highwaystar101 said:
This is the situation; Britain's got talent and other shows like this aren't exactly talent shows at all, they're popularity contests. Susan Boyle does have the talent to go far, but so do many people like her. The reason she won was that she was sold as an oddity like "Hey look, you know how singers can only be thin, blonde and stunning", well here's one that isn't... Isn't that wonderful", manufactured to be different and that was her selling point.
The fact is that Susan Boyle isn't unique, I would be willing to bet that thousands of women in Britain are amazing singers like her, but also like her they don't have the image to succeed. Susan Boyle got a lucky break being on the show, because they decided to push her as something unique.
This rejection happens all the time. There is a popular music industry term called "the wrong side of 25", perfectly talented singers get rejected from record companies because they are too old and old singers don't sell as well because a lot of popular music is more based on the image as opposed to the music. The music can be perfect but they will be rejected on image alone.
KT Tunstall, a popular singer here, was constantly rejected for years because she was in her 30's when she was trying to get signed. Eventually she managed it, but she is a lucky case amongst thousands. I think she has amazing talent, her albums are incredible, I'm glad she got signed; But I also can't help but think what other great music got rejected.
The point I'm trying to make is that Susan Boyle is the "wrong side of 25" as it were, and she has been marketed as a unique talent due to this. But she isn't unique, she's just the latest strategy that record producers have come up with to sell something "new" to public, because the public have got it into their heads that you have to be a perky blonde teenager to be able to sing.
I mean just look at the thread title "Do you think Susan Boyle can become a sexy popstar", like sexy is some kind of prerequisite.
It annoys me... That's why I like thrash metal, the politics isn't as shit  j/k.
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