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Live or lip-sync? Radio Music Awards

Published Tuesday, October 26, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

Methinks the Ashlee Simpson flub was actually a ratings stunt by NBC, as conspiracy theorists note that 1) no one previously planned to watch tonight's Radio Music Awards, 2) NBC kept promoting Ashlee's performance, and 3) NBC also promoted Ashlee's "tell-all" Tuesday on the Today show. Hmmmm...

The live or lip-sync report from the show:
Destiny's Child? Most likely lip-sync. (ironic lyric: "Make me lose my breath")
Train? Live
Chingy? Live
Gretchen Wilson with Big & Rich? Live
Ashlee Simpson? Live
Elton John? Live
Alanis Morissette? Live
Tim McGraw? Live

Other musings: Fun to hear my buddy SuperSnake as one of the DJs representing; not-so fun to hear him represent a station he voice tracks for in the Bay Area instead of his home station, KZZP-FM 104.7 Phoenix. Also an interesting PR move to have Paris Hilton hanging with her "n-word" friend, Chingy. What was with the squiggly lines dancing across the screen during presenter chats? And why did VH1's The Surreal Life cast get a majority of the audience reaction shots?