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Who is responsible for Susan Boyle? 4:15pm on 01 Jun 2009 This particular series of Britain's Got Talent has seemed to cross that intangible boundary of passive/active exploitation a number of times. Not only in the very quick rise and fall of Susan Boyle - and the usual relentless use of the mentally ill, infirm or just plain daft for the mockery of the country - but also the worrying use of young performers.

Three of the under-twelve solo performers were shown to be pushed to tears over criticism from the judges, nerves or a general inability to cope with the 'cut throat' talent contest format. The fine line that the producers usually tread in these areas - between emotional displays and emotional breakdowns was very off this time around.

Of course, as the viewing public, we can only ultimately blame ourselves for this. The producers will always push the acts to the very edge because we enjoy emotion, the tension, as a viewing audience. This is the nature of lowest common denominator television.

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