Singer? Star? Idol?

We all know the competition that called American Idol and Britain's Got Talent 2009.









American idoland Britain's Got Talent are a reality television competition to find new solo singing talent. From the year 2002, American Idol first of all showed on TV until last year. This program aims to discover the best singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions in which viewer voting determines the winner. Through telephone and SMS text voting, viewers chose past winners Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, and Kris Allen. They had all published their own album. Britain's Got Talent 2009 is program helps people to becoming singing star, people who aged 16 to 24 and who singing very well. These people come from common people, they are very normal. If who singed very well, they will become a singing star. They have commission that chooses through public appraisal who are professional in music to decide who are going to the final.

I believed that who attend to join the competition are all braved person. Of course they are having self-confidence. Otherwise, they will afraid to stand up on the stage to face such a much audience. People or audiences are discussing about the competitor. I think that is shows the people which are pay close attention to this programmed.

But last year, 11 April 2009 there is a woman who aged 47 named　Susan Boyle. Who is such a talent in singing without good looking are so hot through the all world shows up at Britain's Got Talent 2009. Her first album was released in November 2009 and debuted as the number one best-selling CD on charts around the globe. Boyle's first album, I Dreamed a Dream, was released on 23 November 2009 and has become best-selling album in pre-sales. Some people said she is genius who born to sing, but some voice said she just a normal fat mid aged woman who love to sing. Without any question, Susan Boyle is becoming a singer, a star and an idol, because this competition is called ‘American Idol’. This program had become more popular after Susan Boyle appears. More and more people start to know everyone can have a dream, no matter it is how difficult to achieve, because this is called ‘dream’. If you never try, you will never know that you can achieve it or not. Susan had achieved her dream, she published her own album.

Web sites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have been crucial in facilitating Boyle's rapid rise to fame. The most popular YouTube video submission of her audition garnered nearly 2.5 million views in the first 72 hours. Many newspapers around the world (including China, Brazil and the Middle East) carried articles on Boyle's performance. Several media sources have commented that Boyle's success seemed to have particular resonance in the United States. An American entertainment correspondent was quoted in The Scotsman comparing Boyle's story to the American Dream, as representing talent overcoming adversity and poverty. The Huffington Post noted that the producers of the show would have anticipated the potential of this story arc, by deliberately presenting Boyle in a manner that would enhance this initial reaction. The Herald described Boyle's story as a modern parable and a rebuke to people's tendency to judge others based on their physical appearance. Similarly, Entertainment Weekly said that Boyle's performance was a victory for talent and artistry in a culture obsessed with physical attractiveness and presentation.

Modern society is too quick to judge people on their appearances. There is not much you can do about it; it is the way they think; it is the way they are. But maybe this could teach them a lesson, or set an example. Susan Boyle, the Washington Post believed that her initial demeanor and homely appearance caused the judges and audience to be "waiting for her to squawk like a duck". The Herald described Boyle's story as a modern parable and a rebuke to people's tendency to judge others based on their physical appearance. Similarly, Entertainment Weekly said that Boyle's performance was a victory for talent and artistry in a culture obsessed with physical attractiveness and presentation.

Several media sources have commented that Boyle's success seemed to have particular resonance in the United States. An American entertainment correspondent was quoted in The Scotsman comparing Boyle's story to the American Dream, as representing talent overcoming adversity and poverty. The Associated Press described this as Boyle's "hardscrabble story", dwelling on her modest lifestyle and what they characterized as urban deprivation in her home town.

Today, more and more people using internet to communicate, to educate. Susan Boyle is success. I believe that Susan Boyle is a very brave and talent. I believed Susan is a singer, and she is my star, my idol. People who always have dream, they are bigness.



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