Boyle’s bubble burst as she comes up short on Britain’s Got Talent
May 31st, 2009
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Music and Variety, Celebrities, British TV
She dreamed a dream, but Susan Boyle’s rags to riches attempt to win the top prize on Britain’s Got Talent came up just short this weekend.
Diversity, a dance troupe, edged out the Scot on the season’s climactic episode. Her seemingly tragic and unjust end seems almost poetically concocted as Boyle sang “I Dream a Dream” for her final number on the show (the same song that stunned audiences the night she appeared on the scene).
But, Boyle was gracious in defeat, offering a nod to the young performers who beat her out: “They’re very entertaining. Lads, I wish you all the best.”
Her defeat comes after a week of controversy as Boyle allegedly laid into multiple reported victims with expletive laced tirades. Her behavior offered the British tabloid press the perfect opportunity to claim she was cracking under the pressure and was out of her depth as a performer. No one will ever know for sure if that bad press cost her the crown.
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