Miming on the air! Aled Jones caught lip-synching to his 2010 CD version of Silent Night on the BBC’s ‘live’ Christmas Songs of Praise

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Everyone fell in love with him when he sang ‘Walking In The Air’ in 1985. He was the sweet-faced choirboy who performed the song for the animated movie, The Snowman.

But 40 years on, it appears Aled Jones’ halo has slipped.

The host of Songs of Praise is facing accusations of lip-syncing to a pre-recorded vocal track instead of singing live on the show, as he had led viewers to believe.

The excitement surrounding the religious program’s Christmas special began after it first aired on December 21st.

The event included Christmas carols and popular holiday songs, and featured performances by guests like Tony Hadley, the former lead singer of Spandau Ballet.

Aled Jones, a committed Christian and familiar face on the BBC’s Songs of Praise, begins the program by announcing he’ll be singing a popular Christmas carol.

Following performances by other artists and the 800-member audience, accompanied by the Manchester Inspirational Voices gospel choir, he walks onto the stage to sing Silent Night.

Jones says: ‘Now I’d love to share with you one of our most beautiful carols.

This piece brings you right to the center of the Christmas story – the very moment of Jesus’ birth. I hope it brings you joy.

Holding the microphone close to his mouth, he gives the appearance of singing.

When he receives a round of applause, he thanks the congregation.

But it now seems that Jones was miming to a recording of the carol which he released in 2010. 

Musician Fil Henley, host of the YouTube show Wings of Pegasus, was the one who uncovered the truth.

Mr. Henley immediately became suspicious because Hadley’s singing created harsh popping sounds on the microphone, while Jones’ did not.

And the pianist who accompanied Jones didn’t always play in time with the music.

Mr. Henley analyzed the recording and discovered the notes were unusually perfect, suggesting they had been digitally altered with software like Auto-Tune or other pitch correction tools.

Analysis of the audio from Jones’ 2010 CD closely aligned with the performance available on BBC iPlayer, which was recorded at Victoria Hall, a church in Bolton.

As a lifestyle expert, I’ve seen it all, and let me tell you, sometimes what you see isn’t what you get! I recently heard about a performer who was essentially playing a CD and lip-syncing – pretending to actually sing live. It’s a bit disappointing when artists aren’t genuine with their audiences, don’t you think?

‘People are watching, thinking it’s a live performance.

The advertisement implies Aled is singing live when he’s actually lip-syncing to a recording of his song ‘Silent Night’ from 2010. It’s misleading.

‘Aled can definitely sing. This is why it’s so weird that there’s all of this pretence going on.’

A representative from the production company behind the BBC’s Songs of Praise confirmed that Aled lip-synced during his performance of Silent Night due to practical difficulties.

The BBC didn’t offer a statement, but the show’s description on iPlayer was updated. The phrase ‘Aled has chosen to sing one of his favourite carols, Silent Night’ was removed from the listing.

I was shocked to hear, through a BBC insider, that Aled was actually miming during his performance – apparently, no one at the BBC even realized it until the Daily Mail brought it to their attention! They’ve since reached out to Aled for a statement, which I’m eagerly awaiting.

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2026-01-12 04:24