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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Well Damien I can tell you that among the Brit Winners not one will be plain or ordinary looking.It is all about image these days.You only have to look at how singer/songwriters like Alison Moyet and Kirsty MacColl fared because they didn't fit a certain image and could not be easily pigeon-holed.
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Alison Moyet (IIRC) did rather well. Particularly in the late 80s and early 90s. She did lose out at the end of the 90s, but so did a *lot* of artists both good looking and not. Especially when the record companies used Napster and Piracy as an excuse to clear out those artists who they didn't think were doing well.
I have to admit, I personally think both Allison Moyet and Kirsty McColl have (or had, in Kirsty's case) better voices than Susan Boyle. Better music as well.
The thing is, Susan Boyle *has* been marketed on her image. If she was being marketed on her ability to sing, why did the producers of BGT even mention her bad life? Why have the press laboured it so much?