Ellie Goulding Accuses The "Sound Guy" At The AFL Grand Final For Alleged Lip Syncing

Ellie Goulding has fired back at allegations of lip syncing by blaming exhaustion and the "sound guy" at the AFL Grand Final. 





Goulding, 28, appeared at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) stadium on Saturday for the Australian Football League's version of the Super Bowl.

Ellie hit the stage to give a pre-game performance when her big hit "Love Me Like You Do" started playing with her vocals and then even a snippet of "Burn" could be heard.








The artist, though, was walking around pointlessly and had the microphone nowhere near her mouth.

Many celebrity watchers took to social media to blame Goulding for lip syncing, which she seemed both pleased and infuriated by. 

Ellie initially wrote on her twitter account: "Love it when people think I lip sync, what a rad compliment :)" She tweeted a few hours later: "Considering I had no voice yesterday and a sleepless night because of the meds I would say it's been a good day :) thanks for the love x."

"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. :)," the singer explained, noting: "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."

Goulding then shared: "Incidentally the sound guy who pressed playback twice and triggered both band tracks simultaneously is nowhere to be seen…" She added a laughing emoji. For anyone, however, who still has doubts about Ellie's sayings, Grand Final producer Michael Gudinski is coming to her defense.

"Ellie performed live vocals to a backing track. This is a very common practice for performances in situations such as the Grand Final," he shared in a statement, adding: "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."

It has to be mentioned that Goulding's Virgin Australia Premiership Party show after the game went on without any further issue.


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