Demi Lovato's Vote visual vetoed at BBMAs following searing performance

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After debuting her new “Commander in Chief” song earlier in the day, Demi Lovato delivered an emotive version of the protest song Wednesday night on the Billboard Music Awards telecast — a powerful anti-Trump message for NBC to be putting on the air, especially the night before the network is to host a controversial town hall with the president.

But after the telecast aired, it seemed to be stirring more controversy among the left than the right, surprisingly, as a result of a TMZ report about edits made to the performance by the network. The website published what it said was the original edit of Lovato’s performance, in which a large electronic backdrop was to have lit up at the end, revealing the word “VOTE” in huge white letters. This was not the version seen on the telecast, which had Lovato’s performance ending with an awkward closeup of the singer looking down, and no sign of the “VOTE” visual.

A source confirms to Variety that NBC did step in to remove the “VOTE” visual from Lovato’s performance after the initial edit.

TMZ’s story claimed: “Sources say the network pulled the plug on the ‘VOTE’ message because the song itself was a slam on Trump and the ‘VOTE’ message was a call to vote against him.”

If the idea was to keep the “VOTE” signage from being seen, the message may not have gotten to NBC’s social media team. Before the show ended, NBC Entertainment’s account tweeted out a photo in which the “VOTE” backdrop was by far the dominant part of the image, even though it was never seen on the airwaves. Lovato retweeted NBC’s image without comment.

Any developing controversy over the network’s move to nix the “VOTE” image lands on top of heat NBC was already taking from the left. Earlier Wednesday, some Democrats were pushing a #boycottNBC hashtag as a result of the network scheduling a town hall with Donald Trump on Thursday night as direct competition to a similar town hall ABC already had scheduled with opponent Joe Biden. Some Biden partisans additionally pointed out that NBC was the network that gave Trump his biggest platform with “The Apprentice.” Trump and Biden had been slated to directly face off Thursday night before the president said he would not participate in a virtual debate, leading to Biden and then Trump booking separate town halls with the respective networks.

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/demi-lovato-billboard-awards-vote-message-cut-trump-song-1234805596/?fbclid=IwAR1QmERskHMv0bKxltbp2qnKe1a7yVVTkLQHsSc0SXWgdWcJt282dM2hXrg

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At least she made waves

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12 minutes ago, Blue Lagoon said:

“Sources say the network pulled the plug on the ‘VOTE’ message because the song itself was a slam on Trump and the ‘VOTE’ message was a call to vote against him.”

have they listened to the song, which does the same? lol 

[ThisGuyTony 31,094]

Get that #1 hit Demetria.

[Chic 20,830]

I wouldn’t have known about this at all if it wasn’t a controversy, so I’d say it all worked out in the end!

[Sister 9,907]

I can't see what the big deal is or the controversy. Most people and especially the young, hate Trump and are all encouraging a vote against him, even most of the entertainment business and media. Why is it different when it's Demi Lovato taking the reins on a platform?

[Fish 6,161]

this is all so petty... a new low 

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

The drama of this whole mess...

[Sister 9,907]

This seems suspicious, like the "organization" behind celebrities getting out the message of voting do not have Lovato on their program so "they" would not want her to use "their", like they own the left voting message, platform of voting for her own individual platform. Totally petty and a fraud. It just seems very telling in today's atmosphere. Like, only those who are approved by someone at the top can sell the message of voting and hating Trump in the media. It makes me appreciate Lovato more with her own personal feelings of this song and message, like she is doing it passionately and the others backed by the agenda aren't, they are just selling the plot.