20-2008, 04:28 PM
Makes you wonder what else is faked during the opening ceremonies >.>
I'm sure there was a lot of other stuff faked.
Ugh... flashback of my last girlfriend T_T
Yeah. In America, we just stick to objectifying all women. It's great how you generalize an entire nation of more than a billion people on one girl.
Unfortunately though, generalization is just like ignorance. It's a part of everyone. :/
Poor little girl though :( Sucks that she wouldn't get the credit she deserves. I guess on some levels I can understand why they did it... but just points out what kind of heartless bastards those people were who made that decision.
Good job guys!! Keeping the uglies in the streets and cuties on the screens :thumbsup::good:
Sandal Hat
08-20-2008, 04:31 PM
She prob didn't want her ugly face all over television...
damn chinese always faking shit
Neko Rae
08-20-2008, 08:32 PM
hey, you don't have to be that mean to the Chinese just because of this
I was watching CCTV (sorta like the Chinese CNN) and they showed a segment on the "fake" girl. The reporter was asking her all sort of questions about the performing and singing.
Really felt disappointed at the media. (not that it matters, because it's government controlled)
damn chinese always faking shit
Always faking shit? I'm sorry, but where did you get the idea that they were always faking shit? Just because of this one dishonorable moment, you automatically generalize that Chinese are always faking shit? Seriously, how dare you use this one event to generalize an entire race? You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
Kamina
08-20-2008, 10:15 PM
Always faking shit? I'm sorry, but where did you get the idea that they were always faking shit? Just because of this one dishonorable moment, you automatically generalize that Chinese are always faking shit? Seriously, how dare you use this one event to generalize an entire race? You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
Hm, there are seriously more examples I can think of that make the Chinese lose my respect. Like how they make knockoff cheap everything and sell them at cheaper prices is just one example of them "faking shit". The biggest gripe I have with them is their drug industry. They sell drugs at cheap affordable prices across the world, but they put a miniscule amount of the active ingredient in the pill so it passes the pill tests, but when people use them there isnt nearly enough active ingredients for the product to be effective. People die because of these dishonorable Chinese businessmen.
Not saying they should be allowed to be stereotyped, but come on, this isnt their first instance of faking anything. Quite frankly I think the country thrives on its knockoffs.
Hm, there are seriously more examples I can think of that make the Chinese lose my respect. Like how they make knockoff cheap everything and sell them at cheaper prices is just one example of them "faking shit". The biggest gripe I have with them is their drug industry. They sell drugs at cheap affordable prices across the world, but they put a miniscule amount of the active ingredient in the pill so it passes the pill tests, but when people use them there isnt nearly enough active ingredients for the product to be effective. People die because of these dishonorable Chinese businessmen.
So you blame China but not the import inspectors. How original. You're just like every other China-basher on this planet: It's all China's fault, it's NEVER our fault.
Btw, you ARE aware the CCP has executed officials that were involved in such incidents before, right?
Not saying they should be allowed to be stereotyped, but come on, this isnt their first instance of faking anything. Quite frankly I think the country thrives on its knockoffs.
What ridiculous bullshit. China's economy is thriving on knockoffs, is that what you're saying? Tell me, are you really THAT clueless in economics? Explain to me how China can have the world's fourth largest economy based on knockoffs.
mishaxelle
08-20-2008, 10:28 PM
Hey guys, this isn't just China who does this. USA does it a lot too. So this is nothing to be all smack-talky at China about. China is great! I'm part Chinese as well. Yeah it's bad that it was faked but every other country does the same so there should be no name calling here.
That was really bad to say that bludd. You should apologize.
Hm, there are seriously more examples I can think of that make the Chinese lose my respect. Like how they make knockoff cheap everything and sell them at cheaper prices is just one example of them "faking shit". The biggest gripe I have with them is their drug industry. They sell drugs at cheap affordable prices across the world, but they put a miniscule amount of the active ingredient in the pill so it passes the pill tests, but when people use them there isnt nearly enough active ingredients for the product to be effective. People die because of these dishonorable Chinese businessmen.
Not saying they should be allowed to be stereotyped, but come on, this isnt their first instance of faking anything. Quite frankly I think the country thrives on its knockoffs.
its stupid to classify all chinese like that. that's the practice of alot of businesses in general.
Then again, your american so the stupidity of that statement doesn't surprise me.
see what i did there
Hey guys, this isn't just China who does this. USA does it a lot too. So this is nothing to be all smack-talky at China about. China is great! I'm part Chinese as well. Yeah it's bad that it was faked but every other country does the same so there should be no name calling here.
That was really bad to say that bludd. You should apologize.
Thank you for putting what I want to say in a more positive manner. I'm sick of all the China-bashing recently.
I agree that it was totally disgusting to do that to a little girl, but it disgusts me even more when people generalize all Chinese of doing such terrible deeds.
Kamina
08-20-2008, 10:34 PM
So you blame China but not the import inspectors. How original. You're just like every other China-basher on this planet: It's all China's fault, it's NEVER our fault.
Btw, you ARE aware the CCP has executed officials that were involved in such incidents before, right?
