judgement day.

Just seven days ago, on Saturday 12th April, a woman took to the stage on television in a gold sequin dress and performed a song from the Wizard of Oz musical. The audience gasped in shock before rising for a standing ovation. Overwhelming applause rang throughout the theatre as the this songstress continues to sing her song. Needless to say, the judges of the show were astounded and unanimously decided her fate to go through to the next round. Over the next couple of days, her voice crossed nations and she found international fame. Why? Granted, she could hold a tune. In fact, she had quite a nice voice. However, was it worthy of such international praise on its own merit? Personally, I don’t think so. She could sing, yes. But it wasn’t a particularly amazing vocal either. The reason for her sudden fame, in my opinion, becomes clear when you see her. No, she was not pretty or sexy. She was the complete opposite – she was rather ugly, and she was socially awkward. She was everything you expected her not to be. Before the melodic voice escaped her lips, the audience had already passed judgment on her – she was a loser; a bad auditionee. Even the judges seemed to have an air of “oh, here we go again”. The real talent behind Susan Boyle, is the talent of surprise – the talent of breaking a stereotype and making the world aware of their shallow judgements. So, the nation will rise to see her through to the final, and possibly further. And for this one reason only: to show that we are not some shallow, judgemental group of sadists, who enjoy watching people fail. What a sorry sight, we are.

Will you prove me wrong?