Internet sensations, still the same old story

"Internet sensations" are more than just famous they are viral. They infect all computers or online devices and the whole world catches a fever. Eventually the world recovers its equilibrium, until a new sensation evolves.

At the moment distressed or blessed with the ugly stick is in. While mainstream entertainment is all about pretty faces who can't hold a tune, the Internet has turned the concept inside out by making stars out of image-challenged individuals who really can sing.

For example, there is Lin Yu-chun, the 24-year-old who looks like a chubby choirboy and sings like a Whitney Houston angel. His basin-haircut and crystal soprano voice didn't make him a winner on Taiwan's One Million Star show, but the video clips uploaded earlier this month on video sharing sites did.