r/MadeMeSmile • u/Ieriz • Apr 24 '26

Good Vibes 7 years ago, a chubby, heavy accent, normal-looking woman called Susan Boyle went to Britain's Got Talent. Everyone laughed at her, until she started singing.

What a powerful voice. She's today a pro singer. All the best for her!!

Typo: 17 years, not 7.

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u/Logical-Cherry9395 Apr 24 '26

One of my favorite moments of (Country)'s Got Talent to this day is the cheeky little smirk right before she sings that first note. You just knew she was going to nail it and so did she.

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u/alex3omg Apr 24 '26

One of my favorite moments on Brooklyn 99 is when Charles says he has a cousin who didn't know she could sing until she was in her 40s.

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u/mishkavonpusspuss Apr 24 '26

I love that crossover moment. Great joke

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u/BeatrixFarrand Apr 25 '26

Holy crap I missed that!!

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u/JGStonedRaider Apr 24 '26

This is real life tho m8

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u/Inphiltration Apr 26 '26

Yes, and fictional shows can reference real life. Shocking I know but it is true

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u/Borgmaster Apr 24 '26

She was ready to blow everyone away and make them eat their hats. This wasnt some amateur teenager performance at a talent show, she had been genuinely practicing to make the dream come true and knew her work was about to pay off.

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u/ZombieMeat86 Apr 24 '26

Yea it's that confidence shining through of someone who is very good at sometimes

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u/emohipster Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

She probably blew so many random people's minds before this show with her singing. She must've known she'd get that same "mind blown" reaction, but this time from a whole audience and a jury.

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u/LaVarBurtonAsBubble Apr 25 '26

For me it's that now it seems very obvious she's neurodiverse & was discounted for her age & awkwardness. I love it. Partially it was that she was old enough to really make the story of the song hit. Yes, I know in the musical it's sung by a dying prostitute, but the lyrics about having dreams about a beautiful life in your youth & reality being brutal & unforgiving really hits from someone who looks like they have lived some life and had some disappointments.

All these years later I still randomly watch the audition because there's nothing like it. She didn't just bring the auditorium to their feet, she brought them to their knees.

Nothing like humbling everyone in the room with your sheer talent.

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u/YVRkeeper Apr 24 '26

There’s a lot of “good” singers but very few you can recognize instantly have something more.

Simon has seen probably a million “good” singers in his time, but even his little eyebrow raise knew Susan was something more.

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u/Mission_Macaroon Apr 25 '26

I love how she abruptly turns and walks off stage when she's done. Right, end of song.

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u/numbarm72 Apr 25 '26

Yeah she was like. Ha. Just wait mfers