Technical hitch leaves BBC reporter 'sounding like Minnie Mouse'

Posted on : July 18, 2023

BBC left red-faced after technical hitch leaves roving sports reporter ‘sounding like Minnie Mouse’

  • News correspondent Shaimaa Khalil was made to sound like a cartoon character 
  • The glitch interrupted a report on Australia’s Commonwealth Games efforts

The BBC was left red-faced today after a technical hitch caused a roving sports reporter to start sounding like ‘Minnie Mouse’.

News correspondent Shaimaa Khalil was reporting live from Melbourne, Australia, when a sound glitch started to develop. 

The reporter’s voice was made to sound high-pitched and robotic as she delivered a BBC Breakfast bulletin.

Ms Khalil’s report had aimed to cover concerns about the viability of Australia’s Commonwealth Games efforts, which are set to be hosted by the country in 2026.

The bulletin was, however, cut short by BBC sports presenter Mike Bushell after Ms Khalil’s report was left sounding more like a cartoon than a serious news segment. 

A technical glitch left news correspondent Shaimaa Khalil (pictured) sounding like Minnie Mouse

Unaware of the problem, Ms Khalil initially continued with her report before being interrupted by her colleague in the studio.

Mr Bushell told viewers: ‘Apologies for the technical problems there, this is a developing story and we will have more of that throughout the morning on Breakfast.’

Viewers took to Twitter to comment on the glitch as one wrote: ‘#bbcbreakfast loving that a sound error turned the reporter’s voice into Minnie Mouse during a live report.’

The BBC report sought to look at concerns about Australia’s plans to host the Commonwealth Games in 2026, after the state of Victoria withdrew itself from the plans.  

The BBC Breakfast bulletin was interrupted by sports presenter Mike Bushell (pictured) from the studio

The Australian state has pulled out of any plans to host the sporting event due to rising costs that would see its forced to spend an extra 5 billion Australian dollars (£2.5 billion).

The state had initially budgeted 2.6 billion dollars (£1.3 billion) on hosting the 12-day sporting event. 

Cost overruns have, however, caused Victoria’s projected costs to triple to sums of up to 7 billion dollars (£3.6 billion). 

Victoria’s premier Dan Andrews today announced the state would be scrapping plans to host the event. 

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