Susan Boyle’s 2nd Performance on Britain’s Got Talent was another hit. Check out the youtube clip of her Semifinal song at the 2009 competition:

I need to report feeling a bit manipulated by the entire phenomenon known as Susan Boyle. Sure, she is a great reminder that all beings possess Buddha-Nature, that anyone can open your heart and surprise you and I love the fact that her first youtube performance is one of the most popular clips in the history of youtube. But the whole production, the editing, the pulling ( massaging, tugging, cajoling, puppeteering) of the heart strings is too much to bear. Did the judges really not know she could sing when she stepped on stage?

(via wikipedia)

I’m curious about your opinion of her – is she an example that wisdom and beauty can be found anywhere, when you least expect it? Or is she an example of the manipulative effects of reality t.v.? I am split on my feelings on this one.