I want to be Susan Boyle
I don’t have the same kind of time as Susan, I’m older than she. But I think the three years can be bridged. So I’ll repeat, I want to be Susan Boyle.
I want to have my chance. When asked, on Britain’s Got Talent, why so long? She replied “up until now, on one’s given me a chance.” I weep again. I cry every time I watch that break through moment of talent and nerve. Every time.
Can I do that too? Can I have a chance even at this late date? Even at this later time in my life when fame is reserved for the under thirty set. Susan did it. I can too.
What I want is my Susan Boyle opportunity. The problem is that there is no American Idol or Britain’s Got Talent for writers. We are on our own. Conversely, there is little make up involved.
I want the chance, I want the success of chance. Susan made her name and her fame strictly on her audition, not by winning. She came in second in the final program. Did that matter? It did not. She has a CD, she has 38 million hits on her video,( a number of them from me). A number of them, I suspect, from people just like me who admire her nerve, her chance and her success.
That is my hero, the nervy, coming from no where Susan Boyle who took a chance, came through. and is now just famous enough. Maybe more than just famous enough.
You go Susan. Hold our dreams, while we wait for our chance.
I admire Susan Boyle’s nerve too. She went in front of those arrogant judges and the laughing audience and gave it all she had.
I’m very grateful that she did too, because she really does have the voice of an angel. There’s just something very special about it. It touches my heart and I’m very glad that she’s been given the chance to share it with us.