Here is a new twist American Idol can think about adding to it's next season: Pick the contestant with the best voice,
see if their face is "flawless" enough for TV, decide they aren't "cute" enough, pick a prettier contestant to lip sync to their voice and take all the credit on national television in front of billions of people.
Sound twisted? That's what happened in the Olympic opening ceremonies just a few days ago.
Seven-year-old Yang Peiyi's voice is the one we all heard. But because Yang wasn't "flawless in image" (as Chinese children are supposedly required to be), Lin Miaoke was chosen to lip sync to Yang's voice. There is something disturbing about an events manager who is criticizing the looks of a seven year old and how it will affect the Chinese image...