Susan Boyle Second Round Video – Britain’s Got Talent Semi Finals
Monday, May 25th, 2009Susan Boyle stepped on the stage of Britain’s Got Talent for the second time to follow up on undisputed success her first performance delivered. Second round video shows Susan Boyle having shaky start missing several notes but she soon caught on and then it was stellar. Even though she stated that she was not nervous at all, she must have been. There was tremendous pressure on her shoulders after having become such a massive celebrity overnight. To absolutely nobody’s surprise, Susan Boyle won the semi finals. People clearly realized that despite the “cool cat” surface, there’s a lot of pressure underneath which affected the singing a little, and gave Susan Boyle their semi final vote.
I didn’t think the choice of song – Memory from musical Cats was very good. It’s an approved song that everybody knows which can be a good thing or a bad thing. In this case I think it was a bad thing. Her performance of I Dreamed a Dream had much bigger impact because it is not as well known a song, yet it’s equally powerful. I think Susan Boyle is too focused on being a Elaine Paige copycat and sings every song Elaine does. Susan needs to start being herself and forget about Elaine Paige. She can sweep her off the table with the back of her hand, but must start pacing her own way.
Be the judge yourself. Was the second round performance of Susan Boyle disappointing? Did you expect more? Yes, everyone thought Susan Boyle was perfect. She proved to us that she’s human just as everybody else is. Blackburn in Scotland is not second Vatican yet. But even through imperfections, Susan Boyle is an amazing singer and her semi finals singing is the proof of that. Albeit, not the beginning of it. Video is below:
Source (including image): Daily Mail UK