Bonnie Tyler apologises after miming ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ on This Morning due to sore throat

Singer said she ‘actually hates miming and never usually does it’

Bonnie Tyler has apologised to fans who felt “let down” by her lip-synced performance of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” on This Morning.

On Wednesday (12 April), the singer appeared on ITV’s talk show to discuss her new memoir, as well as the 40th anniversary of the hit song.

Discussing the track, the 71-year-old said that she “never gets bored” of performing the track, before treating hosts Craig Doyle and Josie Gibson to a rendition.

However, viewers at home were unconvinced by the performance, claiming that Tyler looked like she was lip-syncing along with the track.

“And here’s Bonnie Tyler singing live!! Errrm no she f***ing isn’t!!” tweeted one viewer.

“Few people can belt out #BonnieTyler’s epic power ballad  #TotalEclipseOfTheHeart. It seems neither can #BonnieTyler,” another comment read.

Speaking to The Independent, Tyler’s representatives confirmed that the “Holding Out For a Hero” singer had been unable to perform live on Wednesday’s show due to a sore throat.

“Bonnie is incredibly disappointed that she had to lip sync on ITV’s This Morning today,” they said, adding that her voice had since got worse and she can now “hardly speak at all”.

“Everyone should be assured that Bonnie’s voice is still very strong when she doesn’t have a cold, as anyone coming to any of her live shows this year will be able to hear for themselves.

“She is very sorry if anyone felt let down by her having to mime, she actually hates miming and never usually does it, and is looking forward to her voice being back to its normal strength very soon.”

Released in 1983, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” featured on Welsh singer Tyler’s fifth album Faster Than the Speed of Night.

It topped the UK charts and earned Tyler a Grammy nomination, and today often places highly on lists of the greatest songs of the Eighties.

Tyler has previously stated that she still loves singing the song, along with her other best-known hit “Holding Out For a Hero”.

While receiving an MBE in February, Tyler said: “Lots of people ask me ‘Aren’t you fed up of singing it?’, but there is no way. I love it and everybody does, it is a karaoke classic.”