Do you have to be extroverted (and good looking) to make it as an entertainer?

I was listening to the following song while I was walking around today:

This is a song from 2012 by Delta Goodrem, the Australian singer, called Sitting on Top of the World.

I remember when she sang it at a State of Origin rugby league game.

There is no doubt that Delta is a very talented performer and she has had a lot of success with her music. She has also battled cancer and won, which for anyone must be a situation and half but to do it when you have just turned 20 is something special and it just goes to show that she is a very strong woman.

For some reason however while I was listening to Sitting on Top of the World, I was reminded of the following song which I think I first saw at the end of 2006:

This is a parody of a Justin Timberlake song from the American comedy show, Saturday Night Live.

The performer certainly had her 15 minutes with this video and it proved to me the power of the Internet.

About two weeks after seeing this video and saw the following video which really made the video interesting. Have a look:

At that time I didn't see that coming. The young woman who was performing on the video was actually lip synching and the real singer was in a different country.

What does Delta Goodrem and the 'Box in a Box' song got to do with each other?

Well, actually nothing but I was wondering how much with female performer's success has to do with their looks?

Delta Goodrem as I said, is certainly a very talented performer but how much of her success is do that she is undeniably gorgeous? In the traditional sense, she is a beauty and how much does her beauty contribute to her success?

Of course it would be good to say very little because as you can see in the above two videos she is very talented.

Then I look at the 'Box in the Box' video and the actual singer, Leah is very talented, that's obvious but she decided for reasons of logistics that she wouldn't appear on the video and they chose another person.

I wonder if Leah decided to do that not because she thought she couldn't sing it but she was a bit shy in front of the camera. In the interview it seems that she is not 100% comfortable although she speaks very eloquently.

Would 'Box in a Box' had been more popular if Leah had appeared on it or was the more obviously extroverted Michelle the better choice?

It's an interesting question and it just goes to show that you do need to be extroverted in today's society, if only for a few minutes. We like that outgoing person better. We can't complain about it. That is the way it is.

What are you going to do about it?