"Britains Got Talent"

I think she could be good fi she got some good training - she's got lots of potential and the reasons he got picked is cos she's sexy - thats kind of obvious. SHe's got the cute factor going for her too. I like though the way the judges seemed to claim to know what they were watching. Ridiuclous!!
I think its good to get bellydance in the public eye though here in the UK as its needed. But shame it couldnt' be someone who was really really good.

I'd not seen the second performance - simon saying 'she wants to make bellydance popular' - well, superstars are already doing a good job of that. and if it means people thinking that bellydance is close to titillating stripping (which i have no problem with btw but i don't think bellydance should be portrayed as a stag night thrill) then its very sad.
Ah well.

I have been shown practically exactly the same kind of TV show in a German version on youtube clips by my friend. And my feeling is, these shows serve to promote just about every stereotype men have ever created about women. The idea is to audition in front of two self infatuated tv hounds and one sophisticated lady working in the same channel, and if the candidate is lucky, he/she is called back for another audition with a chance to apply for a "tv superstar" job. The male moderators use this opportunity to tell young curvaceous starry eyed girls that they are cute and sexy, and no, intelligence is not what is required as one of the talents praised here, and the rest of the time they use it to bash every woman who is older than 27, plumper than whatever their idea is of what a girl should be, take the chance to sneer, belittle and ridicule, put down some of male Turkish applicants as complete idiots even if they are good singers and usually give the youngest bimbos another chance by whatever random criteria.
Well, what do you expect...>= ( I find it sad and it would make our feminist precessors turn over in their graves (if they were there already). Ever watched the movies "Carmen" or "Tango" by Carlos Saura? Always the same plot: middle aged director tells the seasoned, technically excellent head dancer and teacher of his troupe that she can no longer have the main role in the next show because he has taken a liking to a new girl. Ok, the new one only has 3 months experience in stage dancing, is not a real professional yet, but she is young and cute and refreshing, (and makes him feel more of a man again after he lost it a bit at his age, but he does not tell her that, and he ends up in bed with her later ). So, girls, being good at it is not really what counts, in the eyes of these men, and we all know which part of their body they use for thinking...

Here are more belly dancers from Britains Got Talent.

The Urban Gypsies
www.youtube.com/watch

Thats really interesting - I loved her energy - but I don't see how the way she danced would have shown bellydance in a non sleazy light. I know she wasn't sleazy -b ut she was very sexy. I hope she does well though - Someone said she was going to perform at raqs britannia?

Wow! According to that article, this girl's been dancing two years longer than I have. It makes me wonder who her "leading instructors" are and how regularly she's attended classes. It also makes me wonder if she's trying to perform a different style of bellydance than she's been trained in.

Oh, yes, I know what you mean. Some "friends" definitely love to do something about your self doubts, though it is more often than not the jealous ones with their own self doubts who enjoy dumping on others. Ok, yes, she's got stage presence. However, I do not think, a really good dancer's act needs to be enhanced by skillfully drooling moderators nor by men carrying her on stage, enormous props, entourage and so on, to make a greater impression. ; ) Think of ballet where some dancers wear no more than a simple leotard, dance on a plain stage with a wooden floor and take people's breath away.

She did not win the show
www.youtube.com/watch

There is a difference between SEXY and sensual...hopefully belly dance reigns in the latter.