The pre-game entertainment for the NRL Grand Final is up is in the air, after Australian singer ‘Tones and I’ pulled out of Sunday’s performance.

And there’s a proposal for the entertainment that reporter Peter Ford thinks is “contrived”.

“It’s got a big blowback,” Ford said on 3AW Breakfast.

Press PLAY to hear him explain

“It doesn’t sound sincere, given that they are obviously scrambling to try and pull something together.”

Image: Jeremy Ng/Getty