Marking the official start of the holiday season, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting Wednesday night was once again attended by a handful of stars to get things started.
The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes were on hand as Tony Bennett, who headlined a variety of entertainers at the party, helped Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the chief executive of Rockefeller Center bring the tree to life as they flipped the switch.
Hosted by the Today Show’s Al Roker, others appearing at the star-studded event were Nick Lachey, Sean Kingston, Carrie Underwood, Josh Groban, Celine Dion, Taylor Swift, Natasha Bedingfield and High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale.
The 84-foot-tall Norway Spruce is “greener” this year, using energy-efficient LEDs to replace the incandescent bulbs that have been used in the past.
There is a lot of buzz on the internet regarding Ashley Tisdale‘s performance, with many sites posting a video of the High School Musical star “performing ‘Last Christmas’ out of sync with a pre-recorded tape.” These sites are only posting Ashley’s performance, but if you view the video in it’s entirety, you can see that Nick Lachey’s introduction is also “off.” So this appears to be a case of the video being out of synch, not Tisdale’s performance. We also found another video of the performance and her lip-syncing singing is right on cue. Take a look at both videos and you be the judge.
View photos from the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting and both videos of Ashley Tisdale performing ‘Last Christmas’ below.