Apr 16 2009
Britain’s Got Talent Show Discovers Talent in a Middle Aged Woman!
Sorry the headline had to be written. Australia’s Got Talent Season has just about finished - and I noticed - that as usual the average age of the finalists was probably well under 20 - some were under 10. So why does it look like that in episode one of Britain’s Got Talent that it is probably going to be won by a 47 year old Scottish lady called Susan Doyle ? In fact it really doesn’t matter whether she wins or not - with over 10 million views on youtube in less than a week, she will have a recording contract before the end of the show I should think.
Check out the video here
Its real nice that kids get a break - but does that mean you are all washed up if you are a 47 unemployed Scottish woman who wants to make singing a career? What if she actually looks 47 - if not older as she hasn’t plucked her eyebrows, had her hair professionally cut or spent a fortune on an outfit - she is even, gasp horror - a little over-weight. You could hear the laughter as she came on stage, you could hear the disbelief in the judges voices as she told Simon Cowell that she wanted a career to equal that of Elaine Paige - the assumption was that she was delusional, and presumptions as she announced that she would sing I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables:
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used
And wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted.
………
I had a dream my life would be
So different form this hell I’m living
so different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.
So this one is for all the 47-year old, not very pretty, women who society thinks have no value - go Susan Doyle- Britain’s amazingly talented singer!
8 Responses to “Britain’s Got Talent Show Discovers Talent in a Middle Aged Woman!”
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Hey Lis funny story but it sure teaches a lesson.
Thanks for commenting guys- yup I was pretty mad at So You Think You Can Dance - the official answer is of course that you wouldn’t be able to move to the US to start your career - says who? The best Flamenco dancer I ever saw was well in her 60s dressed in black, fat and drop dead sexy
My congrats to Susan.She has teached us all a few lessons.
Never judge a book by its cover.
Its never to late to stop dreaming.
In these tough economic times we are going through,(I speak for us in the United States) , this is a story that brings happiness, hope and is inspiring.
I hope she comes to the US,she already has fans here.
Olga,
Ft Lauderdale,Florida
Hi Susan - I liked the story in The Herald, makes you think.
olga I am sure there will be a tour - last year’s British winner, a male singer is about to tour Australia
Thanks for visiting Sweetiepie - exactly - there would be a whole lot less people with image problems if they looked at real people around them not the made up/cosmetically enhanced ones on TV!