<figure id="attachment_458247" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-458247" style="width: 1926px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="65b980ae"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/02/639dbd2d53c5dd94410a523a88a9ab5f.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-458247" class="wp-caption-text">Mariah Carey sang in Italian at the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Olympics. &#8230;&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
<h2><span class="strongInContent"> Over 300 carats of diamonds</span></h2>
<p> Mariah Carey (56), the American diva, caused a stir when she performed at the opening ceremony of the &#8220;Milan Cortina 2006 Olympic Games&#8221; held on February 6 (local time), allegedly &#8220;lip-synching. The director of the opening ceremony said</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The director of the opening ceremony emphasized the success of the event, saying, &#8220;We were able to create a magical moment.</span></p>
<p> Carrie also commented on Instagram that it was a &#8220;dream come true,&#8221; but some &#8220;behind-the-scenes&#8221; details of the furore have also emerged.</p>
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<p> Carrie appeared in a gorgeous white dress with diamonds said to be over 300 carats at the beginning of the ceremony to announce the opening of the 25th Winter Olympics. She sang the famous song &#8220;Volare&#8221; in Italian with her beautiful voice, which is said to have a range of 7 octaves, but her lips moved slower than the sound coming from the speakers. Fans on social networking sites criticized the performance, calling it a &#8220;lip-synching performance.</p>
<p> In addition, a large teleprompter was set up in the stadium to indicate Carrie&#8217;s pronunciation of the song in Italian as she sang it. The Italian word &#8220;Volare&#8221; was indicated to be pronounced &#8220;Voh-lah-reh&#8221; in English, among other things. This was also noted as unusual.</p>
<p> The truth is &#8230;&#8230;?</p>
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<p> According to PageSix, Maria Laura Iascone, the director of the opening ceremony, was asked by a reporter on February 7 about Mariah&#8217;s alleged &#8220;lip-synching,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Mariah Carey&#8217;s performance was outstanding. She was able to create magical moments.</span></p>
<p> He praised her performance, saying, &#8220;She created a magical moment. However, she said that she always records her performances in advance for international broadcast events to ensure that everything is in order. She also stated that she was not paid for her performance.</p>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" Beyonce is also suspected of &quot;lip-synching.&quot; ......"></div>
<h2><span class="strongInContent">She has a &#8220;criminal record&#8221; for allegedly lip-syncing.</span></h2>
<p> On April 7, Carey posted a video and photos of herself singing at the opening ceremony on her Instagram page.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> It was a dream come true to be able to perform at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony (in Italian!). Being able to perform is a dream come true. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. Nothing is impossible!</span></p>
<p> I am so thankful to everyone who made this possible. Volare&#8221; has been a &#8220;longtime favorite&#8221; of hers, she said. He did not mention the &#8220;lip-synching allegations.</p>
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<p> The truth is still in the dark, but the fact that she did not clearly deny &#8220;lip-synching&#8221; did not dispel the suspicions. Carey had been reported for &#8220;lip-synching&#8221; in the past.</p>
<p> According to RadarOnline, when she sang at the BET Awards, an American cultural award given to African Americans and other minorities who are active in music, theater, and other entertainment fields, in June 2001, fans tweeted accusations that she &#8220;lip-synched. When she sang at the BET Awards, an American cultural award given to African Americans and other minorities in all forms of entertainment, including theater, fans tweeted accusations that she was lip-synching.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Speaking of famous lip-synching scandals, when Beyonce sang the national anthem at the inauguration of President Obama for his second term in January 2001, she was suspected of lip-synching because she used a pre-recorded recording,&#8221; said a Hollywood insider. (Hollywood insider)</span></p>
<p> Beyoncé also received some sympathy. Aretha Franklin, the great soul singer who sang the U.S. patriotic song &#8220;My Country Teeth of Gee&#8221; during President Obama&#8217;s first-term inauguration in 2009, said</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> It&#8217;s 6-7 degrees outside, which is not good singing weather for most singers,&#8221; Aretha Franklin said at the time.</span></p>
<p> She defended Beyoncé at the time.</p>
<p> Beyoncé had to be prepared for such an important occasion as the inauguration of the president of the United States.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I didn&#8217;t want to take any risks because of the bad weather and the lack of proper sound check.</span></p>
<p> She explained that she sang along with a pre-recorded voice. She said she was &#8220;very proud&#8221; of her performance, which is common in the music industry.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> In Beyoncé&#8217;s case, she had the disadvantage of singing outdoors in the frigid cold, while Carey probably had the disadvantage of singing &#8220;Volare&#8221; in Italian, which is not her native tongue. Carrie&#8217;s singing at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics and Beyonce&#8217;s national anthem at the presidential inauguration were special cases that were broadcast live internationally and may not be equated with lip-synching at ordinary concerts,&#8221; said a Hollywood insider.</span></p>
<p> In any case, &#8220;lip-synching&#8221; is something that professional singers should not do at concerts or TV appearances, where admission fees and fees are usually charged. I hope that Carrie&#8217;s recent incident will be a lesson to singers to realize the &#8220;extinction of lip-synching.</p>


 Ryo Sakamoto (Writer, former head of the Culture and Society Department of Tokyo Sports Newspaper)

 Reuters/Afro

 The Milan Cortina Olympics are in full swing with the gold medal rush of the Japanese team. Mariah Carey, the "world's diva," arrived at the opening ceremony wearing a 300-carat diamond and a pure white dress. ......

Mariah Carey, the diva, was “suspected of lip-synching” at the opening ceremony of the Milano Olympics.

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