Apr
15
Susan Boyle Gives Voice to Reality TV’s Ratings Success
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MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — Reality TV: Sociologists have tried to explain it, and schedulers have tried to exploit it. But what dissertations and demographic studies about the decade's dominant genre couldn't capture, Susan Boyle, a down-to-earth singer with a heavenly voice, did. Her appearance on "Britain's Got Talent" — in which she astounded the judges as well as the public with a stirring, stunning rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" — has been watched on YouTube more than 7 million times, and encapsulates the power of everyday people becoming overnight sensations.
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