On Saturday night, "Britain's Got Talent" saw the emergence of another nondescript contestant who pulled off a bravura performance of a song from the musical "Les Misérables." Like Susan Boyle before him, Jamie Pugh tiptoed onto stage an unknown and sauntered off a star. His rendition of "Bring Him Home" blew the crowd away and nabbed three yes votes from the judges' panel.

So now we're wondering: Have we found the new Susan Boyle? Let's take a look ...

Why He Is The New Susan Boyle

Pugh's got all the ingredients for a feel-good story: He's a van driver by day and a pizza deliveryman by night who feels thwarted by his current path in life. "It's not what I want," he said on the show. "I want to sing." The problem has been that Pugh suffers from debilitating stage fright, and his goal going into "BGT" was simply to last for the entire three-minute performance without collapsing onstage.

Then there's the singing: During his version of "Bring Him Home," Pugh revealed himself as a singer adept at communicating the emotional pain of a song -- in this case, a father praying to God to save a young man's life. If not as chill-inducing as Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream," Pugh's song nonetheless brought the audience to a rousing standing ovation. "I feel complete," he said backstage, "just for this brief moment."

Why He Isn't The New Susan Boyle

To begin, there can only be one Susan: She's cheeky and wise, self-aware yet touchingly innocent. Pugh is more everyman than ugly duckling, and I don't think we'll see him going in for a wardrobe makeover or shaving off that goatee anytime soon. Also, Pugh's no lonely spinster who's never been kissed -- did his lip-locking embrace with his partner, Donna, twinge your aw-shucks bone or leave you thinking Boyle is the true underdog story of "BGT"?

What's more, Boyle seemed immediately at home on the stage, talking sassily back to the judges. Pugh was a nervous wreck, attempting to respond to questions in between bouts of hands-in-the-face crying. Who knows if we'll see Pugh hitting the talk show circuit and, if he does, how he'll fare.

Boyle had barely sung a single word before the audience began to roar with a mixture of surprise and wild appreciation. Maybe the audience is a bit jaded after the Boyle experience, maybe Pugh isn't the singer his predecessor is, but the crowd greeted his first lines only with respectful applause. Yet by the end, they were giving him a standing ovation. But first impressions count, and by that measure Pugh is no Boyle.

The "Britain's Got Talent" Bottom Line

Let's first recognize that we've only heard these contestants perform onstage once. They might both end up being one-hit reality show wonders! We'll have to wait and see when the semifinals begin later this month. What's clear is that Boyle shall remain the people's favorite and a mainstay of celebrity gossip rags. As for me, my heart's saying this is Boyle's contest to lose, while my head's saying: Don't count Pugh out just yet ...