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One suggested she wasn't miming: "Shame she's not miming.

One Twitter user said: "I might be wrong, but it sounds like Cheryl is singing the verses live and then miming the chorus during her performance on the Graham Norton Show - either way, I did not care for it, lol."

Last year, the show's previous contestants One Direction returned to perform and even they were accused of miming.

POP IS FULL OF MIMING NOTORIETY * Elton John v Madonna: Elton sparked a long-running feud with the queen of pop by criticising the decision to award her Best Live Act at the Q music awards in 2004.

So Sujud performed a set of hilarious ditties with Jemek spontaneously miming the actions to the words, with uproarious results.

I was shocked to read in your esteemed paper (7DAYS August 13, 2008) that a little girl who starred at the Olympic opening ceremony was miming and only put on stage because the real singer was considered not attractive.I just donCOt get it.

I DON'T want a new sofa but I must admit I have been hooked by the current DFS advert that has a whole group of people of different ages miming and playing air guitar to the anthem I Wanna Be A Rockstar.

When he's miming sex, Billy's expression is hysterical--triumphant and horny at the same time.

Barry added: "People last saw me at the Longford Festival when I was miming to Nessun Dorma and O Sole Mio, but I don't know whether I will be carrying on.

A London Palladium source said that Fisher was 'just miming'.

These negotiations alone would have made for quite an interview in these pages, providing valuable insight into the true rigor of Sehgal's endeavors while miming, almost comically, the intriguing gamesmanship of his own work.

Madonna has hit back after a vitriolic attack by Sir Elton John who accused her of cheating fans by miming on stage.

He began miming as a street artist at the age of 14.