She Got Plucked!
Susan Boyle’s new look

"Nothing to see here - move along."
(pic: The Sun)

She’s done it!
Only hours after I pondered the big question – would Britain’s Got Talent break-out star Susan Boyle succumb to a make-over – the 48-year-old (evidently she had a birthday at some point) has taken it upon herself to work on her “look”.
First she found a pair of heals and a leather jacket, then she got her eyebrows done and now she’s had her wiry grey hair flat ironed and dyed “chestnut brown”.
This is despite the fact that BGT producers were apparently keen to stick with her dowdy look.

Certainly there was no posh London celebrity salon involved – Boyley popped down to the local parlour and forked out £5 for the brows and £35 for the new hairdo.

Buh-bye caterpillars

(pic: The Daily Mail)

I feel somewhat comforted that she has taken the makeover into her own hands and that it hasn’t come directly from execs, but one has to wonder how much the focus on her appearance has affected her (considering this is my second post on the subject, I am not shying away from my obvious direct link in her feeling the need to get her hair did).
But will the new look change people’s love for her? BGT judge Amanda Holden has already publicly stated Susan should stay au naturale.

“I won’t let Simon take her to his dentist,” Amanda said last week, “and I certainly won’t let her near his hairdresser. She needs to stay exactly as she is as that’s the reason we love her. She looks like anybody who could live on your street. The minute we turn her into a glamour-puss it’s spoilt.”

"These aren't the droids you're looking for."
(pic: The Daily Mail)

Taking to this showbiz lark like Lindsay to vodka, Susan got about town with her head covered in order to keep her new look under wraps. She will unveil the all-new superstar Susan at the upcoming Britain’s Got Talent semi-finals, Gretel Killeen-style (see story below).
Knowing they will have massive ratings no matter what Susan’s hair looks like, the show’s producers have defended the makeover.
“Susan’s a grown woman and can do what she likes with her hair,” pipped a spokey.
True, that.

Gretel’s Got Game

"Just wait there while I get my whip..."

Speaking of secret make-overs, this year’s Logies host Gretel Killeen is being very secretive about her new pixie haircut. So far she has only been pictured with a hat firmly covering her new crop, and Gretski has no intention of letting anyone see the new do before the big night.
“She wants to use the Logies as the big reveal of her new look after being off the radar for so long,” a “source” tells The Daily Tele.
Word is she’ll even wear a wig on her Rove appearance this weekend.
Nine publicity folk had to deal with her insisting upon wearing a hat in her Logies promo shoot. But looking at the photo – hardly the kind of pic glossies and newspapers will be thrilled with running to promote TV’s night of nights – that was the least of their worries. Completely dressed in black and wearing long leather gloves, Gretel dons a top hat and flops an unconvincing hair extension over her shoulder in a shot that leaves her looking like a dominatrix ringmaster.
This, on second thoughts, may be appropriate.
The thing about Gretel – that apparently the Logies organisers forgot – is that she does and says exactly what she pleases. Even if that means parading some of the worst outfits ever to be seen on Australian TV. But she doesn’t care, and that is why she is equally loved and hated by the public and industry types alike.

Scott Keenan

I had a make-over now I look like a clown o'clock