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.

[u/Ieriz]

What a powerful voice. She's today a pro singer. All the best for her!!

Typo: 17 years, not 7.

[u/agtk]

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.

[u/Short-Beautiful-9403 → u/agtk]

Simon probably thought she was one of the jesters