NBC briefly misidentified country singer Mickey Guyton as Grammy nominee Jhene Aiko during a preshow performance at Super Bowl LVI on Sunday.
As seen in the video below, the broadcast network’s telecast first panned over Guyton, who was on the field in preparation for her performance of “The Star Spangled Banner,” with a chyron that labeled her as “Jhene Aiko” during Aiko’s performance of “America the Beautiful.” A few seconds later, the incorrect name disappeared under Guyton and the camera shifted to Aiko, who was singing, and a new chyron correctly identified her as “Jhene Aiko.”
When Aiko concluded her performance of “America the Beauitful,” Guyton sang the National Anthem ahead of the kickoff for the big game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Representatives for NBC Sports did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment on the error, which drew some backlash on social media with users who called the mistake “tone deaf,” Sunday.
For the National Anthem and “America the Beautiful,” actress Sandra Mae Frank performed the both songs in American Sign Language on behalf of the National Association of the Deaf.
See some reactions to the Guyton-Aiko mixup below.
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