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Why Jamie Pugh Is — And Isn’t — The Next Susan Boyle
Published by MTV News on Monday, May 4, 2009 at 2:24 pm.
By Eric Ditzian
On Saturday night, “Britain’s Got Talent” saw the emergence of
another nondescript contestant who pulled off a bravura
performance of a song from the musical “Les Miserables.” Like
Susan Boyle before him, Jamie Pugh tiptoed onto stage an unknown
and sauntered off a star. His rendition of “Bring Him Home” blew
the crowd away and nabbed three yes votes from the judges’ panel.
So now we’re wondering: Have we found the new Susan Boyle? Let’s
take a look …
Why He Is The New Susan Boyle
Pugh’s got all the ingredients for a feel-good story: He’s a van
driver by day and a pizza deliveryman by night who feels thwarted
by his current path in life. “It’s not what I want,” he said on
the show. “I want to sing.” The problem has been that Pugh
suffers from debilitating stage fright, and his goal going into
“BGT” was simply to last for the entire three-minute performance
without collapsing onstage.
Then there’s the singing: During his version of “Bring Him
Home,” Pugh revealed himself as a singer adept at communicating
the emotional pain of a song — in this case, a father praying to
God to save a young man’s life. If not as chill-inducing as
Boyle’s “I Dreamed a Dream,” Pugh’s song nonetheless brought
the audience to a rousing standing ovation. “I feel complete,”
he said backstage, “just for this brief moment.”
Why He Isn’t The New Susan Boyle
To begin, there can only be one Susan: She’s cheeky and wise,
self-aware yet touchingly innocent. Pugh is more everyman than
ugly duckling, and I don’t think we’ll see him going in for a
wardrobe makeover or shaving off that goatee anytime soon. Also,
Pugh’s no lonely spinster who’s never been kissed — did his
lip-locking embrace with his partner, Donna, twinge your aw-shucks
bone or leave you thinking Boyle is the true underdog story of
“BGT”?
What’s more, Boyle seemed immediately at home on the stage,
talking sassily back to the judges. Pugh was a nervous wreck,
attempting to respond to questions in between bouts of
hands-in-the-face crying. Who knows if we’ll see Pugh hitting the
talk show circuit and, if he does, how he’ll fare.
Boyle had barely sung a single word before the audience began to
roar with a mixture of surprise and wild appreciation. Maybe the
audience is a bit jaded after the Boyle experience, maybe Pugh
isn’t the singer his predecessor is, but the crowd greeted his
first lines only with respectful applause. Yet by the end, they
were giving him a standing ovation. But first impressions count,
and by that measure Pugh is no Boyle.
The “Britain’s Got Talent” Bottom Line
Let’s first recognize that we’ve only heard these contestants
perform onstage once. They might both end up being one-hit reality
show wonders! We’ll have to wait and see when the semifinals
begin later this month. What’s clear is that Boyle shall remain
the people’s favorite and a mainstay of celebrity gossip rags. As
for me, my heart’s saying this is Boyle’s contest to lose, while
my head’s saying: Don’t count Pugh out just yet …
Filed Under: Susan Boyle
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