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Britain’s Got Talent

The British talent show is getting a lot of hype these days. Of course, everyone has watched Susan Boyle sing. Now there’s a little 12-year-old also wowing the judges. Seems like every season of the show has one misfit and one little kid who sings better than most of the population.

Susan Boyle’s rendition of ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ has already hit millions of views on Youtube. Watch it here. I suppose there is a lot of psychology going on behind all this. If she’d been pretty and normal, I don’t think the support would reach such heights. I won’t attempt to explain this phenomena, since I’m hardly qualified to. Besides, I’m not quite sure why it’s all that way.

Of course, little kids also get to people. Like the 12-year-old Shaheen. (Watch it here)

All these makes American Idol look lousy in comparison. Actually, I only watch the auditions of American Idol, because after that, it gets boring. Just like every single endless season. So as you can guess, I’m one of those people who think American Idol has outlived itself and ought to end. But still, it has so much support… American Idol has a limit of age for contestants, so I guess that pretty much narrows it down quite a lot to the same old type of people, mostly.

I guess Susan Boyle is a reminder that those of us who are misfits and not socially -acceptable can still dream dreams and make it happen someday. Even Jesus, in his life on earth, found company with those shunned by society and spent time with them. I feel that the not-so-kindly nature of human beings will still prevail within the show (Britain’s Got Talent), and I feel that exploitation will occur, especially more so with so much support. (Am I making sense?)

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