MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'britain's got talent'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447508&cid=t_372777_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fbritains-got-talent-finishes-big.html How desperately sad that Susan Boyle should finally crack under the pressure. She seemed gracious on stage to the winners, and was apparently gracious to them behind the scenes, but newspaper reports suggest that some aspects of her behaviour were already giving cause for concern.Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan said today that Boyle was "emotionally drained and exhausted" after being put under more pressure than any other contestant in the show. "Nobody has had to put up with the kind of attention Susan has had. Nobody could have predicted it. It has been crazy, she has gone from anonymity to being the most downloaded woman in history."However, Morgan insisted that she was "essentially fine". "She was very tired and hasn't been sleeping," he said. "She has just gone away to have so... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447508 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:31:00 +0100 2447508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447510&cid=t_372777_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fbritains-got-talent-bye-bye-susan-boyle.html So, Diversity won Britain's got Talent. The bookies will be delighted, Simon Cowell less so. It will be hard to make a fast buck out of Diversity. But power to the people. They rejected the mawk, and went for the one act that showed real talent. Actually, the saxophonist was pretty good too, but was never going to have the global appeal. Susan Boyle was extraordinarily gracious and will now be making her way to the land of the free where talent shows were invented. Hollie Steel will be returning to Accrington. Let us hope that those pushy parents will call a halt now and let her get back to a normal life. I would hate to find her popping up in church halls in Lancashire as a supporting act for The Searchers. Neeedles and Pins, uh!A grumpy commentator took me to task for suggesting that no ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447510 Sun, 31 May 2009 08:22:00 +0100 2447510 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447512&cid=t_372777_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fhollie-steel-would-you-let-her-clean.html One of the dreariest day-to-day tasks faced by family doctors is filling in forms. I stopped filling in shotgun forms soon after I started in practice. I never came across the bankers and stockbrokers with their pair of Purdeys. Most of the patients I met who wanted shotguns had pit pull terriers and Sky TV aerials. I stopped doing it. If I was based in a rural area with working farmers as patients I might take a different view. I have never filled in a form certifying a young man as fit to take part in boxing. Maybe it’s that Quaker conditioning, but I cannot accept that anyone is “fit” to be battered about the head, albeit consensually.Frequently these days I am asked to fill in forms saying that children are “fit” to take part in television programmes. Saturday drama school. P... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447512 Sat, 30 May 2009 09:07:00 +0100 2447512 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441299&cid=t_372777_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fbritains-got-talent-grand-guignol.html The Grand Guignol continues. Poor Susan Boyle. Snatched from a life of unthreatening obscurity she is now being built-up, put-down, built-up and put-down time after time by a cruel and exploitative media. Even Piers Morgan, one of the Britain's got Talent judges, is having his doubts and, as an ex-tabloid editor, he wrote the book on "build-up and put-down":One judge, Piers Morgan, confirmed that she had become so "distraught" at negative media headlines this week that she almost quit the ITV show. He said the singer from West Lothian was now relaxing with one of her closest friends from Scotland. He said psychological and medical help was available to contestants, although he could not say if she had asked for such assistance."She is very distraught, to the extent where she packed her b... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441299 Fri, 29 May 2009 13:56:00 +0100 2441299 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441309&cid=t_372777_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fbritains-got-talent-no-one-ever-went.html No, I didn’t watch it. Nor did the children. But I read a piece over at Craig Murray’s place this morning, so checked out the video on You Tube. Unwatchably nauseating from the beginning. I did not get to the end. Are Ant and Dec always like this? This video makes the cloying pseudo-spontaneity of Blind Date seem like the Gettysburg Address.That image of spontaneity was manifest most spectacularly in the case of Susan Boyle, where the video made famous on You Tube pretends that the judges did not even know she was a singer or whether she would be any good. The judges then proceeded to manifest what, when you know the truth, you can see is terribly ham