rosebud*
01-12-2008, 11:42 AM
http://tv.yahoo.com/hannah-montana/show/37731/news/urn:newsml:tv.eonline.com:20080110:3850b77e_fbcb408f_9aaf_d0ef0087b353__ER
anyone else think this is as big a deal as people are complaining about??
personally no.
Giving her fans the best of both worlds is apparently too much for Miley Cyrus (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=Ansc7egKeyMseNpBWOCe31Di1414/SIG=11cafek0s/**http%3a//tv.yahoo.com/contributor/1257961) to handle on her own.
The singer, who performs both as herself and her Disney Channel alterego on the sold-out tour, was accused in an OK! magazine report this week of using a body double during a brief portion of her show.
"When it got the to bridge of the song 'We Got the Party,' her dancers began to crowd around her," one concertgoer told the magazine.
"Then they covered her with a black sheet and she went through a secret door. Within a second, a new 'Hannah' came out of a different door wearing oversized white glasses. The whole time this was happening Miley's vocals were still playing. The new imposter had her back turned while she danced, trying to hide that fact that she was not Miley Cyrus (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AmztbllN2UxmM8fE5hvuRlvi1414/SIG=11cafek0s/**http%3a//tv.yahoo.com/contributor/1257961). At this instant I became very suspicious." (See video of the switcheroo.)
"Needless to say I was furious!" the irate fan added. "I paid good money to see the concert. I was disappointed and I felt like I was played for a fool."
In the wake of the report, a rep for the Hannah Montana star confirmed that Cyrus does indeed rely on body double for a brief part of her set in order to allow her to transform from Hannah back into herself.
"To help speed the transition from Hannah to Miley, there is a production element during the performance of 'We Got the Party' incorporating a body double for Miley," the rep said in a statement.
"After Hannah has completed the featured verse on the duet with the Jonas Brothers (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AjOdEbcTEtM0Kh639usV.NHi1414/SIG=11c993se5/**http%3a//tv.yahoo.com/contributor/2203076), a body double appears approximately one to two minutes prior to the end of the song in order to allow Miley to remove the Hannah wig and costume and transform into Miley for her solo set.
"Other than during this very brief transitional moment in the show, Miley performs live during the entirety of both the Hannah and Miley segments of the concert," the rep added.
The body double debacle is just the latest mini-scandal to affect Cyrus, who last month spoke up to defend herself over a series of so-called racy photos of her and a friend that were leaked on to the Internet.
The pictures, which showed Cyrus and a pal frolicking (fully clothed) in a hotel room and sharing a piece of licorice, were completely innocent, the teen insisted.
"They're nothing bad! It's not something I'm going to let slide. I'm really upset about it, 'cause it was, like, not even a big deal," Cyrus told New York's Z100 radio station.
"That's one of my best friends. I have all these girls who I hang out with all the time. It's two girls at a sleepover, and if all of a sudden that's bad, then what is the world coming to?"
The 15-year-old singer has been on the road with her wildly popular Best of Both Worlds tour since October and recently extended the trek through the end of this month. She's slated to wrap things up in Miami on Jan. 31.
anyone else think this is as big a deal as people are complaining about??
personally no.
Giving her fans the best of both worlds is apparently too much for Miley Cyrus (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=Ansc7egKeyMseNpBWOCe31Di1414/SIG=11cafek0s/**http%3a//tv.yahoo.com/contributor/1257961) to handle on her own.
The singer, who performs both as herself and her Disney Channel alterego on the sold-out tour, was accused in an OK! magazine report this week of using a body double during a brief portion of her show.
"When it got the to bridge of the song 'We Got the Party,' her dancers began to crowd around her," one concertgoer told the magazine.
"Then they covered her with a black sheet and she went through a secret door. Within a second, a new 'Hannah' came out of a different door wearing oversized white glasses. The whole time this was happening Miley's vocals were still playing. The new imposter had her back turned while she danced, trying to hide that fact that she was not Miley Cyrus (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AmztbllN2UxmM8fE5hvuRlvi1414/SIG=11cafek0s/**http%3a//tv.yahoo.com/contributor/1257961). At this instant I became very suspicious." (See video of the switcheroo.)
"Needless to say I was furious!" the irate fan added. "I paid good money to see the concert. I was disappointed and I felt like I was played for a fool."
In the wake of the report, a rep for the Hannah Montana star confirmed that Cyrus does indeed rely on body double for a brief part of her set in order to allow her to transform from Hannah back into herself.
"To help speed the transition from Hannah to Miley, there is a production element during the performance of 'We Got the Party' incorporating a body double for Miley," the rep said in a statement.
"After Hannah has completed the featured verse on the duet with the Jonas Brothers (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AjOdEbcTEtM0Kh639usV.NHi1414/SIG=11c993se5/**http%3a//tv.yahoo.com/contributor/2203076), a body double appears approximately one to two minutes prior to the end of the song in order to allow Miley to remove the Hannah wig and costume and transform into Miley for her solo set.
"Other than during this very brief transitional moment in the show, Miley performs live during the entirety of both the Hannah and Miley segments of the concert," the rep added.
The body double debacle is just the latest mini-scandal to affect Cyrus, who last month spoke up to defend herself over a series of so-called racy photos of her and a friend that were leaked on to the Internet.
The pictures, which showed Cyrus and a pal frolicking (fully clothed) in a hotel room and sharing a piece of licorice, were completely innocent, the teen insisted.
"They're nothing bad! It's not something I'm going to let slide. I'm really upset about it, 'cause it was, like, not even a big deal," Cyrus told New York's Z100 radio station.
"That's one of my best friends. I have all these girls who I hang out with all the time. It's two girls at a sleepover, and if all of a sudden that's bad, then what is the world coming to?"
The 15-year-old singer has been on the road with her wildly popular Best of Both Worlds tour since October and recently extended the trek through the end of this month. She's slated to wrap things up in Miami on Jan. 31.