DID you SEE ELVIS.........on AMERICAN IDOL??

Question

i know i a little nieve..BUT HOW DID THEY DO THAT ??

Answer 1

Fans can thank technology. Last week, Dion spent hours on the stage singing her part of the song several times without an audience or anyone next to her, looking to her side on cue.

Then she did the routine again with a Presley body double who lip-synced Presley's song and matched his moves from his 1968 performance.

Finally, all three elements -- Dion by herself, Dion with the body double and the original Presley performance -- were combined through editing and a technique called rotoscoping, which traced Presley from the original footage by cutting him out.

"Rotoscoping allows you to take one image from a pre-existing piece of video and puts him a whole new environment -- completely new use of that same piece of video," Disney digital media designer Joe Husung said.

Similar technology has been used before. It brought Natalie Cole and her late father, Nat King Cole, together to perform "Unforgettable," and allowed Forrest Gump to talk to former President Nixon.

A new British show puts the technology to use every day in "Duet Impossible," in which stars perform with their late idols. If the concept crosses the pond, American audiences may soon see late legends like James Brown and Sinatra rocking the stage again.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3087711&GMA=true

Answer 2

There is a revolutionary new substance called RU81-19. It revitalizes dead tissue and allows regrowth of cellular tissue, even tissue that has been dead for years. They used a specially formulated concentrated version of the chemical, dug up Elvis's remains, soaked him in it, then asked him to perform for American Idol. Unfortunately the effects are temporary, so he died again shortly after the show.

Answer 3

I'm sure it was computer generated or hologram with an old clip of Elvis. That was pretty damn cool. The most amazing part of that to me was how they showed both of their shadows coming out from backstage. So Cool. This has been a very awesome show and a great thing they are doing. I have cried quite a few times tonight.

Answer 4

American Idol: Elvis Has Left the Building
April 27th, 2007 TV, American Idol

Wednesday night on American Idol was billed as having the biggest duet in Idol history as part of their Idol Gives Back charity event show. This duet event featured Celine Dion and the visiting spirit of Elvis Presley, the original American idol, singing his 1968 hit, “If I Can Dream”.
Although Elvis Presley died back in 1977 at age 42, through the magic of modern technology (well, not totally modern, but I’ll get to that) he was able to join in on this charity event. The first time I was watching the performance I was too fixated on the “how” question and had to go back for a replay to really enjoy it. That still left me with the “how did they do it” question.
An initial search for images the morning after the show returned to me two interesting photos. The first showed Celine Dion on stage performing next to a man dressed in white and looking like Elvis. The second picture was of a similar angle but instead showed Celine standing there performing alone. Unfortunately, of course, I didn’t have the sense to save the second one as I had been more interested in the photo featuring the duet. When I returned today to pull down that picture, both were gone. Lucky for you I did save the first, and here it is:

There was plenty of speculation going around on how this was accomplished. I had read that an impersonator was going to be used, but the picture looked so fuzzy and a little peculiar that it made me wonder if it was all digital. Then I even received some comments that it had in fact been a hologram. That would entail the audience seeing a 3 dimensional projecting of Elvis up there on stage. This possibility was refuted by hologram expert, Steve Wilson from London. He noted that Elvis appeared more “real” from certain camera angles. A hologram, he proposed, would have provided a more consistent view of Presley from all angles.
From what I’ve read and what I saw I’m coming to the same conclusion as Steve Wilson. Elvis’ appearance was accomplished by taking the video recording of his 1968 performance of “If I Can Dream” from a comeback special on NBC. Then using this footage Fox was able to superimpose Elvis Presley onto the broadcast video so he’d appear next to Celine Dion. The rumors of the impersonator was likely somewhat accurate as he could have been there for practice rounds, but absent during the live show.
Update: Even more information from ABC News on this technique, which it turns out is called Rotoscoping:
“Rotoscoping allows you to take one image from a pre-existing piece of video and puts him a whole new environment — completely new use of that same piece of video,” Disney digital media designer Joe Husung said.
Last week, Dion spent hours on the stage singing her part of the song several times without an audience or anyone next to her, looking to her side on cue.
Then she did the routine again with a Presley body double who lip-synced Presley’s song and matched his moves from his 1968 performance.
Finally, all three elements — Dion by herself, Dion with the body double and the original Presley performance — were combined through editing and rotoscoping, which traced Presley from the original footage.
So while this was very cool and came off well it’s really nothing new. The most similar example is from when Natalie King Cole performed “Unforgettable” with her deceased father, Nat King Cole, using previous recordings. Elvis is also no stranger to this method. He appeared in Forrest Gump back in 1994 using similar techniques as well as the very creepy Pizza Hut commercials where they had him selling us the latest pizza style using very awkward video editing. Although this particular method and implementation was nothing revolutionary it was still impressive and I certainly enjoyed it. Perhaps the producers of American Idol could use it to instill a little life into next week’s performances.
Here are both performances for your enjoyment. First, the Idol Gives Back video of Celine Dion and Elvis Presley performing “If I Can Dream”. Second, the video footage from Presley’s 1968 NBC comeback special of “If I Can Dream”.

Answer 5

i just saw the answer to this on the news ! they used a rotoscope that traces the original and then projects it in any invironment celine had to practice solo then with a elvis double who had the "moves" down and at the end the double talked to celine it was a big process cool huh?

Answer 6

i feel like such a jerk....I heard it but I had my back to the tv so I didn't see what was going on.

Until the last second of the performance when I realized something weird was happening with celine and elvis....

Answer 7

I missed the whole darn thing. I was at Wal Mart. I forgot it was on tonight.

Answer 8

Computer Graphic

Answer 9

It was an impersonator. I personally know the guy who did it. He's a friend of my dad's.

Answer 10

Must be the mirrors