A very talented violinist recently made an impression on the judging panel on a British TV show. I'm not quite sure what kind of show it is actually, a talent show I suppose although the amount of actual talent on show is debatable. It's called Britain's Got Talent and members of the British public parade themselves around in front of a packed theatre and a panel of judges that consists of a disgraced former tabloid editor, a former...actress I suppose you would call her and Simon Cowell. The vast majority of these desperate, superficial people amuse the audience by making complete fools of themselves, inevitably get crucified by the judges and walk off the stage, usually indigent and defiant. Some people do have genuine talents, some of them exceptional and a few of these will go on to achieve greatness, well at least they will get their 15 minutes of fame or the modern equivalent, which seems to be appearing on the front of a tabloid newspaper for 15 minutes while the novelty of them wears off. Which surprisingly takes 15 minutes. Then they will release an autobiography and an exercise DVD before appearing at the opening of everything from restaurants to envelopes.
Sue Son is the aforementioned violinist and according to a newspaper article (I didn't actually watch the program, I have much, much better things to do like watching the grass grow or cleaning my belly button) her rendition of Vanessa Mae's 'Storm' was good enough to get her through to the next round of the competition. The overall winner will have the privilege of playing for a very old lady at the Royal Variety Performance.
Ms Son is originally from Korea and I can't wait to hear how the Korean media will have commented on this one, especially as the program is called 'Britain's Got Talent' and not 'Britain's Got Talent but we acknowledge the fact the one of the talents is from Korea'. She caused something of a media storm (in a tea cup) when she dumped her musical partner after they were branded "shite" (OK I branded them shite, but I paraphrased the judges). Son was advised to dump her partner for being "uber shite" (again paraphrasing) and was then invited back to audition on her own, an invitation she accepted. Suffice it to say they are not friends anymore, in fact her former friend has even taken the extreme step of 'de-friending' her on facebook, what a slap in the face that is for the Korean girl.
Well it is lonely at the top as they say but seeing as she is Korean she can count on the unwavering support of every man, woman and child in Korea and will soon be a national hero for putting ambition before friendship, after all she wouldn't want to waste all those long hours in that violin hagwon would she.
She also happens to be quite attractive, a fact surely not lost on the producers of the show and I am sure this will ultimately earn her more money than the violin ever will. Expect to see her holding up a bottle of soju on a TV screen near you soon.
Sue Son is the aforementioned violinist and according to a newspaper article (I didn't actually watch the program, I have much, much better things to do like watching the grass grow or cleaning my belly button) her rendition of Vanessa Mae's 'Storm' was good enough to get her through to the next round of the competition. The overall winner will have the privilege of playing for a very old lady at the Royal Variety Performance.Ms Son is originally from Korea and I can't wait to hear how the Korean media will have commented on this one, especially as the program is called 'Britain's Got Talent' and not 'Britain's Got Talent but we acknowledge the fact the one of the talents is from Korea'. She caused something of a media storm (in a tea cup) when she dumped her musical partner after they were branded "shite" (OK I branded them shite, but I paraphrased the judges). Son was advised to dump her partner for being "uber shite" (again paraphrasing) and was then invited back to audition on her own, an invitation she accepted. Suffice it to say they are not friends anymore, in fact her former friend has even taken the extreme step of 'de-friending' her on facebook, what a slap in the face that is for the Korean girl.
Well it is lonely at the top as they say but seeing as she is Korean she can count on the unwavering support of every man, woman and child in Korea and will soon be a national hero for putting ambition before friendship, after all she wouldn't want to waste all those long hours in that violin hagwon would she.
She also happens to be quite attractive, a fact surely not lost on the producers of the show and I am sure this will ultimately earn her more money than the violin ever will. Expect to see her holding up a bottle of soju on a TV screen near you soon.
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