Last week’s episode of Britain’s Got Talent served up some interesting talking point among netizens and people in the UK. The person in the middle of all these is Sue Son, a violinist.
Sue first entered the auditions with her best friend Janine, performing a semi classical act with Sue on violin and Janine on keyboard. Both of them are pretty talented individuals. However, the judges felt that the two of them don’t have the wow factor as a team, and offered Sue the opportunitity to re-audition as an individual (Apparently they preferred Sue over Janine).
After some initial hesitation, Sue decided to take up the offer (Simon Cowell didn’t help by insisting an answer from her on the spot). The moment Sue took up the offer, the camera went right to Janine, who looked visibly disappointed.
So that started the whole debate:
The anti Sue group feels that she should have stayed loyal to her friend and declined the offer. The pro Sue group feels that she was right to pursue her dream since the judges already ruled out her friend. Besides, if Janine is really Sue’s best friend, she should be wholeheartedly supporting Sue.
Anyway, if you’re wondering how good is Sue exactly, here’s the clip of her individual audition:
If you’ve been to hospitals or polyclinics recently, you would have seen many people wearing masks. Apparently, what the medical staff do is to take your temperature before you enter the premise, and if you have a cold or a cough (or anything that may be contagious), they’ll give you a mask to put on.
So the mask is there for obvious reasons. It is to prevent the spread of viruses. What disturbs me is when I walk past Sengkang Polyclinic, I see the masks all over the grass patches just outside the polyclinic. Here is one example of the many masks on the ground:
Food for thought: If the masks are gonna end up on the ground, then why bother issuing it in the first place? Wouldn’t this create a greater danger instead?
Mas Selamat Kastari, Singapore’s Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader who escaped from Whitley Road Detention Centre on February 27 last year, has been arrested in Malaysia.
Yahoo reports that Mas Selamat was actually arrested over a month ago but had been under interrogation in Malaysia. It is likely that he will be brought back to Singapore soon.
Here’s another dance video featuring Diversity. This is a performance in the Streetdance UK Championships. In case you have not watched the first video I posted, I suggest you check out the post on Britain’s Got Talent 2009 – Diversity first.
If you’ve been paying attention to what people are talking about recently, you might have heard a lot about Susan Boyle. Yup, she’s the auntie looking woman who shocked the whole of Britain with her singing abilities. The competition she was taking part in is one of my favourite shows – Britain’s Got Talent.
Those of you who attended my trainings (especially Singapore and Malaysia Nokia guys) will know I love to show videos from the competition in my trainings. Partly because of the entertainment value, and partly because of the inspirational value it can give – Normal everyday person who has a talent, puts in the hard work, and gets rewarded. (Think Paul Potts and George Sampson from seasons 1 and 2, as well as many others who got spotted)
Anyway, for this season’s audition, there are some other performers who have caught the eye besides Susan Boyle, I’ll be posting some of them in due time (yeah yeah.. still can’t kick the habit of showing people videos =p)
Here’s a dance act called Diversity. Excellent entertainment value, lotsa unexpected creative stuff.
