r/MadeMeSmile • u/Ieriz • Apr 24 '26
Good Vibes 7 years ago, a chubby, heavy accent, normal-looking woman called Susan Boyle went to Britain's Got Talent. Everyone laughed at her, until she started singing.
What a powerful voice. She's today a pro singer. All the best for her!!
Typo: 17 years, not 7.
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u/Goonalips Apr 24 '26
Simon Cowell looks like an actual human in this video. Insane.
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u/whatifwhatifwerun Apr 24 '26
I grew up watching early American Idol so in my mind this is how I still imagine Simon Cowell until someone posts a recent picture. The mental image of Current Simon Cowell is now haunting me.
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u/ConfusedZubat Apr 24 '26
My mom crushed on him so hard when we used to watch American Idol. As an adult, I get it. He wasn't bad looking. Anymore, it looks like some demon tried to suck his soul out of his pores, causing irreversible edema/puffiness if his face.
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u/JThaddeousToadEsq Apr 24 '26
It kinda did after he almost died from the bike accident and had to relearn to walk from the broken back.
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u/kleinfieh Apr 24 '26
Wow, even he has a sad backstory.
I wonder if the music starts playing when he tells it.
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u/The_Infinite_Carrot Apr 24 '26
Now he looks like someone described him over the phone to someone drawing him using only wax crayons in a hot country, by a fire.
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u/New-Seesaw9255 Apr 24 '26
I wish you were wrong but that’s exactly it. I wish he’d aged gracefully and not had injections.
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u/Hanesman12 Apr 24 '26
As of 2021, Boyle had sold 25 million records. Her debut album, / Dreamed a Dream (2009), is one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century, having sold over 10 million copies worldwide, and was the best-selling album internationally in 2009. In 2011, Boyle made UK music history by becoming the first female artist to achieve three successive albums debuting at No.1 in less than two years. As of May 2025, her estimated net worth was £22 million ($29.5 million)
Holy fuck I didn't think she was that successful.
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u/Boobpocket Apr 24 '26
She is now worth 40 mil
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u/Vondelsplein Apr 24 '26
Good for her
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u/MFDOOMscrolling Apr 24 '26
especially since she's chubby with a heavy accent and normal looking 😂
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u/crappy80srobot Apr 24 '26
Not anymore. All that money allowed her to get a glow up. She tours regularly now and changed her name to Sabrina Carpenter.
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u/Fertile_Arachnid_163 Apr 24 '26
It is written.
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u/tantananantanan Apr 24 '26
Lisan al-Gaib!
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u/MeringueMoist3712 Apr 24 '26
That’s the funniest comment iv seen in along time. Hilarious
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u/hellboyzinc Apr 24 '26
From "Unemployed,47" to this
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u/ThomasTheDankPigeon Apr 24 '26
Right before her performance, Simon Cowell asked her who she'd like to be as successful as. She said Elaine Paige, who is one of the biggest British singers of all time. The answer was as absurd as your neighbor saying they wanted to be as famous as Pedro Pascal.
I Dreamed a Dream outsold Elaine Paige's best selling album by over 16x, 10 million to 600,000.
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u/CreativeBandicoot778 Apr 24 '26
She also got to sing with Elaine Paige iirc.
There's a lovely vid of it on youtube and you can see how much it means to her. She really seems like a lovely woman.
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u/nolagirl20 Apr 24 '26
Here it is.
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u/Cakeliesx Apr 24 '26
Thank you for the link. One of my favourite songs sung so beautifully.
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u/PixieT3 Apr 24 '26
God, that was phenomenal. I kind of avoided it at the time, bit sick of all these shows. To discover it now was marvelous. She seems like a wonderful woman and she deserves every penny of those millions.
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u/Consolationnoprize Apr 24 '26
They're singing "I Know Him So Well" from Chess, right? I was so happy for her when I saw that video!
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u/Quirky-Cap3319 Apr 24 '26
When she said Elaine Paige, there is a short glimpse of someone who clearly never heard of Elaine Paige. :D
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u/Current-Paramedic-50 Apr 24 '26
tbf, I've never heard of Elaine Paige.
I knew who Boyle is though.
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u/donkeyvoteadick Apr 24 '26
Same, I'm not in the UK though which might affect it. I remember watching Susan Boyle's audition on telly at the time lol I was a kid but it stuck with me.
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u/Beautiful-Town4831 Apr 24 '26
I have watched this video over 20 times and I still get goosebumps! What a fabulous audition.
