You go girl!!

I’m sure we’ve all seen the lady from England’s Next Big Star, or whatever the exact name of the show is, by now. You know the 47 year old woman, who looked and acted 47, and had the voice that blew everyone away? OMG!!!!

I loved it when she went out and they asked how old she was, which was a very cheeky question to begin with, and she said, “Forty-seven, and that’s only on one side!” You’ve just got to love that!! I loved that she know that everyone was expecting something less then, as the Brits would say, brilliant. She was laughing up her sleeve at them all, knowing she was fixing to show them something they wouldn’t believe.

When she begin to sing and they cameras cut to the audience, all those smug smiles instantaneously transformed into looks of awe and then to expressions of appreciation for a true talent. When they cut to the two M.C.s back stage, they looked into the camera and said, “You didn’t expect that did you? Did you, did you? No!” They were pretty excited that they had pulled one over on everyone. The judges called it, “Stunning”, “Incredible”, and “A wake-up call.” Simon of course, said he knew all along she would do something amazing. I don’t think he expected that kind of amazing though.

Now here’s my observation for the day….why did we all assume she would be talentless? Is it because so many of them on those shows are? Was it because she doesn’t look like what we’ve come to expect our entertainers to look like? Or, do we just expect the worst? Whatever the reason, I’m very glad Susan Boyle has hit the world stage, and in her own true style. It reminds us all not to judge books by their covers, or people by the standard of the entertainment industry.

Go Susan!!!

Search YouTube to see her performance.