carmen-masalo

The delicate flower pictured here is Carmen Masola, who appeared on the premiere episode of “Italy’s Got Talent” as the token Susan Boyle “troll with a golden voice” character. Wow, a fat lady who’s good at singing opera? What a shocking development. This must be the first time in recorded history such a thing has happened. From Variety:

Carmen Masola, a decidedly non-photogenic former newsstand agent, competently belted out the “Casta Diva” aria from Vincenzo Bellini’s “Norma,” leaving co-host Gerry Scotti teary-eyed.

“Ay! You sing-a so pretty!”

But Corriere della Sera columnist Aldo Grasso echoed many critics when he complained the talent show had “no experimentation, no research, no new ideas: They are just mechanically adapting this foreign format to an Italian context.”

Grasso added, “It’s just like ‘Britain’s Got Talent, but greasier. Ayyyy!” (Full video below)