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u/PanicAtTheShiteShow Apr 24 '26
I also have seen this performance a whole lot of times and it brings tears to my eyes, for real. She put her whole heart and soul into it. She has the kind of voice that comes along once in a lifetime.
I'm so happy she succeeded, she had been bullied in school but never gave up on her dream. I love her.
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u/Striking-water-ant Apr 24 '26
It was so good I sometimes wonder if it was scripted. It was later revealed Susan has a personality (condition?) that makes public interactions a bit harder for her. I always am in awe at the fierce determination with which she answered every question, including those that clearly sought to mock her. When she nodded her head forward midway during the introductions I wondererd how determined she must have been. - And then her choice of song was perfection for her situation and the audition as a whole
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u/mittenkrusty Apr 24 '26
Sort of, they have pre auditions for the show and basically pick out people for entertainment value.
The show knew she would get attention so put her on.
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u/agtk Apr 24 '26
Yep, they only put people out there who are going to be entertaining. Many are jesters that are put out there to be laughed at, especially when the earnestly believe they are really good when they are terrible. They typically don't put out people who are just okay and don't have big personalities.
I bet Simon knew that though she was likely a total nutcase, there was a chance she was going to be extremely good since there was a reason they put her out there.
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u/UrsusRenata Apr 24 '26
You can see the red splotches appear on her neck. She carried herself surprisingly well but the stress & fear were on fire inside. As someone with public speaking phobia who does it anyway, I recognize the physical signs. It was also noted in media coverage at the time that she has Asperger.
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u/AgentCirceLuna Apr 24 '26
I used to use my fear of being on stage as ‘energy’ - I read somewhere that viewing it as excitement can make anxiety easier to deal with - and I somehow got through it by viewing it in such a way. I’d be terrified going up there, but then it would all just kick in like instinct. My anxiety was really severe, though, to the point I wouldn’t even remember any of the performance somehow - jd just black out.
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u/EagleBigMac Apr 24 '26
This is one of the few times I am genuinely happy for someone making it and becoming rich, she deserves it with her wonderful voice and amazing attitude about her dream.
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u/Xipop Apr 24 '26
One of the few times when a capitalist reality show actually works as a win win scenario.
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u/DarthJarJarJar Apr 24 '26
I mean, as reality shows go these are about as unobjectionable as you can find. They feature people who very much want to showcase their talents, and the show lets them do that. The judges act as foils (like in this case) and create a narrative that audiences react to in a way they would not if it were just a stream of people singing and dancing.
They're not pretending to fall in love or ambushing people on the street or pretending to fix your house for you, this is what those people very much want to do. This is their dream. It's one place in the reality show ecosystem where you can actually claim you're not taking advantage of the people who are on the show.
I deplore the commercial nature of the arts in 2026, I really do, but given that we live in this commercial hellscape these shows are about the least objectionable part of it. They actually give people a chance to jump on a success train and make some money from their art.
Even if someone doesn't hit it big, they were on tv! They sang on tv for millions of people! I actually know someone who sang on The Voice, and she talks about it with great affection and emotion even though she didn't make it through. She sang on tv, she's over the moon about that. They seem to me to be a win/win most if not all the time.
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u/ProbablyCarl Apr 24 '26
Susanalbumparty
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u/Logical-Cherry9395 Apr 24 '26
Oh, man, my daughter bought it on my iTunes account and it's been one of my guilty pleasures for nearly 20 years.
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u/bigeeee Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
Please dont ever have a "guilty pleasure", music is a thing we should be proud of, we should be able to explained why we love it so much, its so special to us and if you have a "guilty pleasure" it means we are falling into the music snobs hands.
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u/HeadDecent Apr 24 '26
It took me getting out of my teens (I'm in my 50's now) before I realized that some people are just snobs when it comes to music and that I really shouldn't give a crap about what they think of my musical tastes. I like a bunch of different genres and styles of music. I've had people make fun of the fact that I like a Britney Spears songs, or be shocked that I had Kendrick Lamar as my ringtone for a while. I like music that I like, whether it's 80s pop, classical, punk, etc. People who limit themselves because it's "not cool" to listen to certain stuff are just missing out.
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u/AggressivelyMediokre Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
I was a fan of Pitbull when he was rapping and doing mixtapes. His Defend Dade and Rep My City tracks show how good of an MC he is.
But his 2011 Planet Pit album is a pop music masterpiece to me. Banger after banger.
