Susan Boyle – Memory – Britain’s Got Talent – VIDEO
You Tube phenom, Susan Boyle competed in the next round of Britain’s Got Talent Saturday night. She sang “Memory”, and if you ask me, I still don’t get what all the fuss has been about. The performance was pretty mediocre.
Gotta hand it to Simon Cowell and his BGT producers, they were genius the way they crafted her backstory, playing on stereotype–of course that crazy cat lady is going to suck, but OMG she doesn’t–and then our sense of guilt about how we judge people.
Except, I’m such a cynical bitch–I watched her initial You Tube audition and could see the wind up coming from a mile away. I just wasn’t playing, peeps.
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Kirsten I’ll play!
I don’t think Susan has quite the vocals to pull off anything soprano from PoTO. Emmy Rossum killed in that one. (I personally prefer Emmy over Sarah Briightman)
I’m also ruling out The Sound of Music. I don’t think it would go over well.
It seem’s like Susan like’s Musical’s & movie’s. Can’t blame her, lol. So here are my guesses:
1. “The Way We Were” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivYzpTDc4A0
This one seems like it could be a winner since Susan sang it here: The way the lighting is hitting her face on this one, makes her look like she has on tribal paint, lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxES80FbRmM
2. “Evergreen” (from A Star is Born)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmuF3jiufww
3. “Somewhere” (from Westside Story)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB-Fq5ebtqM
4. “Over the Rainbow” (Wizard of Oz) Either Judy’s version or Eva’s. I think she would do Judy’s version, but I prefer Eva’s below.
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUwTdqPkluY
5. Or since she also likes Celine, maybe “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtS45bh_INY
Come on everyone, let’s remember that Susan IS an amateur that had to sing, live, to probably one of the biggest audiences ever.
It’s obvious that she was terrified, hence the bad start.
Anyone could have sung that part, especially Susan.
As for Susan… She’s like a Scott or Gokey…. mediocre singer but gets in because no-one expects that a fugly person can sing. If all she wants to do is sing for the Queen then good for her. Let her win. I don’t think she’ll get beyond that though….. just sayin…
Haven’t read the other comments yet, but, just for the record, I was really impressed with her original “debut” performance, because I thought, for an amateur, she WAS really good.
But this? This was like a very good community theater performance by the local church lady. Poor thing, she’s already believing her own press.
And WTF did she do there at the end? Was she doing some kind of impersonation of Asians? Yikes!
I feel bad for Susan. It would be hard to find someone who was less prepared to deal with all the hype and strees after the audition and subsequent buildup. I wasn’t blown away by the first performance, there are so many more talented mezzo-sopranos around. But it was a great story and I was rooting for her.
Terrible song choice. Mediocre performance. Maybe she’ll have a better performance next time.
There’s not comparison. And the teams on ABDC are amateurs too. (I love that show and am constantly amazed by the talent and creativity. That’s what I’ll be watching next year. Sorry AI, but bye-bye!!)
Not as good as the first performance for me, but you can’t deny the power of her story in these times when folks are looking for a story of the little guy getting a break.
Hair and eyebrow makeover–Super!
I like her, like her backstory, and enjoy hearing her sing. This wasn’t her best performance but it was pretty good. Actually the high part and last part were excellent, though the beginning was rough. I think there’s a propensity to scorn anyone who has a moving story but I don’t think she deserves scorn. Her story is moving and so is she. I’m all for her. Go Susan!
susan boyle semi final…
Here you can see a short clip of susan boyle, as she began, her biography, and how her life has changed:susan boyle-video
I’m not trying to be mean but why don’t the British invest in tooth brushes? I swear so many of them have the worst teeth ever.
Errr… :unsure_tb: I don’t know. It seems like everyone loves her. I mean, I get the hype, but watching alot of the other auditions on Youtube, I think there are alot of other people who deserve to win. IMO, Susan has gotten the media attention and publicity she needs. There’s no doubt she’ll get tons of offers pouring in regardless of her winning.
But, seriously. What about that twelve year old boy who sang that Jackson 5 song? Or that dance group, Diversity?
“Also, if she goes on a show, she knows she will be judged. Good for her for having the guts to go for it. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not going to give her an A for effort. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t roll that way. Sorry.”
Right on, pj. I’m getting sick of Susan Boyle. Yay for having the courage to go on the show, blah blah blah, but she just doesn’t blow me away in the least. I think she might be good in musicals however, with some training. I had trouble watching the whole video, but there were some interesting bits at the end showing what a true amateur she is when it comes to public image. If she’s having fun, yay for her, but the lights and the fog and the crying from the female judge? It just wasn’t that good.
She is getting pretty darn full of herself. Her whole “What pressure? I was really good!” Yeah, it’s nice to be self confident, but on TV that translates into cockiness sometimes. At least she has an adorable cat who doesn’t care about her expanding head.
And BootStar, I don’t know what the hell that was that she did at the end either, but it sure was awkward wasn’t it?! The judges were like “Oh dear, make it stop….!”
I watcher the original audition on YuTube yesterday. She sings as well as my daughter’s music teacher. I would hesitate to call her a sensation. Had she been average-lloking presentable, she would not have made it.
ROFL!! :lol_tb:
Or we can blame former President Bush.
Has any one seen Gregg Pritchard – Nessun Dorma – Britains Got Talent 2009. He does not look like Adam Lambert. But the way he dressed, he did reminded me of Adam Lambert. I liked Susan Boyle’s but I don’t think she’s good enough to be the winner. I saw the Youtube last night. I do believe that she was nervous even though she didn’t admitted. Take a look at Gregg Pritchard. It’s kind of funny too. Anyone who can make Simon said funny remarks. It’s worth a look.
It will be interesting to see what Gregg sings in his semi final as Nessun Dorma is such a huge and popular aria so it has a big impact.
I know a lot of people find Gregg weird to listen to .. and I must admit that I don’t think I could listen to a lot of him or a whole record but he is interesting and entertaining .. and I liked him on the show in a kind of weird way … plus he seems a really nice guy, very humble and very charismatic.
I noticed after last night’s show on the follow up programme and also on tonight’s aftershow a lot of people were saying that they don’t think Susan Boyle will win .. I think all the hype has harmed her and she’s found it very hard to live up to her initial audition … to me there are more talented acts on the show and I don’t think that it’s a foregone conclusion that she’ll win anymore.
Susan Boyle does have a compelling backstory…but while I think she is good, I don’t find her as amazing as so many others do.
From what I’ve seen on BGT, my favourites are Shaun Smith and Julian Smith.
I much prefer Shaun over Susan as he has the kind of voice I can imagine myself listening to regularly if he were to put out an album.
And the Sax man is just awesome.
Woah. And we thought AI pimping was bad.