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Susan Boyle Sings “I Dreamed A Dream”, Chinese Reactions

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From Youku: “47-year-old English Unemployed Auntie Participates In Competition, Upon Singing Shocks Entire World”

Comments from QQ:

广安市:

If this was Super Girl [a Chinese talent show], she could not get past the audience voting.

泰安市:

This is considered a beautiful sound? A little too exaggerated!!!

东莞市:

You completely did not understand what was so touching/moving [about her performance].

上海市:

A person cannot be judged by his appearance, the sea cannot be measured by a bushel, this is the point.

深圳市:

If we had a mother that had this kind of courage to go on and be voted by the audience, I definitely would support her!

杭州市:

Very beautiful, I do not know what the song means, but I can hear her singing with her heart.

123.117.30.*:

Watching foreign television shows, I have a feeling of truth/real. When can our country’s television shows be true/real?

徐州市:

I watched this so many times, this old lady is too cute ~turning around to walk away right after singing, haha~ personality!

113.133.19.*:

After watching twice, I truly have come to understand a truth: people truly cannot be judged by their appearances! Just this auntie is a good example.

上海市:

Music’s charm ~ is that music has no borders.

Comments from Sina:

新浪网友(北京):

Too beautiful, moving me just like Paul did.

新浪网友(江西):

China’s competition television shows can be summarized with two points…
The men need to look like girls to have a chance of advancing to the next round.
The girls need to look like boys to be able to advance to the next round.

新浪网友(吉林长春):

A performance that excites people’s hearts, making them cry uncontrollably!

新浪网友(广西柳州):

Although I do not know the meaning of what she is singing, upon hearing her singing voice I cried, her singing voice shook my soul.

新浪网友(山东滨州):

Not only did her singing touch me, those judges also worthy of respect, no inside connections, no money involved, just upright judges…

新浪网友(北京):

Never been kissed, so why are people calling her auntie?

新浪网友(香港):

Every person has the right to dream, please try hard to realize it…very moving…

新浪网友(山东青岛):

I do not understand what she is singing but my eyes are moist. I am so touched I am shaking uncontrollably. She is 47-years-old, and she walked onto the stage to sing “I have a dream!” I am 42-years-old. I [now] feel I very much have a future! Thank you SUSAN!

新浪网友(四川成都):

After listening, I am truly moved. She made me believe that even ordinary people like us can also show our radiance.  Suddenly, I feel I too am not that ordinary.

新浪网友(辽宁沈阳):

Truly great! Actually sometimes it is not worshipping foreigners sometimes, often watching British competition television shows and being able to see see many excellent/great sounds that can shake your soul! Letting you appreciate it, letting your tears stream from your eyes uncontrollably! How can China copy so much yet never find such a pure and great sound? Truly really great!

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Fauna is a mysterious young Shanghainese girl who lives in the only place a Shanghainese person would ever want to live: Shanghai. In mid-2008, she started chinaSMACK to combine her hobby of browsing Chinese internet forums with her goal of improving her English. Through her tireless translation of popular Chinese internet news and phenomenon, her English has apparently gotten dramatically better. At least, reading and writing-wise. Unfortunately, she's still not confident enough to have written this bio, about herself, by herself.

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