Escala: 'People judged us just like Susan' (VIDEO)

Escala: 'People judged us just like Susan' (VIDEO)
Escala: 'People judged us just like Susan' (VIDEO) (Image credit: UK Press/Press Association Image)

Sexy string quartet Escala have likened themselves to Susan Boyle - saying they were initially judged on their looks at their first audition for Britain's Got Talent. Just as many immediately wrote off singer Susan, with her frizzy hair and frumpy clothes, the group feared they wouldn't be judged on their talent when they auditioned for the ITV1 show last year wearing sexy outfits. Izzy Johnston told whatsontv.co.uk: "When I watched the Susan Boyle clip I felt it was quite sad that somebody with a raw talent had never had the opportunity to fulfil that just because of the way she looks. "Similarly, because we were on stage in short skirts people don't think we'll be good at something." Escala bandmate Chantal Leverton added: "You can't really win." Escala's self-titled debut album is out on Monday, May 25. CLICK below to watch Escala talking about their similarities to Susan Boyle

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.