Ellie Goulding performed in Melbourne at the season’s final game of Australian Football League — sort of like the Down Under equivalent of the Super Bowl — but controversy erupted when Ellie’s voice could be heard over the PA system while the microphone was nowhere near her mouth, with the singer being slammed on social media over accusations of lip-syncing.
Now Goulding is firing back, claiming she had “no voice”; after “a sleepless night,”; and then blamed an unnamed “sound guy”; for allegedly accidentally playing two tracks at the same time. Check out her flurry of post-show tweets addressing the accusations:
Love it when people think I lip sync, what a rad compliment 
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) October 3, 2015
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Considering I had no voice yesterday and a sleepless night because of the meds I would say it’s been a good day
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) October 3, 2015
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I give 100% in my performances even when people don’t give much back. My fans know that. That’s because I love what I do so much.
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) October 3, 2015
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Truth be told I’ve been unwell the past week and I could do with a long spell chill but I was determined to give everything for Oz today
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) October 3, 2015
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Incidentally the sound guy who pressed playback twice and triggered both band tracks simultaneously is nowhere to be seen…
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) October 3, 2015
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But was she lip-syncing? Not According to Michael Gudinski, producer of the AFL Grand Final. According to Gossip Cop, the producer sprang to Goulding’s defence, issuing a statement declaring there was no lip-syncing involved in her performance:
“Ellie performed live vocals to a backing track. This is a very common practice for performances in situations such as the Grand Final,” he says in the statement. “Unfortunately a technical issue at the start of Ellie’s performance caused a brief hiccup but Ellie went on to prove just how much of a superstar she is, belting out two of her massive hits. Claims that Ellie lip synced her performance are absolutely untrue.”
Watch this excerpt from her performance and draw your own conclusions:
