UPDATED:
British pop star
Lily Allen
has slated
Britain's Got Talent
UPDATED:
British pop star
Lily Allen
has slated
Britain's Got Talent
star
Susan Boyle'
s singing, calling her "so over-rated".
In a bizarre rant on her Twitter micro-blogging page,
Smile
singer Allen let rip at the 48-year-old Scottish spinster whose dulcet tones has catapulted her to global fame and turned her into a household name.
After watching Boyle beat out seven other performers during Sunday's semi-final with her rousing rendition of
Memory
from the musical
Cats
, Allen, 24, tweeted: "
Susan Boyle is so over-rated... I'm allowed to have an opinion. I thought her timing was off, no control, and I don't think she has an amazing voice
."
She added: "
Yes, she can sing, but it's not about talent with her, is it
?
"She seems like a lovely lady but if it's about talent, that
Shaheen
kid should win."
Twelve-year old contestant
Shaheen Jarfagholi
is also in the running to win the talent show, whose final is set for this Saturday.
She added: "I have never in my life claimed to be talented. I do work hard at writing songs and putting on entertaining concerts though."
Jeez, put it back in your purse, Allen.
But gobby Allen didn't stop there. She also had some bile left over for talent guru and pants man
Simon Cowell
after her reduced 10-year-old singer
Natalie Okri
to tears by bumping her out of the final.
"
Can I just say, I think Britain's Got Talent is verging on child cruelty. That poor little Natalie girl
," Allen spewed. "My goddaughter aged 4 was in a hysterical fit of tears. Not cool Cowell."
Boyle, or the hairy angel/SuBo as she's nicknamed these days, warbled her way into the final, despite hitting a few dud notes during her rendition of
Memory
. She later blamed the slip on a cold.
"I said to myself, Well, you'd better just pick yourself up and keep going'...the audience reaction was really stunning," Boyle said.
Video: The 'hairy angel' returns
Dead ringer
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but we do wonder what SuBo thinks of
Little Britain
star
Matt Lucas
' take on the singing spinster.
The diminutive comedian with a polished cranium has lampooned the moment SuBo was thrust before scornful judges on
Britain's Got Talen
t for a magazine photo shoot - and it's a doozy.
Talk about bringing out the LOLs
Posing for Britain's
Heat
magazine, Lucas said: "I thought she was really good.
"But I wouldn't say she was extraordinary. It was an extraordinary TV moment because she was such an unlikely heroine.
"It'll be interesting to see what happens to her - she comes across as having lots of humility."
Talent judge
Piers Morgan
has also piped up about Allen's comments and Boyle's run-up to the big final.
"Susan's under huge pressure now, and my heart really does go out to her. It's not easy going from anonymity to world superstardom so fast, and I don't think she really knows what the hell is going on with her life.
"But if she comes back in the final with
I Dreamed A Dream
and nails it, then she is still the one to beat."
He put Allen's bashing down to jealousy.
"Lily Allen called her ‘over-rated' today.
"Now, I like young Lily, she's an amusing cove," he said
"But methinks some of these pop stars are getting just the teeniest, weenist bit jealous of Susan's global domination.
He added: "And they'll be even more irritated when she sells ten million albums in America, which trust me, she will - whatever happens in the final."
So what do we think of Allen's Boyle-bashing? Geuine critique or textbook case of a visit from the green-eyed monster?
She should be so lucky
The blogosphere is buzzing with reports that pop pixie
Kylie'
s fiance has finally popped the question after seven months of heavy romancing.
Spanish model
Andres Velencoso
proposed to Kyles while the couple were holidaying in New York, according to a report in
Grazia
magazine.
A snitch tells the mag: "Andres told her he wanted to wake up next to her every day for the rest of his life. She asked him if she knew what he was saying and if he was serious, and when he said yes and that he wanted to marry her, she was thrilled."
The smitten singer spoke recently about her love for the hunk and revealed in an interview:
"I just feel I've found the balance I've been looking for.
"I'm happier with him than I have ever been before, you never know he could be the one.
"He is great, who knows what the future holds but hopefully things will work out," she gushed.
The pint sized star will announce the happy news later this week on her 41st birthday, says the magazine.
The report adds that Kyles has been snapped sporting a ring on her right hand, believed to be a substitute ring until her man hands her the official engagement bling.
Video: Kyles and her Spanish sizzler promote her new stink
Put that thing away
This is precisely the reason why mobile manthrax
Paris Hilton
must be stopped at all costs.
The heirhead was snapped indulging in a spot of X-rated PDA with her man-of-the-moment
Doug Reinhardt
during a Cannes bash last week.
Put it this way, the shameless face sucking got way out of hand, leading to Parasite
exposing the most lethal weapon in her arsenal - her tongue
.
Eugh, and eugh.
Blind bits
Naughty secrets, dirty little scandals...
* "Which
famous boyfriend
threw a wobbly when he dropped his coke down the loo in Cannes? He was overheard sniveling in the cubicle."
* "Which
top model
was dismissed from her agency - all because she became a Scientologist?"
* "Which
wanna-be rocker
had to take a trip to the emergency room because he went to sleep with his contacts in?"
* "Which
star demands cabin crew speak to her through her fella
? They're also under orders not look her in the eye."
Toothless tweet
Demi Moore
has exposed her inner-hillbilly and
posted snaps of her toothelss self
on Twitter.
Of her toothless grin, she said: "I lost it and had to have it fixed! I personally thought this look went out after you were eight, didn't know I would be rocking it again!
"Happy to share and always appreciate the opportunity to find humility!!! Or at least be able to laugh at myself!"
Highlarious.
Just friends
Madonna
's Brazilan bit of trouser
Jesus Luz
insists that he and the Material Girl are "just friends".
Of course you are, dear.
Speaking publicly for the first time about his relationship with our Madge, he says she is "nothing but a friend".
He says, "She is someone I truly admire, a friend who is in my life, who I have worked with, and who I keep in touch with. I can't say anything else besides that. She is a friend, and nothing but a friend."
And he doesn't care if his 'frienship' with Madge is met with a sea of scorn, or if we continue to label him her 'boy toy lover'. He's over it.
He adds: "Actually I have never cared about what other people say about me because if I let people's negativity enter my life then I will not be able to stay focused and follow my path."
Aren't these two supposedly shacked up together and bringing sexy back in her New York passion pad? They seem awfully close to be "just friends". Then again, those naughty rumours that he's the new nanny might just be on the money...
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