Unemployed un-kissed 47-year-old to win 'Britain's Got Talent'?
Photo © Britain's Got Talent.
The latest woman to wow YouTube is quite the opposite of what we're used to. Unlike the majority of video clip fodder, Susan Boyle is highly unattractive and greatly talented. And everyone loves her. A fairytale come true, or a showbiz fake?
The frumpily dressed 47-year-old charity volunteer astonished crowds on UK TV show "Britain's Got Talent", which pulled in an audience of over 10 million on Saturday night when she sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Miserables". In an interview posted on the programme's website the Scot explained that she had ignored her talent because of "personal circumstances", but that she sung in village competitions and "around the house" (in which she lives alone, save her cat, Pebbles, apparently). The story has become a massive online hit in both the UK and elsewhere, but it all seems a little too contrived. Another question, if she is the real thing, is whether she'll be able to make it without a serious makeover and a change-of-name.
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What a voice ! A had tears
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Mon, 20/04/2009 - 12:32.What a voice !
A had tears in my eyes !
Mary-Lucie
Susan where have you been
Submitted by allan (not verified) on Sat, 25/04/2009 - 23:37.Susan
where have you been all these years you are fantastic you will go on and win
britain as talent allan
GOOD PEOPLE
Submitted by DARREN MICHIE (not verified) on Fri, 17/04/2009 - 23:04.This is way off the mark ,nowadays we are so wrappd up on looks,wealth, etc, we have lost our moral way of seeing people for WHO they are , and to think Ecosse formed AN alliance with this country .must try harder , Susan did try and shone thru. bravo.
yes this is the ''modern''
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Sun, 19/04/2009 - 09:18.yes this is the ''modern'' world now. clothes and strange haircut and he/she is a modern ''person''. Thanks Susan because you are making the modern world thinking twice before judging. Now ''modern people'' want to be like you and want to work with you may be he will earn some money trough your magic voice. he/she will be the slave of your voice.
Yeah whoever submitted the
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Fri, 17/04/2009 - 20:58.Yeah whoever submitted the caption is obviously a sad sad person. Susan Boyle however has an amazing voice...even if I remain suspicious...she cannot sing so well and not already be a professional and successful singer....
Whoever wrote the caption
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Fri, 17/04/2009 - 19:35.Whoever wrote the caption for the picture is an ass
Agree! If she's a fake, where's the first shred of evidence?
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Sat, 18/04/2009 - 12:33."A fairytale come true, or a showbiz fake?"
That sort of hand grenade requires some substantiation. Without it, it only serves to poison people's opinions.
It's a fair question for a news organization to ask, but no attempt is made to answer it here. I assume that there is nothing to back it up...so either pull it or admit that nothing was found. Just posing the question itself and saying nothing more is a jackass move, as it attempts to discredit her without any basis for doing so.
That makes three "No" votes for this caption!
Agree for the two comments
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Fri, 17/04/2009 - 22:17.Agree for the two comments earlier. For once, he or she should learn the fact that ordinary people DO have extraordinary things to share with others when they are given chance to do it. And what the status or personal life details have to do with her voice?? She CAN sing, that is all that matters, geeezz...
What are you all talking
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Sat, 18/04/2009 - 09:48.What are you all talking about, it says she's "greatly talented". The fact that you all think it's negative to say she's "highly unnatractive" shows just how shallow you are. In my book talent is more important than looks, but you don't seem to share the same view. Bravo to Susan; and not just for being a talented singer, but for not giving a shit about Western obsession with appearances. In that sense, being highly unnatractive is a good thing (I'd rather look like her than a made-up, boob-jobbed American).
Having talked to a few
Submitted by sigma421 on Sun, 19/04/2009 - 16:30.Having talked to a few people (friends of friends type stuff) who know of her she has previously been a pub singer and done the odd bit of singing in church/choirs etc. Her voice is genuine and she has had no professional training. Also the story is nastily written and I'm more than willing to do a rewrite if you want.