Britains Got Talent

UPDATE: I love the smell of vindication in the morning - Last night Susan Boyle didn’t win Britain’s Got Talent. She came second.

Yes, the woman can hold a tune. But so can five million other “undiscovered stars”, who just happen to have had one chin instead of three.

What is it about Susan Boyle that has mad the world go so mental? Thousands of column inches and millions of mega bites have been devoted to the SuBo phenomenon since the 47-year-old cat-loving virgin stormed the finals of Britain’s got Talent. She’s become a standard bearer for all middle-aged sad sacks who never thought they’d amount to anything. She’s been labelled a one-woman antidote to rececession-induced-depression, and arguments have raged over whether she should have a much-needed make-over (among people who regularly visit the “dermatologist” to have poisons injected into their heads).

It’s no secret that the world has got Susan Boyle fever - but I just find watching her really embarrassing.

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