http://news..com/s/afp/20080828/ennew_afp/oly2008australiaorchestrafake

Are we expecting that all ceremony will be ''shows'' from now on?

It just tells me that the Aussie media was being extremely hypocritical and took on a very ''sour grape'' attitude to reporting the Beijing Games.

l think it was pretty normal. Do you think any country would risk taking the embarassment if they suddenly sing out of tune on the opening? It was a world watched event. So l think it is understandable that they would not want to risk anything.

It is a good support shown by the Aussies to Beijing. This will temporarily stopped some people from bombarding Beijing organizer for using 'fake' singer.

l do not understand what r all the fuss over this. It is a FREAKING show that is designed to ENTERTAIN people. So what if Aussies faked part of it to ''impress people''? So what if the Chinese pre-record the fireworks & CG l them together to make it pretty for TV audience? So what if they choose a ''cuter'' girl to appear as the singer? It is a show & it is part of the show business. That is why all supermodels & movie stars look hot & there r rarely ugly ones.

There r plenty things to critize China & Austrilia, those things should NOT be part of it.

To be expected, can you actually say your surprised? l am not.

It seems that there is a whole lot of U-turns about this. The whole world were almost unanimous in condemning China for the ''FAKE'' recordings & then suddenly going quiet or saying its ''okay'' the moment they know Australia has been doing it too. It totally reeks of Western hypocrisy. Just look at the media, they've totally gone silent man.. Its almost like as if its the Aussies doing it, then its okay since they're white like most Americans & Europeans. How fair is that? The truth is racism is still firmly rooted in Western & American societies. All the talk about equality & democracy is just a load of crap!

To Jonathan C: You r a great example of why people say the West r hypocrites. The issue was about FAKING!(it was so damn big on the front pages remember?). Australia faked too yet absolutely no one uttered a word about them in 2000.

The use of Yang Peiyi is voice was questionable but does that warrant the ridiculous amount of criticism? Is not it is very obvious that the western media were trying their best to blow things out of proportion by devoting weeks of headlines to make the Chinese look bad?

Everyone is so naive, ALL OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES ARE COMPLETELY MIMED. AC/DC refused to take part in the closing cause they refused to mime. The only problem was that china chose the voice of another girl to a the face of a better looking girl. Really they should have chosen a a good looking girl who can sing from the start.

In the article the melbourne Choir stated they sang parts for the Sydney choir as it was allot of work to pre record the entire opening though l am sure state rivalry is the reason we only found out recently.

So to answer ur question yes every opening & closing from now on in will be the same as every opening & closing in the past & things will be mimed

Edit TIn TIn stop being so paraniod about the west my opinion on the miming has never changed cause l have known for ages that these events r entirel done by backing track (ACDC mentioned that they were unwlling to mime within 6 months of the ending Sydney olympics). l do maintain that China were wrong in using a different girls voice but u r right it is hardly worth front page news & it has probable been done numerous times before.

Ceremonies wo not be shows. Certainly part of it will. This is because countries do not want to be embarassed. Would you rather see a pretty girl or an ugly girl singing? Would you rather fake fireworks that look spectacular or fireworks that fizzle due to rain. It is the 21st century, the age of technology, so of course there is going to be fakes in each ceremony, but each ceremony is a good show.

l does not matter whether Australia or China did it, it is still fake. Now, it boils down to reason. Australia mimed because it does not want to take chances of screw up. l understand that, but l do not understand China is because their reason is purely on appearance and it makes it worse that these are children being 'played' by adults. There is a difference there.

Australia did not use someones voice they used their own that is the difference. China just wanted a pretty face the girl voice that actually sung l though was cute. The Chinese just pushing their oppression on it is people yet again.