Forced to Milli Vanilli?

[Paully_44]

So, for those that saw the Superbowl this year and heard Jennifer Hudson and Faith Hill, did you know Ricky Minor insisted them lip-syncing their prerformances?

According to "The Making of the Super Bowl: The Inside Story of the World's Greatest Sporting Event" by former league executive director Don Weiss, the NFL has required performers to have a backup track since 1993, when country crooner Garth Brooks threatened to leave the stadium minutes before he was scheduled to perform unless NBC played his new video. Brooks had previously refused to prerecord the anthem, which meant the league had nothing to play in his place if he left.

I thought Jennifer did a great job on the national anthem, lip-sync'd or not. I don't really have an issue if an artist lip sync's to their own voice.

[Mole_J]

This does not surprise me really. The NFL produces a very slick production of the Superbowl, everything has to be perfect. I don't think Bruce Springsteen did it this year, but in past years the half-time show is sometimes lip-synced also.

Jennifer Hudson did a fabulous job with the National Anthem, even if it was lip-synced.

[Pastor Bill]

I would think it would be more of a problem to have someone mess up a lip-sinc than a live performance. We all would understand a cough or catch in their voice, but seeing it while the "voice" carried on would look very bad.

[MacUser]

Didn't even watch it.. but feel for the performer's tragic family issues.

[one love]

from what i understand they are all lip synced.. Even Bruce springsteens was.

They say there is no way for it to sound good as it does on tv to do it live, for a long time they have done this.