Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent

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I’ve watched that clip a few times now. Every time I watch it, my head tells me to be cynical. I consider almost everything on TV to be contrived and emotionally manipulative. And I almost always avoid talent shows in particular; whenever I’ve seen them before they’ve tended to alternate between sentimentality and embarrassment, and they tend to encourage this view that fame is the highest thing a person should strive for. And why should Susan Boyle’s unglamorous appearance make her singing talent so surprising?

And yet every time I watch it I feel a lump in my throat after she sings those first couple of lines. And that’s very unusual for me!

Boyle offered 1 million dollars to lose virginity on camera Evil, evil, evil.... naturally, she's a good target for predators. I hope she's dealing with everything well.

what pisses me off the most about this whole thing is that those very people who are now lauding her are the same ones who will go back to bullying the crap out of her when she's not singing, the same ones who probably made her what she is. yes, pat her on the head and exclaim, "my! what a talented, special person you arrre!"

rudolph the red-nosed reindeer syndrome.

They're talking about making a film of Susan Boyle's life. You know who they say might play her?
Catherine Zeta Jones!

personally, I think she stinks. her voice is perfectly clear but there is absolutely NOTHING even remotely original about it. she could do great doing some backing vocals, choruses or in a church choir, but her as a solo singer- no way.

I think she has a great voice, and its awesome that she's turning out so great despite being the underdog. When I first saw her performance, it was awesome to see all those people laughing at her go from laughing to awe at her. That was priceless.

She was such an awesome surprise. No one expected her to be any good, just because of her looks and confidence.
But she showed them. =)