I was blessed with a good singing voice and a dumpy body. I sang at church, weddings, funerals, had a band, etc. I wanted so to go pro but knew if I wasn't a skinny, pretty thing, it wouldn't fly. People would hear me and say, you need to record, they still do and now I am 53 years old. I can't because that stereotype is still out there. Even with all of that I was shocked at the way the audience acted before Susna Boyle opened her mouth. Do they act like that in the States? After Paul you would think the Brits would know better.