Susan Boyle or "SUBO" has literally become a global phenomenon, famed for having the face of an ogre but the voice of an angel(yawn). Her first performance on BGT touched the hearts of many, over 100 million people including the likes of Demi Moore and Ashton Kuscher. It's a story that literally makes my skin crawl and my blood boil. It's situations like this where Damning The Ballyhoo is probably the first line of defence against the ridiculous and uncontrollable runaway train that is "HYPE".To be honest if Shrek said he had a great voice, I'd probably bet against it, so I can see why the public were so shocked by it, because I think Shrek is probably better looking than she is. It saddens me that a person's talent is suddenly amplified 100 fold simply because they don't look the way you expect them to look, throw in the fact that the incredibly intelligent British public simply love to add fuel to the reality show fire, and you have an extraordinary recipe for disaster. A runaway monolith of ridiculousness bound to end in a fiery death(maybe I'm exaggerating, but you get the idea). If you watch her first performance and you couple in Amanda Holden's ridiculous forced facial expressions like a 1970s german porn star, Piers Morgans pure arrogance and patronising nature, Simon Cowell's let me say its very good so I can make loads of money and those 2 morons Ant and Dec and have you have possibly the greatest concoction of overblown hype since the Spice Girls reformed.
Lily Allen says she is overrated, so when you have the queen of the overrated, calling you overrated, you know something is up. Her hype become so overblown that she was invited to sing for Obama, sing on Oprah and all around the world, even before she had even won the talent contest she was competing in, had anyone opened their eyes to realise that were other acts in the show?
Ms Doubtfire Looks + Overweight + Common + A decent voice = Superstardom
Now our beloved Subo has been sent to the Priory because of exhaustion and stress after being defeated by the supremely impressive Diversity in the BGT final. Do I feel sorry for her? Yes I do, because we all know her voice was no shock, ITV were fully aware of her talent and her mental problems, and fully exploited her.
The sad thing is, there is a path that unwarranted superstardom takes you, which ultimately ends in tears. SUBO's rise to fame seems to mirror many other over hyped, less than deserving, fame seeking wannabes, including our own Jade Goody(R.I.P), except her exceptional talent involved being incredibly annoying.
Steps on to stage to perform, everyone laughs and mocks our dear SUBO = Goody’s time in the house, she was a complete laughing stock.
She sings everyone loves her, cue hoopla, gift from god, national treasure, etc...... = Jade leaves the house and becomes a celeb fave, for some odd reason.
She tours the world = Jade’s TV shows, perfume etc
She comes back and the backlash starts, she’s moody, people begin to realise its all a bit unnecessary. = Jade’s racist episode in BB House.
She sings again in the final = Jade’s sob story headlines in HEAT about racist incident
She loses, great story suddenly turns very sour. = Jade gets cancer
She goes to the priory, people start to feel sorry for her again, has her chance to escape her own
hype = Jade receives redemption through cancer.
As awful as it sounds, the English public loves a pathetic working class loser turned good, and ITV were fully aware of this. Why else would they throw a knowingly mentally disabled woman with a decent voice into the spotlight knowing full well she wouldn't be able to cope when the world focused in.
Here is the performance that made her and broke her all at the same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
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