What ridiculous bullshit. China's economy is thriving on knockoffs, is that what you're saying? Tell me, are you really THAT clueless in economics? Explain to me how China can have the world's fourth largest economy based on knockoffs.
Chill out dude, im not gonna have a debate about China right now. Their country does a lot of things I disapprove of, I would rather not talk about it right now though. The USA arent the saint of saints either, but it isnt them that were up for scrutiny, are they?
And im not generalizing all Chinese people.
Chill out dude, im not gonna have a debate about China right now. Their country does a lot of things I disapprove of, I would rather not talk about it right now though. The USA arent the saint of saints either, but it isnt them that were up for scrutiny, are they?
You don't have to approve anything that China does, but I really did NOT appreciate you saying this:
Quite frankly I think the country thrives on its knockoffs
That was completely uncalled for.
mishaxelle
08-20-2008, 10:36 PM
Thank you for putting what I want to say in a more positive manner. I'm sick of all the China-bashing recently.
I agree that it was totally disgusting to do that to a little girl, but it disgusts me even more when people generalize all Chinese of doing such terrible deeds.
No problem ;]
I hate when people start offending and 1-upping when everything makes the same dayum mistakes. Seriously man. Nobody's perfect and things happen for reasons and every country has bad stuff that they do so seriously, everyone stop complaining and talking crap.
Sandal Hat
08-20-2008, 10:44 PM
:wss:
Takeshi
08-20-2008, 10:49 PM
^ I second Sandal Hat's response.
Z_Blitz
08-20-2008, 10:50 PM
Now, now. Let's not go around accussing an entire nation for what a few have chosen to do. Any further bashing will be reprimanded.
As to the event itself, I was quite shocked when I heard about it over the news the other day. I honestly didn't expect it all =/. There's nothing much that can be said about this though. It's all done and over now. I just hope that such events weren't/aren't practised throughout the Olympic Games, thereby questioning the integrity of the games.
Barbaroi
08-20-2008, 10:54 PM
Oh yea!! Well all americans are fat!! Go eat some mc donalds you fatty mc fatsors!!
LoL
I'm american btw. :p
Anyways. I'm sure the original girl (the ugly one lmfao) will get the credit she deserves. I'm sure she's already gotten more fame off of this then she would have off actually singing xD
does anyone have a picture of the original singer?
how ugly could she have been
does anyone have a picture of the original singer?
how ugly could she have been
I've seen it before somewhere... I didn't think she was that ugly. In fact, she just looked normal to me. I think what Zhang Yimou and the other staff said was that she was not that cute, and not "she was ugly".
Neko Rae
08-20-2008, 11:11 PM
I'll go look for a picture of her.
I don't see what was so uncute about her
I'll go look for a picture of her.
I don't see what was so uncute about her
Well, I guess compared to the faker, she just isn't as cute =/
But whatever, it's all over for that faker. No one cares about her anymore, not even China.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00382/standalone_split_382110a.jpg
from http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4512250.ece
I think the main complaint was the crooked teeth.
Reminds me of something my social studies teacher said about American students:
"Kids these days are all perfect teeth, no brains"
Cynic? lol.
it isn't that bad. i feel sorry for her when she grows up and reads about this
mishaxelle
08-20-2008, 11:32 PM
Aw she's still cute!
Kids with crooked teeth seem more cute and innocent to me.
Neko Rae
08-20-2008, 11:35 PM
the fake one smiles too hard. the real one looks really , really young :o
Barbaroi
08-20-2008, 11:42 PM
Reminds me of something my social studies teacher said about American students:
"Kids these days are all perfect teeth, no brains"
AMG!! That is so ignorant!!
We don't all have perfect teeth :p
Freya
08-20-2008, 11:45 PM
I don't really have an issue if someone else sings for someone (India does it all the time in their films), but the thing that I find that seems wrong was the reason they gave.
The fact that they did not allow the real singer sing because she was not considered attractive enough it what bothers me. I saw a pictures of the girl who was the singer and she was not unattractive IMO.
China wanted to put on a show that was perfect, so they did this. Oh well, the Olympics have still been great.
Even though they may have some underage Gymnasts on their team :eek13:
AMG!! That is so ignorant!!
We don't all have perfect teeth :p
Argh, my teeth when I was a child were all crooked and wrong. I'm surprised I didn't get braces. Maybe they would've helped =/
mishaxelle
08-20-2008, 11:59 PM
I had braces before and now my teeth all nice and straight [:
It was annoying though. It freaking hurt every time they got tightened. I couldn't eat without grimacing in pain when that happened.
Kamina
08-21-2008, 12:01 AM
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00382/standalone_split_382110a.jpg
from http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4512250.ece
I think the main complaint was the crooked teeth.
She isnt ugly :/
I'm not exactly sure where "ugly" came in, tbh. When I first heard about this news in Chinese, they described it saying "she wasn't cute enough". I guess overtime, rumors just got so greatly exaggerated that we all believe the real singer to be ugly, while she's really not.
zonda
08-27-2008, 04:00 PM
the real singer wasn't even ugly, i thought she looked alright. and it really shouldn't have mattered what she looked like, she has an amazing voice.
apart from that and and a couple of fake fireworks, the olympics were brilliant
GBR came fourth! woo!!!
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