susan boyle

[tezmand]

please dont jump down my throat but is it just me that doesnt like susan boyle much she has had a lot of hype but i dont think she has lived up to it from her performance the other night she was out of tune at beginning not as good as expected to be and i dont really like her personality, i see she wasnt pleased when piers said he thought shaheen was best singer this year she apparently said f off and stuck her finger up to the tv at him , is this her true colours coming out ?

[grasscarp]

I can listen to her first song endlessly. I admit she didnt start well in the final, but she did come out alright in the end. She is not yet a professional but in a recording studio false starts will not matter, and I for one will buy whatever she records.

[DEN53]

I agree with you tezmand - I think the poor woman has been given all this attention but does not know how to handle it. I feel there are a lot of people laughing at her and not with her (if you know what I mean). She was on Britains Got More Talent the other night and they asked her to do the sexy wiggle she does to Piers Morgan - it was soooo embarrassing.

I did read she has slight learning difficulties - this would explain some of her odd behaviour.

[lil'frog]

To be honest I feel pretty sorry for her because she probably never wanted all that hype - making the headlines on an international level must be a hell of a lot of pressure for an amateur like her. ITV is to blame for that with their "oooh look at her, she's one of those loonies we all like to laugh at, oh wait...she's not. Aren't you ashamed to have judged that book on its cover like we wanted you to?". Now everyone expects her to be great, whereas she wasn't that amazing from the start.

ps. I sometimes find myself sticking my finger up to the tv when Piers is on my screen too, and for no particular reason other than it's Piers :P I bet it's not just me and Susan, right? ^_^ (please tell me it's not)

[searchlight]

You would have to be pretty naive to think that ITV is really bothered about its contestants and the contestants would have to be pretty naive to think ITV is concerned about them. Maximum exposure at any cost no regard for anything else but profit. Well it's a commercial business so all's fair in love and war. Just hope Susan makes a few quid out of it all

[beejaybee]

BGT should be called The Susan Boyle Show. I`m fed up of hearing about her now & who cares if Demi Moore will be at the final.

[Tizzi247]

i agree tezmand and beejaybee. I don't want her to win but I bet she does!!

[ninja]

I can't stand her - it's been said before that if she were an attractive 20-something lady then she would not be in the final, and I have to agree with that. She has got a good voice but certainly not the best in the competition & it seems that even she now thinks she will win. Even on her semi-final she seemed to get star billing with Ant & dec reading out the line up ending with '...and Susan Boyle!!' as if she were some special guest star. Much better people than her have been left by the wayside, and BGT is even more of a freak show with her in it!

Rant over.

[tezmand]

i agree ninja its seems like the susan boyle show now i think theres much better talent than her

[trish432]

I agree with ninja, apart from the "can`t stand her" bit.
I read somewhere that she was brain damaged at birth by a forceps delivery, (don`t know if that`s true), so maybe this is her chance in life.

[craft1948]

I read that trish.....I also think that has resulted in her being somewhat lacking in social skills and could cause her problems if she wins.....

[paraffin]

trish:

I believe that's right about her being slightly, not retarded, but a bit backward. However, I think that nerves have caught up with her due to the unbelievable pressure and limelight thrust upon her in such a short period of time. Hence her less than attractive reactions to some of the tabloid criticism.

I've said before that I don't think she's a real top notch singing machine but the hype surrounding her may well lead to her winning the final on Saturday in spite of everything.

[Ice.Maiden]

Yes craft, but if she wins and she IS lacking in any way, she'll be "looked after". Whilst she's making money for the TV companies, they'll go the extra mile for her.