Susan Boyle follows Paul Potts

Unemployed and never been kissed 47-year-old Susan Boyle has become an Internet and world news phenomenon following her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream on Britain's Got Talent show.

But one writer is sceptical and so am I. Michael Musto for The Village Voice believes the jury's performance was basically staged. He wirtes:

One of the week's most clicked clips was that of Susan Boyle, the 47-year-old frump who rocked out on Britain's Got Talent and wowed the smirks off the skeptical judges' faces. But as someone who knows about the inner workings of TV, can I just say how phony the whole thing came off? In fact, the only shock in the whole thing for me is that people are taking it at face value!

I agree and find the story a repeat of an earlier contestant Paul Potts who worked for a mobile phone store and became the winner of the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent in 2007, singing an operatic aria. Only in his case, the audience and jury's emotions seemed real.

emily | 8:54 PM | YouTube |
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