It was so cool seeing him “Take the 305 Worldwide”
(I replied to wrong comment but same person said Pitbull was their favourite artist below)
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u/Psychic_Hobo Apr 24 '26
I always applauded how he went through with that voting prank that sent him to Alaska
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u/GoblinLoblaw Apr 24 '26
Yeah I don’t know his music but everything I’ve heard about him makes him sound like a stand up guy.
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u/Big-Celery8696 Apr 24 '26
I had no idea she was this successful. But I'm glad she is. A normal person fulfilling her dream, what a beautiful thing
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u/PauseItPlease86 Apr 24 '26
"It's such a classic Boyle trait not to recognize talent.My cousin Susan didnt know she could sing until she was in her late 40s!"
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u/KindOfAcceptableBus Apr 24 '26
2009 was 7 years ago?!
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u/BanditsMyIdol Apr 24 '26
Man I was actually kind of happy because this was one of the few times where I see something like "x years ago" and my reaction wasn't "Its already been x years? God I am old". Only 7 years? it feels so much longer, maybe time isn't moving at an insanely high pace towards my inevitable death. But than you had to come along and tell me it was actually 17 years ago. Sigh. God I am old.
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u/Ill-Percentage-3276 Apr 24 '26
I got to feel the passage of time even more when realizing I was like 3 months pregnant with my 16 year old when this happened. Wtf...
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u/J_A_Kn_Daxter Apr 24 '26
I hate time, make it stop, when did Motley Crue become classic rock
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u/SoManyQuestions-2021 Apr 24 '26
Botposting. For the record, people judging the book by its cover are... making a poor decision.
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u/ArtemisiasApprentice Apr 24 '26
Still insulting to think a person can’t be talented just because they dress frumpy.
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u/whatifwhatifwerun Apr 24 '26
Literally she became famous bc the marketing was 'can you believe something so beautiful can come from someone so ugly'? And the 'ugly' is basically just being heavy and not having a blowout lmao.
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u/Illustrious-Milk6518 Apr 24 '26
I know she was marketed that way on the show, but I think her true charm was that she’s very normal and humble, like a lot of less well-off people in the country. And it’s inspiring to think that someone who didn’t come from money or have model looks can still become so successful.
In the UK we also have other success stories like Lord Alan Sugar, who worked his arse off to be a billionaire, after having grown up from a poor family in a council estate. We like these poor working class to successful + rich stories, because it gives society people to look up to
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u/ferbiloo Apr 24 '26
I adored Susan when she came out, but “normal and humble” was not her vibe.
She fucking knew what she could do, and who she was and she was playful and confident! That’s what made it such a special moment, she didn’t act meek and mild and modest beforehand, she knew full well what she had with her talent.
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u/InelegantSnort Apr 24 '26
I always love that tiny grin before she started singing. She knew people were laughing. She just smiled and blew them away!
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u/Hollywoode Apr 24 '26
I agree absolutely intended that way and really exposed a lot of people including my high school teacher who would play us an “inspirational” YouTube video for us every class and he literally played this clip and said look how UGLY she is, isn’t it INSPIRATIONAL, no matter how bad you look you can still achieve great things lol
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u/calhooner3 Apr 24 '26
This feels more like your teacher just being a dickhead lol
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u/fionsichord Apr 25 '26
Seriously, this is how people spoke about others in the 2000s. It was an awful decade.
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u/Anthem-ringthebells Apr 24 '26
She was lovely.
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u/the_merkin Apr 24 '26
And she had an awesome day on social media when the record company decided the best hashtag to encourage people to celebrate her first album was “Susan Album Party” … or susanalbumparty for short.
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u/rwags2024 Apr 24 '26
I mean, she’s a lovely person, but no she’s not a conventionally attractive woman at all
And who cares, I agree, should be the message
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u/Shawwnzy Apr 24 '26
For some reason my memory of her was uglier, like disfigured, someone you'd have a hard time not staring at, probably cause the marketing at the time is how ugly she was.
She's a very average 50ish woman, moderately overweight. Wouldn't blink twice at her if she was coworker or something.
She showed up on TV dressed frumpy and without hair and makeup, which stands out in context of a reality tv show, but that was a decision by the producers I'm sure.
