Ever since Susan Boyle blew up on “Britain’s Got Talent,” every ugly duckling with a nice voice has been called the “next Susan Boyle,” only to disappear back into obscurity (See also: the tubby Chinese kid who sang like Whitney Houston). But this may video may actually contend with Boyle on the Heartwarming Scale (a totally scientific measurement). His name is Sung-Bong Choi, and according to the story he tells on the show, he spent the first five years of his life in an orphanage, which he left after getting beaten. For the next ten years he lived on the streets, sleeping on stairs and in public restrooms. Now 22, he works as a manual laborer who may or may not have a beautiful operatic voice (I don’t want to spoil it for you). Let’s just say he made the cute judge cry:
My only complaint? I think he could’ve gotten more emotional impact with a song from Oliver! He could even tweak the lyrics for the Korean audience. “Food, glorious food! Dog sausage and mustard!”
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Maybe I’m just an awful American devil but this has the distinct whiff of bullshit.
Sung-Bong is a good name, but An-Yong is still my favorite Korean name.
I like how when he says he’s a manual laborer the hostess and the audience laughs at him. Stay classy, Korea.
After, he and the cute judge met for coffee and they really hit it off. They eventually started dating and one night had the most romantic and passionate sex of their lives. Then this dude showed up and revealed that the homeless man is actually her father. Awkward!
HAHAHAHAHA SUNG-BONG HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Did you see all the crying girls in the audience? Korea was hit by an estrogen tsunami because of this cat!
Burnsy – was there an awesome claw-hammer fight in there somewhere?
Every girl in that audience wants him now. When do we start getting photoshops of new translations of the cute judge saying “I want to give you a hug.”
There’s a huge difference here between the auditions of SuBo and this young man. While it’s very true that he’s had an awful life, SuBo went on stage with confidence and didn’t have a sob story. Would this young man be going viral if the public didn’t hear his story first?
so he slept on a toilet at the opera?
@Stinky Pete, sadly I agree with you. This sounds like a typical set up. Every talent show in the world is trying to find the next Susan Boyle. The problem is that since she was the first, it was real, and that’s why it happened in the first place.
@Burnsy – You just reminded me of ‘OldBoy’. That movie haunted my dreams!
/Sobs
Hahahaha!
*Pretends to understand reference from Oliver.
What channer is Korea’s Got Talrent on?
I mean I had to.
It’s KOREA’s Got Talent, but you still call him a Chinese kid. Really intelligent article. (rolling my eyes, if you can’t tell).