Diva Mariah Carey is claiming her disastrous New Year’s Eve performance was an intentional set-up by the gig’s producers to raise ratings, according to a report.
The singer’s team even sent in a written complaint Sunday to Dick Clark Productions that the sound and microphone systems she was given to use were deliberately sabotaged “so they could get Mariah drama,” TMZ said.
Carey, 46, was hyped as the main attraction of “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve 2017,” but ended up having a meltdown on stage when she was unable to hear her vocal track.
She ditched her bad lip syncing by the time she got to her second song, “We Belong Together” and stood on stage, looking disgusted.
At 2 p.m., the singer wrote on Twitter: “S–t happens. Have a happy and healthy new year everybody! Here’s to making more headlines in 2017.”
But within a few hours, the singer’s handlers began laying the blame elsewhere and told TMZ Carey had been given “inner ear” pieces that did not work.
Carey’s staff pointed out the singer even complained about the sound during an interview with host Ryan Seacrest an hour before she took the stage in Times Square.
“It’s hard for me to hear you,” she told Seacrest, appearing visibly strained.
During the hour between talking to Seacrest and taking the stage, her handlers reportedly continually complained about her ear pieces — and the fact her mic pack was not working properly.
Once on stage, Carey encountered even more woes when she discovered the teleprompter wasn’t working, causing her to miss stage cues, her staff complained.
“This is sabotage,” a handler reportedly emailed an executive of Dick Clark Productions, the world’s largest producer of televised and live event programming.
Dick Clark did not return calls from The Post seeking comment.