Live on a 2004 sketch show, the wrong vocal track started playing while this pop singer stood at the microphone holding nothing at all. She danced a short jig, walked off, and blamed her band on air during the goodnights.
The full story
On 23 October 2004 a guide vocal for 'Pieces of Me' — a song Ashlee Simpson had already performed earlier in the episode — began playing during her second number on Saturday Night Live. She danced briefly and left the stage. She blamed her band during the show's goodnights and later attributed the use of a backing track to acid reflux.
The clues we handed out
— The explanation offered the following day involved acid reflux.
— The track that played was from the song she had already performed earlier in the same episode.
— Her older sister is also a singer, and had a reality show with a husband from a boy band.
— She had her own MTV series running at the time, which filmed the aftermath.
— Initials: A.S.
How this case played
ALLEGEDLY* edition No. 81. Three strikes to name Ashlee Simpson, with a free clue
unlocked after every miss.
The jury's verdict
Every case that closes goes to the jury. Players who finished this edition were asked:
Did they know what they were doing?
9 verdicts have been filed. 11% say they knew.
89% say they didn't. Close to unanimous.
*A blind item you can check. Every puzzle is drawn from the public record —
court records, official rulings, and moments that unfolded on live television — and the
records are linked above. Allegedly.
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