January 11, 2008 at 05:15:00 PM | more stories by this author
Miley Cyrus caught briefly using stand-in at concert, sparking controversy for a tour that has already seen plenty of it.
The most innocuous tour in mainstream pop music is in the midst of yet another controversy.
Having already faced lawsuits over tickets, fraudulent essay contest winners, and charges of plagiarism, the sold-out "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds" tour is now dealing with the fallout of being caught using a body double for Cyrus during a brief portion of the concert.
The blockbuster tour, which features the 15-year-old Cyrus and her Disney Channel alter ego, was accused in an OK! magazine report of slipping off the stage and leaving a stand-in.
"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. At this instant, I became very suspicious."
"Needless to say I was furious!" the fan continued. "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, 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 statement added.


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Oldest First | Newest FirstThey need to leave this girl alone.
Miley is just fulfilling her fathers unfulfilled dreams of being a music Superstar, and sooner or later will pull a Britney and self destruct.