You’d think that given the pre-show mishap, the telecast would go smoothly.  It did for Ryan, but the same can’t be said for Mariah Carey!  Mimi was set to sing “Auld Lang Syne”, “Emotions” and “We Belong Together”.  I suppose the word “sing” is incorrect – “lip-synch” is probably a more accurate term.  She got through the first number – clearly not singing.  Once “Emotions” kicked in, Mariah found herself in an awful dilemma.  What started playing was the background track – no pre-recorded vocals (aside from the high-pitched pyrotechnics at the end).  This left Mariah completely flustered onstage, saying “We’re missing some of these vocals, but it is what it is – let the audience sing.”  Yeah, the missing vocals were the ones she was supposed to be singing!  Carey’s team claimed she didn’t sing because she could not hear the track in her earpiece or the monitor.  But that can’t be the case because she lip-synched the first and last songs adequately.  Throughout “Emotions”, the dancers around her obviously heard well enough to perform without incident.  My sources tell me that Carey planned to lip-synch all three songs, but somehow the wrong “Emotions” track got cued up, and she never intended to sing live.  Mimi’s people calls this sabotage.  That may be true, but it sure is funny to watch, as you’ll see on BillyMasters.com.