Did Britney Mime Her Song? Of Course She Did! Does It Matter?
Now before anybody gets all up in their cheese about that title, let me explain. Britney went on X Factor, a sort of British American Idol-forerunner show, to promote her new single Womanizer and to get some good exposure for a change. She sang and danced her way through the number, which quite frankly looked sort of like a Gimme More clone minus the spangly bikini, and she managed to do it fairly well. I mean, if you compare the Gimme More performance with this one, they're like night and day.
But some of Brit's Brit fans were left disappointed, because not only did she not actively participate in the mentoring of the contestants or even watch the show:
Unlike other guest stars such as Take That and Mariah Carey, Miss Spears failed to mentor the contestants ahead of the show.She also refused to use a Winnebago motorhome at the studios, instead taking over Simon Cowell's green room along with her entourage and security guards.
To make matters worse, she did not even watch the contestants' performances from her dressing room.
Dermot was left baffled after he asked her what she made of the five acts, who each performed one of her hits.
After he handed her his microphone - hers appeared to be switched off completely - she said: 'Yes, awesome, thank-you. Amazing, I met so many different people, the place is beautiful.'
...but she appeared to be lip synching her vocals:
She mimed to her new hit Womanizer on the ITV show on Saturday night, apparently because she wanted to concentrate fully on her dance routine.By contrast, all the contestants, who are not professional singers, had to deliver their own performance live.
Miss Spears, who turns 27 on December 2, was said to have feared that trying to sing and dance at the same time would prove too much for her.
A spokesman for the show insisted that there had been 'some live vocals'.
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