Despite being one the UK’s premier female acts by way of ‘looks and promo’, Cheryl Cole’s voice-albeit unique- has never been anything to write home about.
Plagued by her inability to prove herself as a vocalist since departing ‘Girls Aloud’, Saturday night saw her wow British viewers with a performance of her new single ‘Call My Name’ on The Voice UK.
A performance, which though saw her stock as a live act soar, has been overshadowed by criticisms that she did not perform the cut with a live vocal- spitting in the face of the show’s premise.
However, her team have hit back with claims she did sing live.
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According to her publicist, “Cheryl sang live with a backing track” and insisted she do so, despite concerns from the show’s producers that her mic would be need to be auto tuned to mask any flat notes.
This marks the latest ‘lipsynching’ scandal Cole has been forced to face. In 2009, she came under fire for ‘miming’ over a pre-recorded vocal during a performance on ‘X Factor UK’.
This being the show in which where she served as a judge alongside Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and ‘Put The Needle On It’ star Danni Minogue.
Our two cents:
Chances are, like many before her, Cheryl was singing into a dead mic making her own voice inaudible underneath her oh so handy backing track. So, if her team are going to be technical, she was singing live.
We’re just happy we didn’t have to hear it.