Susan Boyle Stuns Crowd with Epic Singing – Watch more Funny Videos
This video over the past few days has rocked the YouTube numbers. I do not for a minute believe that this whole thing was not a set-up to shock the audience. The woman, who wants to be a singer, is wearing a totally frumpy outfit and has eyebrow makeup on to look goofier than she already looks. The fix is in. Let’s be real here.
Found by Dan McDermott.
Could she be Leo La Porke’s alter ego?
I agree with JCD synopsis it’s not new to all on camera.Most are in on the game.
However sometimes I like to pretend this kinda thing is real just to get me over my shitty week at work .Anyone else doing their sales budget for next year?
Cheers
Greggyx
John knows all believes in nothing.
She is the real deal – auditions are done by other people. She WAS well-dressed (gold-laced dress – jeans). Her eyebrows aren’t fricking enhanced for God sake. Your just sexist – men can look gruff, but if a woman isn’t a anorexic manicured dead-eyed mannequin, something is fishy is going on.
Only the editors knew, hence the story-like arc of the video.
Is this particular show broadcast LIVE? Or is it pre-recorded to incorporate stuff like the edits that have John all worked up?
If it is indeed live, then I think its pretty clear that it was a well staged fell-good publicity moment, however if it is a pre-record of even just a delayed start show then my feelings on it are very different.
Just look at other ‘reality’ shows, they are COMPLETELY made by the editing, so why should this be different?
“Why can’t they just present her talent straight up without the shock and awe? Because the dummies will not lap it up properly.”
You do have a point, John. I’m with you on that one. The show sucks and people would blow the entire thing off if they knew what’s good for them.
Besides, the woman didn’t even impress me. The notes come out of her mouth flat, lifeless. She has great voice but not real talent to perform. She is like those painters who can reproduce famous masterpieces down to every minute detail, but never have and never will produce any relevant piece of their own. She is inexpressive.
Hell, maybe she’ll lose 70 pounds, get a makeover, and end up aesthetically tolerable. Who knows.
And maybe you’ll actually turn into a human being someday. Good luck.
Here’s Susan Boyle singing “Cry Me a River” in a 1999 recording, according to the Scottish Daily Record (and Veronica Belmont).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI2DxkrgpgQ
Aretha Franklin is not much to look at , either
Nor was Janice Joplin.
May God bless Susan Boyle
Looks like John C Dvorak dressed in drag
got yerself a new gig thar John?
Every time I hear her sing it brings tears to my eyes.
She is glorious.
I have also heard her sing “Cry Me A River”
and she can sure belt those songs.
Sounds similar to Crystal Gale or Kay Star but not the same as Julie London..
When I go to an opera, I am sometimes moved to tears, even though the plots are usually ridiculous contrivances that only an imbecile would take seriously. Such is the power of theater, especially when married to great music. Opera-goers, of course, are not deceived into believing that what they are watching is reality. Dvorak is absolutely correct, this was a very obviously staged bit of theater that also happened to be quite moving. The judges were clearly putting on an act; I honestly don’t see how anyone could have been fooled for a second. Yet, the moment still packs an emotional punch, much like opera. There is really nothing wrong with that. So go ahead, weep away, but please don’t go to La Boheme and walk out thinking that someone onstage actually just died of tuberculosis.
I assume it was only a (short) matter of time before cynical blogs surfaced suggesting the Boyle rocket ride to fame was scripted.
Even if we accept your claim the show was a setup, the reality remains that it was Susan’s performance and persona along with the reach and power of the Internet that made the “fix” possible.
I can and have often played the role of curmudgeon and pessimist, and am familiar with the elitist buzz you can feel when taking that stance. However, until proven otherwise, I prefer to adopt the view that the Internet makes over night success, without the fix suggested by our cranky Mr. Dvorak, possible and indeed inevitable if the story rings as true as did the Boyle performance.