Did you see the youtube on Susan Boyle?

As someone who has been paid to sing and works with professional singers on a weekly basis....

A blogger is selling ideas. Doesn't matter what they look like, its the idea that counts.

A singer, on the other hand, is a performer. Honestly, you sell the song with more than your voice, it is also your stage presense, manner, your eyes even.

You don't have to be gorgeous, Pavarotti to my eyes isn't attractive, but you also don't want your manner or appearance to detract or distract from the vocals.

I wouldn't suggest she needs plastic surgery, but a hair stylist and some coaching on presentation would not be amiss, if she wants to be a professional singer and not just a gifted amateur.

James

now everyone else knows she's there, too!

:D

GG

...is as she stated, to become a professional singer, she isn't there yet, but her performance has certainly moved her light years closer to her goal.

James

While being accused of being pompus and stuck up by most of the world, Brits have no problem having a laff at their own expense, especially when in this sort of a context.

And while I don't deny her anything, she truly has an incredible talent and is a joy to listen to, there is always a similar 'pick' on each season. There is always one completely unexpected artist that allows them to plague the media and create more of a buzz to keep viewers glued to the show.

I see nothing wrong with it, it is far from exploitation, but do recognize that most of these appearances are all booked by the shows own media crew and approved/contracted by the show's legal reps.

But I still can't wait to catch her next performance!

Britain's Got Talent: Susan Boyle is not a very good singer, calm down everybody

Susan Boyle may be a great Britain's Got Talent story - but she is no great singer.

Her rendition of 'I Dreamed a Dream' was spirited, sure. It was also wobbly - and she was entitled to be a little nervy.

But was it charismatic enough, technically accomplished enough or even demonstrate enough potential to see her installed as the bookies' 5/2 favourite to win the whole shebang?

Absolutely no way.

For me, the most entertaining element of the whole performance was Amanda Holden's reaction when her gobhole seemed to be collapsing in on itself.

And genuinely comparing Susan Boyle's off-key warbling as being on the same level as Julie Andrews and Elaine Paige is just inane.

If I brought out my hip-wiggling and karaoke-level 'It's Not Unusual' vocal efforts out in front of Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and an audience baying for the sacrificial blood of attention-seeking oddballs, would I deserve similar likening to Tom Jones?

Only if everyone in the theatre and watching at home had spent the entire day in the pub.

So why has the world and their Twitter stream gone mushy for Susan Boyle? There's no doubt her personal circumstances provide a heart-warming dose of drama to her reality TV journey.

But break it down - why is it making so many YouTube commenters and Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore ("You saw it made me teary!") react so emotionally?

Looking especially to those who become aware of Susan Boyle via the hype machine - are you really moved to tears by the power of her singing voice, or the self-satisfied knowledge that you yourself would NEVER have pre-judged the "unlikely", "drab-looking", unemployed, never-been-kissed, self-deprecating, bullied-at-school, "quintessential cat lady"?

Well done, y'all. You are the good ones.

As for talk that Susan Boyle's YouTube success (12 million views and counting) was "unlikely", are you sure? Britain's Got Talent contestant web fame is hardly unprecedented. YouTube notoriety also helped propel Paul Potts to BGT victory and international fame in 2007.

It isn't Susan Boyle that is the internet sensation: the kudos belongs to Simon Cowell and his extremely clever, perceptive and powerful promo powers.

The astonishing instant worldwide fame has seen her turn up on Good Morning America, NBC Today and rumours have emerged that she has been asked to appear on Oprah Winfrey's chat show.

No doubt the viewing figures for this coming Saturday's show will be even healthier than the 10.3 million that tuned in last week. But will Cowell and company be able to fulfil the expectations of Boyle-boosted viewers?

And will Susan be able to live up the expectations placed upon her when she returns to our screens?

An undeniable crowd-pleaser - on whatever level it may be - but she's going to be an hard act to follow.

Not only for other contestants, but for herself too.

http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/we-love-telly/2009/04/britains-got-talent-susan-boyl-1.html

Love that show!

I saw that episode also - Simon seems to excel at whatever he applies himself to.

Warmth isn't one of them.

A/R guys are all like that.
[b]Bruce Allen[/b], Brian Adams/Michael Buble/Anne Murray/Rock and Hyde etc. TOTAL prikk in most people's eyes but VERY successful in his career and someone the best talent begs to have on their side.

[b]Sharon Osbourne[/b]Ozzy and countless others she has taken under her wing and showcases through OzzFest, mouthy, crass, hard a$$, and the best manager any touring band could hope for.

[b]Simon Cowell[/b](better known British pop acts) Angelis, Curiosity Killed the Cat, 5ive, Gareth Gates, Il Divo, Journey South, Robson & Jerome, Bianca Ryan, Sinitta, Sonia, Westlife, Will Young

[b]Bob Rock[/b]Metallica, Motley Crue, Aerosmith, BonJovi, The Cult, Skid Row, David Lee Roth, the Tea Party, Tragically Hip etc.

[b]Mutt Lange[/b] AC/DC,Def Leppard, Foreigner, The Cars, Bryan Adams, etc.

Its a job that makes you thick skinned and soft hearted. You learn to take no crap from anyone, get straight to the top in a hard, overpopulated marketplace simply but not letting people slow you down.

Cowell is actually known to be fun, easy going, loving and caring and laid back, as a person, not a businessman. I think he plays on his 'image' more than he lets on.

When I first started learning the ropes in the music industry, I worked alongside a guy who I HATED I thought he was the most uncaring and unfeeling a$$hole I'd ever met.
years after I stopped working with him and had worked with several others just like him, I began to see what makes all these people the same. They are hard, they are kind and warm, but hard.

I have become much the same myself, I had a friend tell me a few weeks back that, just when he thinks I'm the biggest prikk on the planet, I do something that blows him away and makes him realize I'm one of the nicest guys he knows.

Some people feel the surface and get scared, but once you break through the tough skin you find a real person that will be your best ally when needed.

People thank me for saying what they WANTED to say all the time, the people that I pi$$ off are people that need to be kept at bay or else they run all over you. I am not comparing myself to any of the people I mentioned above, I can only hope for such success, but it is something that runs through the industry and those that win are never sweethearts on the surface.

Its just not an industry for the faint hearted or easily offended and its not a business for soft people, passive caring personalities.

[i]someone will dig their hooks into her, make her get plastic surgery, dye her hair, work on her teeth, skin and figure and she won't be the person she really is.[/i]

You're telling me that 'personhood' hinges on how one looks in relation to one's career aspirations? And/or that 'personhood' hinges on what one 'wants to be'? And/or that being is encapsulated by one's stated goal?