acted astonishment.Craig MurrayJulia Nadienko is an attractive Latvian belly dancer, and a friend of Craig Murray’s. For reasons that ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441309 Mon, 25 May 2009 10:05:00 +0100 2441309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2375973&cid=t_372777_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fhollie-steel-from-accrington-may-be.html Yes, I did watch Britain’s Got Talent last night. Well, I watched Hollie Steel. I did not watch anyone else. Both Holly’s parents work for the NHS. We were not told that they are doctors, so we can assume that they are health care professionals. (HCPs). Of much more importance however is that Hollie Steel hails from Accrington.Accrington is a small ex-mill town in North East Lancashire, surrounded by other towns with wonderful names. Huncoat, Rising Bridge, Baxenden, Rawtenstall, Lower Micklehurst and, never forget, Oswaldtwistle. Accrington is, as everyone knows, the home of the most famous football team of all, Accrington Stanley. (Why "Stanley"? If you do not know, look here) It was home, too, for the Accrington Pals and for Mystic Meg, Jeanette Winterson, David Lloyd, Harrison Birt... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2375973 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:47:00 +0100 2375973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353865&cid=t_372777_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F21%2Fsusan-boyle-and-the-situation-of-sound%2F From Situationist friend and situationist legal scholar Andrew Perlman, we received the following message: * * * “In case you haven’t seen it, this video of a talent show contestant in Britain has become a world-wide phenomenon.  The reason is simple — situational cues prepare us for a stunningly bad performance, and we end up getting quite the opposite.  You can find the video here. * * * It’s really quite moving.  Among other reasons, I think we intuitively realize how much appearance matters to us when we assess other people.” * * * For an examination of the connection between situationism and music, see Jon Hanson and Michael McCann’s “Busker or Virtuoso? Depends on the Situation.” In their post, Hanson and McCann explore how the situation in whi... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353865 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:01:37 +0100 2353865 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347888&cid=t_372777_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fsusan-boyle-proves-its-never-too-late%2F Today, I was inspired and moved beyond words. Flicking on the television this morning, I was captivated by this news piece… Embedded video from CNN Video Watch Susan’s full performance on Britain’s Got Talent here. (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347888 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:26:15 +0100 2347888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347971&cid=t_372777_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fsusan-boyle-britains-got-talent-2009.html Susan Boyle Sings on Britain's Got Talent 2009 Episode 1I never watch this programme. It’s the Theatre of Cruelty. And yet, this evening, my youngest daughter dragged me to her computer and watch it I did. Even though I knew I was being cynically manipulated by Simon Cowell and his minions, it brought tears to my eyes. I seem to be in good company. In the USA, Demi Moore is weeping and Twittering about it whilst in Vancouver, Susan Boyle, this unemployed 47 year old virgin who has never even been kissed, is now front page headlines. Is Simon Cowell the modern Hans Christian Andersen? I wish Susan Boyle well. I hope she wins. I hope she makes a fortune. And yet I feel uneasy that I fell, hook, line and sinker, for the story. Maybe I should talk to The Shrink about it. Maybe I should jus... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347971 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:40:00 +0100 2347971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=875282&cid=t_372777_105_f&fid=36201&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnorwindetalla.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fbritains-got-talent.html If not because of my friend at Bisdak Planet (choco), i won't be able to see or have any idea of this great TV show.Britain's Got Talent is a British television show on ITV, and is presented by popular TV duo, Ant & Dec. The talent show premiered on 9 June 2007, and is broadcast daily, with a live final on June 17, 2007.It is a search for Britain's next best amateur talent act, featuring singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, contortionists, ventriloquists and other talents of all ages. Anyone who believed they have talent was encouraged to audition. The audition process is a cross between The Gong Show but with the judges pressing buzzers instead of banging a gong, and also The X-Factor. The buzzers can however only be pressed once if the judge has seen enough, and when all three are... Norwin Detalla blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=875282 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:11:00 +0100 875282