Fans defend Sophie Ellis-Bextor after her New Year’s Eve show branded ‘a cringey mess’
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Sophie Ellis-Bextor has been defended by fans after some labelled her New Year’s Eve performance on the BBC ‘terrible’.
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The singer, best known for her hit Murder on the Dancefloor, was given the primetime spot on the national broadcaster’s coverage to ring in the New Year. During her NYE Disco for BBC One, Sophie, 45, took to the stage to perform her global hits and some surprise numbers, also being joined by Jessie Ware, Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears, and The Last Dinner Party guitarist Emily Roberts.
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However, when tuning in, some made it clear they weren’t impressed. ‘Why is it Sophie Ellis-Bextor leading up to New Year’s? She’s terrible. Couldn’t the BBC get anyone else,’ Lucas posted on X. ‘What on earth is happening with BBC One’s New Year’s show? Poor Sophie-Ellis Bextor can’t even keep up with her own songs, a breathless mess. Just lip-sync and then you can at least nail the stage presence…this is cringe!’ Ash commented.
‘Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s performance which I caught a glimpse of was atrocious, I’m sure at no fault of her own. Small audience, bad sound. I turned back over,’ Rob added. Others were also disappointed the performance with pre-recorded, with Sophie actually in New York on the night for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.
