Showing posts with label Britain's Got Talent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Britain's Got Talent. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Susan Boyle In the Tabloids Again...But Not For The Reasons You'd Think


Susan Boyle is the definition of an over night success. It's no lie that everyone was laughing at her, including the judges, as she walked on stage for her audition. Even as she confidently and innocently answered the questions asked by the judges people had smirks on their faces ready for a horrible performance, but as soon as she started singing the crowd exploded with applause and cheers because of how amazing she was. After that she became an instant star. She had the tabloids buzzing for weeks!

Unfortunately, the reasons for her being the talk of entertainment world are not for her success, but for her loss on the show as well as her mental breakdown.

Yes Susan Boyle had a mental breakdown shortly after she came second to the dance group, Diversity. She was taken to the Priory, which is a clinic in London that is known for it's celebrity clientele.

According to one of the judges on the show, Piers, Susan had been feeling immensely stressed and sick the week before the show. Maybe the fame came too soon with too much pressure for a simple women like Susan. Her family expects her to recover soon yet her scheduled tours as well as many other things have been put on hold.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Tearing Down Susan Boyle

Here is how the press and media work. They build you up, then tear you down. And if they can, they build you up again so they can tear you down. It's a cycle.

Well, that cycle has begun for Susan Boyle in record time. No sooner has the British press embraced Susan Boyle has it looked for a way to tear her down.

In Britain today, Susan Boyle was taunted and verbally abused by locals to a point she lost control of her senses.

With police present, Susan Boyle reacted harshly and could be heard yelling by many onlookers in the lobby of the Wembley Plaza Hotel in North London, "How f***ing dare you! You can't f***ing talk to me like that."

The immediate reaction of the British press is to vilify Boyle, not the people that taunted her. This is the press in it's classic tear down mode after it has spent exhaustive effort in building her up.

Who among us doesn't have a breaking point? Who among us hasn't wanted to do something with their talent and done nothing with it? Susan Boyle is just a regular person thrust into a spot light. For her to lose her temper with people looking to abuse her and treat her inhumanely is completely acceptable.

Celebrities sometimes do not deserve our pity. Many love the spotlight and deserve to have a microscope put upon them. Susan Boyle is not one of them. Susan Boyle is you and I. She is one of us. A regular person that is a good person put in a hostile environment.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Introducing Susan Boyle: Britain's Got Talent

THIS is great! It's very rare that Simon Cowell is rendered speechless. It seems he always has something to say about a poor singer performing on stage hoping to become the next superstar! Well, in case you haven't seen her all over entertainment shows and the Internet, here is Susan Boyle, a 47-year old contestant on Britain's Got Talent.

The Scotland native wowed everyone in attendance at her audition, and she's continued to impress Web viewers that have come across her performance on YouTube. It's received over 12 million hits! That's pretty huge - we wanted to share the video with you below! A lesson to Simon Cowell: don't judge a book by its cover! What do you think about this contestant? Does she have what it takes to be a superstar? These days, is singing enough or do you have to have "the whole package" to become a successful celebrity?