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Britain's Got Talent finals held last night saw Diversity walking away with the prize. Some say Susan Boyle deserved to win but I beg to differ. Diversity DESERVED to win!!!

Well, she certainly bowled us with her first rendition of "I have A Dream" but if you have watched her rendition of "Memory", you would know that she is not consistent in her performance and went off key in the first few notes of the song! True that she was unnerved by loads of criticism but if you observe her breathing and singing style carefully, you can see from the movement of her diaphragm and the tonal quality of her voice that she is NOT singing correctly even though she has a great voice that can be developed further.

For the finals, Susan Boyle played safe and rehashed her rendition of "I Have A Dream" hoping to tug at the voters' hearts but playing safe may not always be impressive because one might feel that she did not have the guts to venture into new ground. So she secured second place losing to the phenomenal Diversity. But I must say that she is an inspiration for those of us who love to dream for all the best that life can offer and to reach out for that dream.

Boyle, a frumpy, 48-year-old church volunteer, will reportedly earn up to eight million pounds (nine million euros, 13 million dollars) in the next year from a record deal, book about her life and maybe even a film. According to British media, Boyle is set to start rehearsing for an album of show tunes this week and will fly to Prague next month for recording sessions with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.

In sharp contrast, Diversity presented different dance sequences all the way. If you were to consider the effort in selecting the tunes for the sequences, choreography, costume and rehearsals needed for each performance at each stage, and remember that Diversity has so many members in a group from such a wide age range, then you cannot help but say,"Yes, they deserve to win" because they have talent, rhythm, grace, power, energy, harmony, such beautiful synchronised movements and the effort is simply amazing!!!

More than ten years ago, I used to attend jazz dance classes and five years ago, I actually attended Hip-Hop dance classes. Believe me...it is definitely NOT easy to dance in a group. One needs stamina, perseverance, grace in movements, style, elegance, the oomph in our bodies and most of all the harmony with the other members in the group. Utmost concentration is needed and one wrong movement means the whole group has to practise again. On top of that, each dancer must have a fantastic memory of the different movements for each set and pay attention to details such as facial expression, posture and other forms of non-verbal communication. Thus, I can tell you that what Diversity went through in their movements is nothing short of spectacular and they deserve to win! I am sure they must have rehearsed for many hours on end. No wonder they were more than brilliant! Definitely a 10 out of 10 like what Simon said. To be able to dance like that, the members of Diversity certainly have to think, move and behave like a single-celled unit and there is not a single movement or posture that is out of timing or in the wrong place. Compare the effort of Boyle and Diversity and I am sure you will probably agree that Diversity deserved the win indeed!

If you missed the finals and semi finals of BGT, here are the uploaded YouTube videos of the performances of Susan Boyle and Diversity. Enjoy! Leave a comment if you wish. I would love to hear your views.







For Susan Boyle's rendition of 'MEMORY" from Cats in the BGT semi-finals, please click HERE. She went off pitch in the third note and many other notes!!!

For Diversity's performance in the BGT semi-finals, please click HERE.