This video over the past few days has rocked the YouTube numbers. I do not for a minute believe that this whole thing was not a set-up to shock the audience. The woman, who wants to be a singer, is wearing a totally frumpy outfit and has eyebrow makeup on to look goofier than she already looks. The fix is in. Let’s be real here.
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I’m shocked, shocked to find that make-believe is going on in a TV show
Whatever. It was magnificent.
i thought she was lip syncing to something prerecorded at first. If the editors of this show weren’t aiming for such bullshit drama they would haven’t have kept cutting way getting people’s reactions.
I always suspected that there were people who had incredible voices that didn’t look like supermodels.
go figure.
How did we ever get deluded in the first place into believing that you had to look like Mariah Carey or Britney Spears to sing well ??? Have you noticed that the quality of real performances has gone down as we focused on “hotness” ? Maybe we should focus on talent and not on post-production to compensate for mediocre talent.
#4 Just look at most of the rock stars of the past.
Though I guess a lot of them still put out crap there are a lot of ugly dudes who put out some amazing tunes
What did you expect, Mother Fucklng Theresa?
If you play the numbers game like they are holding open auditions for thousands of contestants your going to weed out the diamonds in the rough. They just don’t show ALL the thousands of contestants that stunk the room out.
Besides this is the person that Brittany Spears lip syncs too. If she had looks AND pipes that might be something.
#8 – Sister Mary Hand Grenade of Quiet Reflection
Nah, she would have fucking tortured the audience, just so that they would get closer to Jesus.
Yeah, Mick Jagger is the ugliest guy there is!
Most of the best opera singers are fat and frumpy….
Barbra Streisand is uglier than a Chinese Crested-Borzoi cross.
Singers aren’t supposed to be HOT, they’re supposed to SING WELL.
“The fix is in. Let’s be real here.”
I find your endless, boring cynicism endlessly boring and without the single slightest hint of optimism, hope or, faith in anything worthwhile.
I thought it was a Dove soap commercial, one of those product placement ads during the show like Coke bubbles and cups.
Who cares if it was set up it was great T.V…..John its all make belive even Cranky Geeks.The best thing I have heard you do in years was when you shared a bottle of wine with Becky and Leo on TWIT.
Who else remembers Kate Smith?
JCD-
There’s a reason why no one likes you, you know.
Not everything on Earth is a setup.
I think it’s safe to say, at the least, that the TV producers didn’t encourage her to get a makeover and dress formally. Whether they actively made her look more frumpy than normal is impossible to say.
That’s one of my favorite songs, and I can be really critical if it’s sung poorly.
She knocked it out of the park. Good job.
Do they come back and perform again?
#5
beevman said,
“Have you noticed that the quality of real performances has gone down as we ocused on “hotness” ? Maybe we should focus on talent and not on post-production to compensate for mediocre talent.”
just checking are you referring to this singer or someone like Gov, Sarah Palin or Sen. John Edwards
“How did we ever get deluded in the first place”
not sure how but it was when TV killed the radio star
Not-really Vanilli
simon is smiling his ass off thinking this ugly bitch will make me billions more with that voice.
People have been pointing out the fact that she’s not an exceptional singer, which actually lends credibility to the reality of it.
In other words, she’s definitely not a pro, but an amazing singer for being a shut-in with almost no experience performing.
And that’s what makes this story so great.
This lady isn’t the usual American Idol contestant trying to claw their way to the top of the music biz. She’s a frumpy, strange lady from the sticks who happens to be a pretty good singer with an underdog story.
What would Janis Joplin look like now if she hadn’t OD’ed?
Probably like mother theresa.
That’s not a woman. That’s a man, baby.
Yeah, this was all a big fake just like that phoney moon landing crap. Nobody is ever really going to make it to the moon, and this lady was an opera diva that they dresswed up like a clown purely for entertainment value.
😉
Dvorak – you’re a tool!
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Dvorak – get a life. Unlike you, she’s the real deal.
There was nothing fake or set-up about that woman’s facial bone structure and the oddball pockets of fat under her chin. Face it: You don’t need a body and face like Beyonce’s to have superb pipes and diaphragm. Likewise, many women have all the looks in the world but make complete fools of themselves during these talent show’s early rounds because they can’t sing a single note. Norah Jones wouldn’t be where she is if she didn’t have looks.
“The woman, who wants to be a singer, is wearing a totally frumpy outfit and has eyebrow makeup on to look goofier than she already looks.”
Un-huh, and you have the PERFECT face for television.
Let her have her moment of fame, people will forget about her next week.
Those of you who question my skepticism are out and out idiots. Seriously.
Oh golly nobody pre-auditioned the woman. Who knew she could sing? It’s a SHOCK!
Great shots of Simon’s eyebrows going up. Then this cut and that cut. Are you this friggin’ stupid?
Yes, it was sweet and yes she could sing. But this is one massive publicity stunt and morons like Bill B (and others) lap it up like doggies and call me a tool for questioning it.
The bigger question: what other BS are you suckered by? Lots I am guessing.