Swelling claims that singer Ellie Goulding committed the ~cardinal sin~ of pre-match entertainment—lip syncing—were shot down by producer of the AFL Grand Final Entertainment Michael Gudinski and Ellie Goulding this afternoon, after a technical glitch caused some punters to believe Goulding was miming.
Ellie Goulding responded to the accusations on Twitter:
Love it when people think I lip sync, what a rad compliment 🙂 Now where does one find a good veggie restaurant in Melbs?
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) October 3, 2015
While also responding to one punter directly: 
@macattack86 Bog off mate
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) October 3, 2015
Frontier Touring producer Michael Gudinski called bullshit on the claims in a media statement this afternoon, saying live vocals were used over a backing track.
“Ellie performed live vocals to a backing track. This is a very common practice for performances in situations such as the Grand Final. 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.”
Lip Sync Battle? Quashed.
Lead image by Quinn Rooney via Getty.
