In response to the Age Gap!
Too easy to take a blanket view on life!
Yesterday, the Post was a humourous interlude on the week and, hopefully, it raised a smile on many faces. But it was, nonetheless a dig at young people so if felt appropriate to present one of the finest examples of endeavour and professionalism of young persons, courtesy of a recent major production by the BBC.
A couple of weeks ago, on Sunday, June 3rd, came the final of a contest to find a singing ‘superstar’. It was called The Voice UK and as the website explains, ”Four of the biggest names in music are looking for incredible singing talent to compete for the title of The Voice UK. They will be chosen purely on the quality of their voice.” Many of the contestants were young persons.
Young persons singing their hearts out.
The four ‘biggest’ names were, indeed, very big names: Danny O’Donoghue, Jessie J, will.i.am and Sir Tom Jones.
So let me leave you with a reminder of the young person who won! The fabulous Leanne Mitchell.
and if you want to hear (and see) the stunning performance that won it for Leanne, here it is,
Paul Handover
In the absence of Jazz (the person who mystifyingly lost to Tyler in the semi-final), Leanne was, in my humble opinion, a worthy winner. However, I prefer her re-interpretation of Whitney Houston’s Run to You:
Martin Lack
June 17, 2012 at 09:36
I agree and when I was drafting this Post pondered about including that video. So thanks for doing that!
Paul Handover
June 17, 2012 at 12:46
Her semi-final rendition of it was possibly even better!
Martin Lack
June 18, 2012 at 08:32
Agreed.
Paul Handover
June 18, 2012 at 08:35
Im so happy you posted this Paul and thanks to Martin too for his link, I rarely turn on the TV these days but I did tune in to the Voice every week and in the final I DID vote too for Leanne to win and thought she was a very deserving winner too.. And I never usually do any phone in votes.. But she was very impressive.. ~Sue
Sue Dreamwalker
June 22, 2012 at 09:09