Olympic Child Singer

Hi there lilaclady I too saw this on my homepage and I was totally disgusted. Who cares what the kid looked like if she had a beautiful voice. Did they think they were going to get away with it? It's so wrong, wrong, wrong!

I had not heard about this. That is just terrible. How could all these countries that are at the Olympics let this happen. So I guess beauty is everything after all. SAD

I also saw that news and it was shocking for me. How can they think about that, this is terrible. First of all the girl is very cute. Second if she is singing so nice and they are using her song in the ceremony then why they think of to replace her! Thats clear discrimination.

Oh no. That is so sad. Poor little girl. How can she not be scarred by that. I have not seen this story on my homepage. Will you share the link to the story?

i think it's understandable,it's for the national interest.if ur country host the olympic games,will ur country let a ugly and pretty voice to sing the song,i bet ur country will not.

Hello, lilaclay, i'm sorry to see this piece of news. But i have to check before making a comment on this. Where's the link, or do you have any idea what's the name of the little child? Thanks.

I also seen the article this evening in the newspaper. I could not believe what I read. This is very sad, this girl was beautiful.

it is so disgusting. a person who can sing so well must be beautiful inside. and that too the child's voice is used. But she was not shown as she was not pretty enough? its just disgusting. she is angel

That is just plain not fair... who are they to decide what pretty or beautiful really looks like... they should have used the girl who owns the voice so that she was recognized for her talent... i hope this sort of thing will not affect her self confidence in the future...

yes i saw this article this morning as well,on m.s.n.the little girl that sang is cute,i really can not believe that they said she was ugly.i hope that she will not be affected by this as well.how shallow can people be to put some one in place of her,well she has the voice and she will do very well in her career.cheers sue

You know I couldnt believe that as well do that not know what they are doing to the 2 girls involved in this?I just dont get the world around me anymore.You have a great night anyhow.

Oh, that's really sad, and shocking. I'm sure that the little girl will be affected by this, it's such a big thing. It's very cruel of them to use her voice but not let the world know who she is, and 'reject' her in this way. Still maybe she'll have a better life due to being shielded from the more negative aspects of fame...

I felt so very sad for the dear little girl who sang - how cruel and heartless the organisers were, to have found her not pretty enough! She was a dear little soul, and would have won the hearts of everyone who saw her. Anyway - SHE has the voice, and nobody can take that away from her.

I thought she wasn't singing. Shame, the whole ceremony was amazing.

I didn't see that. Haven't had the tv on much at all today as a matter of fact. But shame on those people that said that girl wasn't pretty enough! As far as I'm concerned, all children are beautiful.

Well, at the end of the day both girls win don't they. Especially the 'less attractive' one who now has more publicity than she would have got had she been in front of the camera. (Or do they both loose). The 'more attractive' one is probably going to feel bad because she may think she was put on stage under false pretenses. If she did not think it, she will know it now after the Western media has a field day. The 'less attractive' one is going to be praised for her singing, but she is going to be re-informed by said media that she is the 'less attractive' one. Lets get real here, appearance means everything when you are spending a large fortune and the world is watching. Whether it is immoral becomes irrelevant when it comes to writing newspaper articles too. You can't tell me organizers of any olympics would not be looking for the most talented and most attractive one. Right and wrong take a back seat to entertainment which is what the opening ceremony is at the end of the day.

well, I don't notice so carefully when i see the opening ceremony of the beijing olympics, i just saw the girl stand there singing, but i donot know she is not the real singer. poor stunner girl

This is so sad. Maybe they want a very attractive one since it is a world telecast.But I think its kinda affair on the part of the real singer since her voice was used. What will happen to her now?

Hi lilclady, I am disgusted to hear that if I were her parents I wouln't have allowed that to happen, what sort of people are they to treat a child like that, its not so bad if it was an adult but a child it just too shameful. Tamara

I couldn't believe this story when I heard it this morning on the radio. When I got to work and saw the picture of the girl that was replaced I was shocked. Is this what the world has come to that if you are talented but do not fit the image that they want to have then you are replaced with someone that fits that image. When I watched the ceremony I could tell the girl was lip syncing which is totally understandable but now to find out that wasn't even the voice of the child! When I saw the girl my only thought was what a beautiful voice I didn't even think "Oh what a cute child". I think of all children as cute or beautiful but I did notice the voice. Hopefully this child will go on and use her talents and the girl that stood in for her will not suffer for some adults poor judgement.