Who can be too busy for an 80 year old Scottish woman with No Regrets? Not me, Internet. Not me.
May 11th, 2010 | by TJ |I didn’t think I would have time to write today – I’m trying to blow the top off the prize list and win myself some Cold Stone, and I have a big post coming up later this week, so I figured I’d take a day off.
But every year about this time, I end up talking to you about the same thing – Britain’s Got Talent.
First, in 2007, I wrote to you about Paul Potts. You can see that video here.
The next year, 2008, it was George Sampson who got my attention. Oh, George Sampson, are you 18 yet? My goodness. He was on one year and just ADORABLE, and then the next year he was like, 15 feet taller and 15 times more adorable. He’s just about the cutest thing on two dancey legs, I swear. I still remember when he popped up on the screen for the second year in a row, I immediately remembered him from the year before and shrieked, “IT’S GEORGE!!!” Since I get all of my Britain’s Got Talent-ness from YouTube, I very carefully avoided spoilering myself and watched all the videos, all the way through to his amazing semi-finals performance, which I still watch from time to time. You can see that here.
Of course, do I even need to talk about 2009 at all? Susan Boyle? Of course. I don’t really have anything else to say on that point, because we all know Susan Boyle by now, and if you haven’t watched that video at least 15 times, I am doubtful of your humanity.
Every year, it doesn’t even occur to me to go looking for that year’s crop of videos. Every single year, finding a video that absolutely blew me away or made my day or made me laugh my ass off has been an absolute surprise. In that tradition, today was no different. It was absolutely by accident that I stumbled across this video today and it made my entire day. My day continues to be made. It will be made some more when I watch the video again as soon as I post this.
Click the picture to go through to YouTube, as I can’t embed the video. I promise, the tendon-strain of a single click is totally worth it. If it isn’t, I owe you one click.
I am pretty sure if I tried to move to the UK, they would send me away for complete lack of talent.
If I am not that awesome when I am 80, IT WON’T EVEN BE WORTH BEING 80.
By Kelly on May 11, 2010
Oh, thank you so much for sharing that! Janey is absolutely darling… and certainly does have a set of lungs on her! If I keep practicing, I could be about three-fifths that good when I’m 80. Ok, if I really, REALLY practice, maybe four-fifths. It would certainly take me that long to work up the nerve to audition in front of that many people.
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By Marie Green on May 11, 2010
My girls and I fell in love with Connie Talbot in 2007. They still ask to watch her sometimes. I’m so glad you linked this- I LOVED it! Go, Janey!
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By ZombiePirate on May 12, 2010
Teej, while we in Blighty would of course be honoured to have someone as awesome as you come to our shores I would bring to your attention the oodles of people that have no talent whatsoever, many of them go on these shows convinced of their own epicness. These people are mainly delusional! Hence why I don’t watch the myriad reality TV nonsense the country seems obsessed with. Simon Cowell has a lot to answer for…
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By Jen_Ann_W on May 12, 2010
THANK YOU! She is ADORABLE. I do like the “Got Talent” series of shows (one of the ONLY reality/contest shows I like at all) just for the wonderful variety and truly talented people they bring in. George was awesome too!
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