You know when you take a picture and you keep photocopying it until you end up with a page of impenetrable scrawl?
Good. So does Susan Boyle. Not only is she a picture of Elaine Paige who’s been photocopied until its voice isn’t quite as good and its eyebrows get all enormous, but now she’s searching YouTube for a bad photocopy of herself to guest on her next album.
In other words, Susan Boyle is being generous enough to offer a member of the public a taste of what it’s like to be her. Which presumably means that, as soon as they’ve finished recording their vocals, a combination of pressure, public backlash and proximity to Piers Morgan‘s face will force them into having a debilitating nervous breakdown. But at least it’ll be an authentic taste.
We’ll say this for Susan Boyle, she’s generous to a fault. She’s launched a competition to find an unknown talent who’ll duet on her new album The Gift. The Mirror reports:
The Britain’s Got Talent star wants hopefuls to upload videos of themselves singing Silent Night in a competition she has dubbed The Susan Search. Scot Susan, 49, said: “A lot of people wouldn’t have the confidence or perhaps the means to enter a big competition like Britain’s Got Talent. This might be less daunting as they can record it in the privacy of their home.”
See? Generous. Susan Boyle – and this was definitely Susan Boyle’s idea, not the idea of someone at her record company who doubts Susan Boyle’s potential as a long-term recording artist and thinks that tacky pseudo-auditions are the only way to keep the public interested in her – has thought of everything.
Some people just wouldn’t enter Britain’s Got Talent, either for fear of a negative backlash or because they don’t like the idea of being exploited for someone else’s gain or because they’re in possession of all their marbles. And where better for them to showcase their talents than on YouTube – famous for its lack of negative comments and entirely rational userbase – to promote someone else’s album?
It’s important to remember that Susan Boyle won’t want to be upstaged, though, so applicants can’t look or sound better than her. So if you’re horribly disfigured and covered in hair and make the noise of a wounded animal when you sing, this could be your lucky day.
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Sue says
I don’t think this is an appropriate response to the offer from Susan Boyle. It is a very generous offer, and since her new cd has already been predicted to sell even more than the first one, she doesn’t need this for herself.
Your cynicism and sarcasm are misplaced on this. She is genuine, and you are just trying to get more views by dropping her name. Try to respect someone with better motives than yours, and someone who knows what she is talking about-unlike you.
It is the total lack of respect for Susan Boyle that has gotten so many newspapers and radio talk dorks into trouble in the past week. The world doesn’t agree with you. You look tiny and spiteful.
the debster says
You, stuart, are an asshole and I hope you burn in hell forever!!!
Felicia says
that’s a bit harsh
Betty says
That is pitiful. Says a lot about you, not at all flattering.
the debster says
Excuse me but the person who wrote this article is the one being harsh!!! He deserves the backlash for printing such nasty things about a talented singer who wants to help out another person who is in the position she was once in. He’s the one being an asshole!!!