Ever wonder if there’s any lip syncing done on American Idol? Well a previous finalist is revealing some interesting truths:

Although an American Idol  source told E! online that only the chorus is pre-recorded with the contestants singing their solos live and the band playing live as well, Justin Guarini the first runner-up from season 1 of American Idol, has cleared the air about the group performances.

Justin Guarini said on TV Guide Network’s American Idol Wrap, the weekly recap show he co-hosts with Kimberly Caldwell,  “Every single year, we cannot stand the group performances. I know they can’t stand it either. And, I think what makes [the group performances] it even worse now is that they’re lip-synced. They’re really pre recorded now.”

Justin Guarini went on saying, “And you see them kind of do this with the microphone [he pretends to hold a mike away from his mouth] and they’re not even holding it to their face and they’re laughing.”… “I think it’s good because you know what? It’s one less thing to have to sing, one less thing to have to memorize and it’s done during the week. They don’t have to worry about it.”

Well that does bring some clarity to the over-cheese factor most of the finalists put out during those songs. They aren’t concentrating on the words, so they concentrate on the presentation. I wonder what Fox thinks of Justin spillin’ the beans!

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