Miss
Overconfident
A
As always, ‘The Voice’ television audition
show for singers gave us a little insight
into the background of the contestant
that would next grace the stage. Not
often are my wife and I able to form an
opinion within the first few minutes of the
first few frames but this time we did. There
was something about this young lady
(whom I will hereinafter refer to as ‘Miss
overconfident’) that was an immediate
damper. She was overconfident and
thought way too much of herself.
Her body language and how she spoke
about herself and her future aspirations
highlighted a weakness in her character.
It all looked and sounded good but
something about her self promoting
attitude created knots in our stomachs.
The one good thing was that it left us
glued to the TV anxious to see if her self
promotion lived up to expectation. We
were actually hopeful that after all the
hype that she would wow us.
The trailer was soon over and she was
walking onto the centre stage to begin
her act. Her performance started, she
sang and then her performance ended.
Not a single chair turned to indicate the
satisfaction of any of the four judges. It was
only a few minutes after, while discussing
the show, we realised we couldn’t even
remember the song she sung. Her
performance was not memorable and
fell well below expectations.
This was in sharp contrast to that timid,
shy and visually unimpressive middle
aged woman who, years earlier, walked
onto the ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ stage and
blew us all away. The ‘YouTube’ video
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