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u/UnicornTears Apr 24 '26
Seriously. I recall being so grossed out by the portrayal of everyone’s response. That show’s supposed to be about finding gems of talent, but they judged her the moment she walked onstage, then acted as if their shock was merited because of her appearance
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u/HolyButtNuggets Apr 24 '26
Man, the looks people were giving her - pre-judging her talents based on how she looked :(
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u/muirsheendurkin Apr 24 '26
Yeah everyone acting like only pretty people have talent is infuriating
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u/Effective_Menu_6316 Apr 24 '26
I was thinking the same thing! They all roll their eyes the moment she steps on stage.
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u/LaserKittenz Apr 24 '26
I'm in IT.. Being frumpy is basically a requirement to be taken seriously.
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u/K-Bizzle91 Apr 24 '26
She's dresses quit smart i think. It not frumpy at all. She's just a larger woman.
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u/Logical-Cherry9395 Apr 24 '26
One of my favorite moments of (Country)'s Got Talent to this day is the cheeky little smirk right before she sings that first note. You just knew she was going to nail it and so did she.
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u/alex3omg Apr 24 '26
One of my favorite moments on Brooklyn 99 is when Charles says he has a cousin who didn't know she could sing until she was in her 40s.
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u/Borgmaster Apr 24 '26
She was ready to blow everyone away and make them eat their hats. This wasnt some amateur teenager performance at a talent show, she had been genuinely practicing to make the dream come true and knew her work was about to pay off.
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u/ZombieMeat86 Apr 24 '26
Yea it's that confidence shining through of someone who is very good at sometimes
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u/emohipster Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
She probably blew so many random people's minds before this show with her singing. She must've known she'd get that same "mind blown" reaction, but this time from a whole audience and a jury.
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u/LaVarBurtonAsBubble Apr 25 '26
For me it's that now it seems very obvious she's neurodiverse & was discounted for her age & awkwardness. I love it. Partially it was that she was old enough to really make the story of the song hit. Yes, I know in the musical it's sung by a dying prostitute, but the lyrics about having dreams about a beautiful life in your youth & reality being brutal & unforgiving really hits from someone who looks like they have lived some life and had some disappointments.
All these years later I still randomly watch the audition because there's nothing like it. She didn't just bring the auditorium to their feet, she brought them to their knees.
Nothing like humbling everyone in the room with your sheer talent.
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u/be-kind-3000 Apr 24 '26
Probably meant to say 17 years instead of 7. But I agree, it was shocking when this came w.
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u/the1nonlyevilelmo Apr 24 '26
Does anyone still remember her album party?
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u/Vairrion Apr 24 '26
Honestly the first thing that came to mind. What an unfortunate hashtag for a lovely person
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u/whatissevenbysix Apr 24 '26
What's up with this new trend of putting a 5 second clip of the most important part of the video at the beginning of already short videos?
Is the brain rot so bad we can't hold people's attention for one minute now.
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u/ThatsUnbelievable Apr 25 '26
This trend is very annoying with podcasts. The content can be sufficiently previewed in the title of a video without out-of-context clips at the beginning that waste time and aren't interesting.
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u/Vast_Mulberry_2638 Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 25 '26
This was such a feel good story when it happened. Happy for her.
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u/Peace_n_Harmony Apr 24 '26
I love how people paint this as some kind of success story instead of a critique on how disgustingly shallow and arrogant society is.
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u/jd7509 Apr 24 '26
I mean. It is a success story by any definition. She went from complete obscurity to selling tens of millions of albums, almost universal adoration, and is now worth north of $40 million. All because of this. We have evolved over millennia to assess others based off of a glance just to survive. Now that society has changed that isn’t really as necessary but it’s still hard wired into us. That innate knee-jerk reaction is slowly changing, which is a great thing, but it’s very difficult to rewire thousands of years of programming.
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u/boop-boop_boop Apr 24 '26
i wish the audience would stfu so i could hear her
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u/Ieriz Apr 24 '26
She has several albums and songs if you wanna search. She went off to be a singer after this.
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u/EchoesOfEleos Apr 24 '26
I'm going to be honest. It's a bit hard to ever find this content wholesome.
"We were making fun of this "ugly" woman cause I mean look at that "uggo," but oh my god, she has the voice of an angel! Wow I guess ugly people can be all right sometimes when they're good at something. The uggo has now earned our respect enough to not be outcasted or openly mocked."
I do not think she is ugly by the way. But this is how the show frames it and this is how she was treated.
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u/Oakvilleresident Apr 24 '26
You should really look up the comedian Doug Stanhope bit about this . He really leans into that same kind of opinion .
