From Times OnlineApril 24, 2009
Susan Boyle backlash begins
(Andrew Milligan/PA)
Tabloids have leapt on Susan Boyle's new look
Veronica Schmidt
Less than a fortnight after winning over Britain and finding world-wide fame, a Susan Boyle backlash has begun.
While the unlikely Britain’s Got Talent sensation became an internet hit and found a raft of famous fans last week, today Louis Walsh claimed she couldn’t live up to the hype.
The X Factor judge and Westlife manager said of the 47-year-old singer: "Susan is a pretty good singer but she's not a great singer".
His comment came on the day that the tabloids, who championed her after she performed a Les Miserables song on the ITV talent show, leapt on her for dying her much-derided grey hair.
Splashing pictures of the Scot across its website, The Daily Mail reported that she had swapped her “unruly grey mane for a chestnut brown hue” noting that the singer had “previously insisted stardom wouldn't change her”.
The Sun reported that Boyle’s makeover had angered Britain’s Got Talent bosses, who wanted to avoid turning her into another sleek singer, after she won over audiences with her frumpy appearance and down-to-earth personality.
Her image as a dowdy virgin had already been called into question earlier in the week ...
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