Why Susan Boyle triumphed in America
I love Susan Boyle. I love her I love her I love her. I cried last winter EVERY GODDAM TIME I watched the "I Dreamed a Dream" clip from Britains Got Talent on YouTube and I cried watching her sing...
View ArticleTop 10 reality TV moments of the decade
Thirty-four days premature, I know, but Jordan's out of the jungle and John & Edward are out of The X Factor. The chances of dear sweet Stacey Solomon or mumbling Stuart Manning provoking a ruckus...
View ArticleWhat's gone wrong with Britain's Got Talent?
Call me a drooling sap with the IQ of a pot plant, but I'm a fan of Britain's Got Talent. I can think of few more pleasurable ways to spend a Saturday evening than by watching a 42-year-old grandmother...
View ArticleElton John is right about The X-Factor – but he is wrong about modern music
From a man so in tune with the modern world, Sir Elton John’s attack on modern music was surprising. He was right, of course, about the dross churned out by Britain’s Got Talent and The X-Factor, but...
View ArticleBritain's Got Talent: a five-year-old should not be treated like a dancing bear
As anybody who watched Britain's Got Talent last weekend will testify, Jordan Nash is a talented performer. He has some nifty tap moves, a quirky personality and oodles of charisma. His routine wowed...
View ArticleDid the musician who egged Simon Cowell have a serious point?
Natalie Holt, the Bafta-nominated composer who downed her instrument to pelt Simon Cowell with eggs during the final of Britain's Got Talent, sent me a text message late that night in which she...
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