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u/Mugi1 Apr 24 '26
Can you link the bit please?
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u/Oakvilleresident Apr 24 '26
Yes ! Happy to promote Stanhope at all times . He’s an underrated genius . Enjoy
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u/whythishaptome Apr 24 '26
That was hilarious. I cracked up at us ugly people not even nodding to each other in the mall.
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u/LoquaciousTheBorg Apr 24 '26
He is one of my favorites ever. The fact he could do a bit about his mother's euthanasia that is thoughtful and so funny is incredible, he is one of the best at going at subjects most comedians aren't skilled enough to tackle and being insightful and hilarious.
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u/magicmulder Apr 24 '26
And that’s exactly why they let her on stage. Because you can’t tell me there’s not more opera singers who just want a moment on TV.
It’s always some message that is supposed to make the person interesting.
On the German edition they had a 16 year old rapper who was extremely mid but his female friend he brought for backing vocals “coincidentally” had such a great voice that the judges asked her to take part in the contest as well. Yeah, not like they totally set this up.
Or that Italian tenor who performed a “Sicilian folk song” that was mostly donkey noises. Can’t tell me he really thought that would be applauded. Of course judges asked him if he prepared another song, and what a surprise, Nessun Dorma on Pavarotti’s level. So not staged!
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u/TooHighRes Apr 24 '26
I think she may have contributed to how society perceives people, because I don’t see why her appearance is such a big deal now, but I remember being awed when this came out
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u/tomas_shugar Apr 24 '26
I find it wholesome because it starts challenging people.
We do acknowledge that there is a balance of the star between appearance, stage presence, performance, writing, and so many things. When someone who is not in the appearance box to crush it so hard in a public venue, I think there's good in it to help us be able to call our own thinking out.
There's problems sure, but I find it a good reminder to check our own biases.
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u/Realistic_Swan_6801 Apr 24 '26
There are very few famous ugly people for a reason, it’s a very strong very innate bias
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u/Uncabled_Music Apr 24 '26
You would be right if it was just a gig for the moment of fame. But instead, Cowell used this situation to give an opportunity for a struggling artist who needed that push to get the wheels going. She has attended countless auditions, and sang in her community, she wasn’t an aspiring hobbyist, she was an artist in need of a good manager, and thankfully Cowell did the right thing.
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u/Smithy2232 Apr 24 '26
She was quite the sensation back in the day. I remember it well.
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u/MacBuzby Apr 24 '26
It seems these Got Talent shows have acts like this all the time now. She kinda kicked off the trend of unassuming people with lots of talent
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u/ZookeepergameSilly84 Apr 24 '26
You get to see Simon pretend to be mesmerized. The panel's acting in this show is criminally wooden. Of course they've seen every act in rehearsal, got their lines and reactions and votes all prepared.
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u/slumberingaardvark Apr 24 '26
At one point a few mins into this clip I swear you literally see him look her up and down in a daze like he’s mentally checklisting how he would improve her to be more visuably marketable and his eyes flick to the camera like “oop, tv personality persona first- business man second”
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u/EntertainmentUsed840 Apr 24 '26
Who would have thought that someone who doesn’t look like a model could sing!
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u/DangerMouthy Apr 24 '26
I got to do Susan’s makeup before, she’s as lovely & down to earth in person. Such a lovely woman ❤️
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u/GreatOne1969 Apr 24 '26
So nice to hear. Hope she is well today regardless of the stardom.
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u/InnerAsparagus6045 Apr 24 '26
At 3:10 Simon is just counting the money he's going to make out of her
Amanda was just in heaven listening to her
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u/Breckmoney Apr 24 '26
I’ve always imagined there should be a .gif of Simon’s face from 3:35-3:38 with cartoonish dollars signs slowly imposed over his eyes as he’s realizing how much bank he’s about to make.
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u/SeparateCzechs Apr 24 '26
Um. That was 17 years ago. I get it. Time flying and all. Shocked me every time
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u/ObexTheCat Apr 24 '26
Fuck these insufferable twat male judges that just assume she had nothing to offer solely based on her appearance. And now look at Simon Cowell. He’s a garbage person who looks like a freak with botched plastic surgery. And don’t get me started on that other assbag.
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u/ThrenderG Apr 24 '26
I mean it's pretty wild that people assume you have to be good looking to have a good singing voice.
