Scottish singing sensation

[ccga3359]

That last performance wasn't as good as her first one...

She did start off wobbly but came back strong. It's unfortunate that she'll never be able to top her first performance but what a performance. It's Jamie Pugh that I really feel for. His semi-final performance started off and ended strong, the middle fell apart though. I saw him as a serious contender. I'll be watching next season in hopes that he'll be back. I only wish some tv station carried BGT on this side of the atlantic rather than watching on the 'puter.

[McClef]

Susan said in a TV interview that it was a moment of chestiness and indeed you can see her strike her chest after the first note. She then recovered strongly and even Simon Cowell gave her a standing ovation.

Unfortunately Jamie Pugh allowed his nerves to affect everything in the higher register and his last note was too low for the normal ending to the only decent song from Man of La Mancha. Perhaps getting a buzz from Amanda did not help though.

The trouble with a live show is you only get one chance and whereas you can do retakes in a recording studio (and I have seen even people like Kiri Te Kanawa sing bum notes) you have to make do in a live performance and if you have a bum note you carry on.

[Pleater]

As a singer myself I knew exactly the sensation of starting out and finding that an unusually large effort was being required and getting a 'flutter' in the solar plexus area because of it.

As all the contenders had waited in the studios all day it is really not surprising that the singers were not in good voice.

It is very difficult to recover from a bad start - as Jamie Pugh demonstrated - but Susan managed it, particularly after the pause in the song. I suspect it is because she knows that she doesn't need to do any more than she has already achieved - the media and others are already spreading stories about her which do seem to be entirely out of character - that in itself indicates that she has achieved celebrity status.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[McClef]

Result:

Susan came second alas, losing out to a male dance group called Diversity.

She was extremely gracious and certainly has a fantastic career ahead of her.

She was certainly the TOP singer of which there were several.

WELL DONE SUSAN- look forward to your first album!

[ccga3359]

Result:

Susan came second alas, losing out to a male dance group called Diversity.

She was extremely gracious and certainly has a fantastic career ahead of her.

She was certainly the TOP singer of which there were several.

WELL DONE SUSAN- look forward to your first album!

Let's not overlook 10 yo Hollie Steel who came back from a very emotional performance last night to a flawless performance tonight.

[McClef]

IMHO Hollie was nothing brilliant and she got special treatment - nobody else who messed up got a second go the way she did and other tearful kids who didn't get through were not allowed their mothers to rush on stage and comfort them. A much better act was denied the opportunity of being in the final because the judges didn't dare choose him over her simpering cutesey crying act. There was a lot of contraversy over here about that.

But I doubt that any other singer would have beaten Susan in the final and she is crying all the way to the bank - earnings of £8 million are projected within 12 months - 80 times what she missed out on in the competition.

[Tartan Shortbread Jock]

The little girl who forgot the words to the song, I thought that was a part of the act. Christopher Plummer done the same in the sound of music, and Julie Andrews had to run on the stage and help him out. Maybe little Hollie
should have sung goodbye goodbye its time to say goodbyeeeeeee.
But I did feel sorry for her.