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And Finally
Paige “not proud” of Boyle
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 29 January 2010
Susan Boyle’s idol, Elaine Paige has hit out at the ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ star in a new interview. Well, she was more hitting out at the trend for reality TV taking untrained performers and making them overnight global superstars, I don’t think she really bears Boyle any ill will. The pair did, after all, duet on ITV’s ‘I Dreamed A Dream: The Susan Boyle Story’ last month.
Speaking to The Daily Mail, Paige said: “I don’t particularly feel any pride for her – I’m sure she is proud of what she has done. It’s all about turning someone into an immediate celebrity at the expense of longevity and working hard and experience. Susan Boyle is doing terribly well considering she literally came to the attention of the world with the advent of YouTube. She was like a virus really that spread across the world in a nanosecond. She is a girl with no experience of anything to do with theatrics, the music business, or art in any way”.
She added that even with experience, coping with fame can be difficult, and commended Boyle for how she has handled it, saying: “Longevity is gained through knowledge, experience and effort so it will remain to be seen [if she will last]. When I started, YouTube didn’t exist but even then with fifteen years of experience prior to my success [starring in] ‘Evita’ it was difficult, so I admire the way she has handled her sudden success. ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and ‘The X-Factor’ just take a bunch of people from real life who think they can sing and try and turn them into overnight stars with a couple of songs. It’s not entertainment”.
