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Susan Boyle Loses on British Talent TV Show (SARAH LYALL, 5/31/09, NY Times)

She is an internationally acclaimed Internet phenomenon and a symbol of the folly of underestimating people because of the way they look. But in a shocking upset, Susan Boyle, the 47-year-old Scottish church volunteer whose stunning audition for the “Britain’s Got Talent” TV show last month has been viewed something like 90 million times on YouTube, lost in the final round of the program on Saturday night.

After the audience votes had been tallied, Ms. Boyle placed second, beaten by a joyfully innovative dance troupe named Diversity.

...what chance did a white woman of faith have against Diversity?

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 31, 2009 9:38 AM