This makes it a little less great.

So the Chinese did a great job with the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympics, but the more you find out about them the less spectacular they are.  The 9 year old girl was not the actual singer, the girl who was singing was deemed not cute enough by the Chinese Government (boy I can't see how that can hurt a little kid).

One of the coolest parts was the Tai Chi masters who kept forming a perfect circle, all the years of special training helped them do it right? 

The Tai Chi performers spent the last year sequestered at a military base practicing the routine. They were packed 50 to a room in decrepit facilities with few functioning showers, fewer functioning toilets and no heat or air. Mosquitoes were also a problem. Oh and by the way: they were forbidden to leave.

 So they were basically imprisoned until they learned to do it perfectly.

Read some more disappointing facts from the opening ceremonies here.