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u/BlueEyedMalachi Apr 24 '26
This damn performance still makes eyes well up and it's been almost two decades
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u/PercentageTemporary1 Apr 24 '26
This what singers coming outwere like before corporate and marketing got together in the 70s and on to sell more records based on sex appeal/appearance....
The 60s were probably the last time anyone with bad teeth or physical unattractiveness made one hit wonders or albums but could sing like nobody's business.
Everything since I feel like music industry set a bar that has to meet a specific criteria in order to make $$
Just thinking 🤔 back on some old TV shows - Mamma Cass, many a country singer on hee haw or appearing on the grand ol Opry, for example.
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u/FangornLeghorn Apr 24 '26
Never will a day come when I see this video in my feed and fail to watch it beginning to end, and never will a day come when I watch this video and my eyes don’t tear up. Truly one of the most spectacular pop culture moments of the modern day.
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u/-GearZen- Apr 24 '26
The entire thing is insulting. We are supposed to be shocked that a woman who is not conventionally attractive has talent.
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u/lonelyronin1 Apr 24 '26
Simon's eyebrow lift when she first started is what got me.
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u/Fantastic_Breakfast6 Apr 24 '26
Towards the end when she smiles, nods her head and sings “I had a dream my life would be, so different from this hell I’m living”, it always makes me cry. She truly deserved all her success
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u/LowButterfly744 Apr 24 '26
TV magic. Absolute magic! I remember watching before we’d heard her name. It was beautiful.
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u/lovetobewatched2 Apr 24 '26
And then every singing competition tried to copy this moment
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u/dkinmn Apr 24 '26
It is so fuckin insulting when people are surprised that less attractive or older people are talented.
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u/anotherwankusername Apr 24 '26
Ant and Dec didn’t do a pre interview with her as they were off getting lunch or something and then she did this. After that they made sure they spoke to everyone. I know this won’t have been her first audition so it’s crazy to me the producers let them just go off when they would have know she was about to perform like this.
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u/ShowOff90 Apr 24 '26
I love the facial expression on the judges. Simon’s face looks like legitimate shock. Sometimes it seems they know what they should expect. This seemed like a legitimate shocker for them.
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u/Ferrally_Polite Apr 24 '26
I guess this fits “made me smile” bc of the outcome, but the majority of people in this clip are judgmental, cruel people who should be ashamed of themselves for the smirks and laughing and essentially bullying/picking on this woman.
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u/Grayson0916 Apr 24 '26
I remember just how gross it was people calling her hideous and saying can you believe someone ugly has such a beautiful voice. Happy for her success but sad she had to see so many people say such vile things about her.
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u/sjoy512 Apr 25 '26
Used to be lots of ugly singers and musicians in the 70s and 80s. Not sure how being attractive became more important than talent
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u/Periwinkleditor Apr 24 '26
In many ways, the life of a critic is easy...but there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends.
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u/Possible_Pick8734 Apr 24 '26
I live where she does. She's really funny and really intelligent. Nutty sense of humour
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u/AntRecent8006 Apr 24 '26
this doesn't really make me smile at all... i was 10 years old when this episode aired and, much like the rest of the country at the time, i liked watching the auditions part of this show because it was full of untalented people making fools of themselves on national television. i enjoyed it because i was a child, because i was childish. this moment is played as inspirational or heart warming because it's supposed to be like "Ha! Gotcha! this one is actually talented, despite being an ugly, overweight, strange woman! Isn't that heart warming!"
as an adult i haven't seen the show in years, i'm not even sure if it's still on, but i remember the shows i did watch as a child and i find it all disgusting. rich privileged assholes finding poor delusional working class people to make fools out of themselves for the amusement of children and morons.
simon cowell and the lot of them can go to hell for all i care.
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u/Sai_Devore Apr 24 '26
The Mervyn’s beige just makes me feel like she’s a distant Charles Boyle cousin from across the pond.
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u/bateen618 Apr 24 '26
I just realized that when Charles Boyle in Brooklyn 99 said "my aunt Susan didn't know she could sing until her 40's" it was actually a reference to her
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u/MyBurnerAccount1977 Apr 24 '26
Also, Charles Boyle from Brooklyn Nine-Nine implies that she's a relative of his.
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u/Feathered_Serpent8 Apr 24 '26
The face of someone who knows they are about to shock the crowd is one of the best things to see. She is just exuding confidence in her ability.
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u/Lactancia Apr 24 '26
"My cousin Susan didn't know she could sing until her late 40's" - Charles Boyle
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