Bored of Susan Boyle
Published on Wednesday 6th May, 9.37am, Written by Jonathan Dudley
To cut a long story short, I’m bored of Susan Boyle. I’m bored of pages and pages devoted to her beautician’s ongoing battle with her eyebrows. I’m also bored of the whole artificial underdog thing that’s sprung up around her.
Due to this boredom I’m ditching Boylewatch and having a look at the other folk who put in decent West End-inspired performances on Britain’s Got Talent. So, lets take a little peek at a few of the talented folk who haven’t been invited onto Oprah, yet.
First off is little Callum Francis; a young man who is so West End it actually hurts a little bit. Look at his little face! He put in a charming (if a touch generic) performance of Consider Yourself complete with thigh-slapping and the correct hat. Fair enough, the performance is not going to set the world alight but Francis would most certainly fit right in with Gwion Wyn Jones, Harry Stott and the other official Olivers.
Admittedly, Francis is probably not going to win the show, but I’m willing to bet we’ll be seeing more of him after Britain’s Got Talent has been put to bed for the year.
Next up, another Britain’s Got Talent ‘underdog’. Presenting Mr Jamie Pugh! Apparently Pugh “drives a van by day and delivers pizza by night” and was described by Ant & Dec as “the most nervous contestant we’ve ever had”. He’s also Welsh.
I particularly like the “by night” part. Years spent watching cartoons and reading comics have caused my brain to immediately think SUPERHERO whenever it hears that lovely mysterious phrase.
It remains unclear if Pugh fights crime while he delivers his tasty cargo, but what is clear is that he can belt out a pretty good version of Bring Him Home from Les Mis.
So, there are two perfectly good contestants, both of whom did West Endy stuff, both of whom stand a fair chance of winning. Admittedly plucky wee Francis is more likely to appear in a musical in the next couple of months than actually win but Mr Pugh, he’s a contender. Perhaps him and Susan Boyle could do a duet, perhaps A Whole New World from Aladdin (you may also remember Peter and Katie’s version, if so, I pity you).
Rambling aside, I just really wanted to highlight one simple point – Susan Boyle has not won yet!
You go and wash your mouth out with soap right now.
We are optimistic that Ms Boyle is the start of a new trend that in some not-too-distant Utopian future will see every major role in the West End being played by people with learning difficulties.
And even if we don’t live to see that she does have a quite really quite lovely voice.
Can’t believe I’m agreeing with a Whinger(!)but she does have a lovely voice. However her rendition of Memories was decidedly wobbly at the start. Nerves? And why didn’t anyone mention it?
I love Susan Boyle’s singing. I think she has a lovely quality to her voice and has a pleasing personality. I wish her all the best with her future endeavours.
I can’t deny that she does sing well (her version of Memories was nowhere near as good as her first) but the whole Boylemania thing is just so contrived. She pretty much has to win the entire competition when there are a lot of other acts this year that are (in my opinion) more talented.