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SUSAN BOYLE SINGS "MEMORY" ON BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT SEMI FINAL YOUTUBE VIDEO

Britain's Got Talent favorite Susan Boyle sang "Memory" from Cats in the semi final round of the variety show on Sunday.  Susan Boyle seemed a little nervous as she sang a bit off key at the start. Good luck Susan!
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Surprise singing sensation Susan Boyle made a new television appearance Sunday, showcasing once again her soaring voice — but refusing to compromise on the frumpy look that made her an Internet sensation.

The shy church volunteer gave a rousing, but occasionally nervous, performance on the "American Idol"-style show "Britain's Got Talent," with a version of the song "Memory" from the musical "Cats."

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Producers said the 47-year-old's appearance was being posted on the Internet almost immediately, after about 60 million people watched her last performance via YouTube.

Then the sometimes awkward looking Scot won praise from celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey and Demi Moore, and even won a name check in her favorite cartoon "The Simpsons."

In April the judges raised eyebrows at Boyle's dowdy image, but were won over by her bold voice and surprisingly confident performance of "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical "Les Miserables." On Sunday, few were surprised by her abilities.

Wearing a plum colored beaded dress, and a touch more makeup than during her last performance, but with the same wild shock of hair, Boyle overcame a few early jitters to deliver a powerful vocal.

The show's judges and audience rose to their feet to applaud, but those posting comments to the Twitter Web site appeared divided. While some hailed her performance, others appeared underwhelmed.

Flashing a broad smile, Boyle she said had relished the chance to sing again. "Fantastic, absolutely fantastic," she said. "What pressure? I've really enjoyed myself tonight."

Members of the public were voting later Sunday in a telephone poll to determine whether Boyle will reach the contest's final next Saturday. [source]

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SUSAN BOYLE SINGS "THE WAY WE WERE" COMPETES IN BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT SEMIFINALS VIDEO

Susan Boyle has become an international singing sensation on youtube thanks to her spectacular singing voice on Britain's Got Talent. The 47 year old frumpy virgin has taken over the airwaves and made her rounds on talk shows with appearances on Oprah and Larry King.  Susan Boyle is the favorite heading into the semifinals of competition.

Did you know that Susan Boyle used to be slender and attractive as a young woman? Catch this vintage performance of a twenty something Susan Boyle singing  Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were" at a nightclub at the tender age of 22.

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What do a 48-year-old virgin, a pizza delivery man and a 10-year old in a tutu have in common? They’re all among the top contenders for this season of Britain’s Got Talent.

Tomorrow, celebrity judges Piers Morgan, Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden will have to choose 40 semi-finalists to compete for a spot on next Saturday’s finale.

Susan Boyle, the Scottish songstress who won hearts around the world with her rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream," is the show’s obvious favorite. The YouTube clip of her Talent debut has received more than 100 million hits and has appeared on international talk shows.

"People tell me about the coverage I am getting from all over the world," she told the Daily Mail, "but the weirdest thing was when I had a gentleman turn up at my doorstep all the way from Peru. He said he'd seen my clip on YouTube and had come to congratulate me!"

At birth, Boyle was deprived of oxygen and suffered from a lifelong learning disability as a result. Singing, she said, was always "a good way of hiding behind that and boosting my confidence."

For a time following her mother’s death in 2007, Boyle gave up on singing, but soon decided to make one last grasp for stardom. "Britain's Got Talent was something my mum had wanted me to do," she said. "I wanted to prove to people that I could do it."

And she certainly has. Boyle’s fame is such that she just got a personal bodyguard. While she might be at the center of media and public attention, however, Boyle is among several potential winners this year. [NYDN]

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SUSAN BOYLE CRY ME A RIVER BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT SINGER AUDIO DOWNLOAD

A charity recording of Britain's Got Talent Contestant Susan Boyle has also gone viral. The 1999 recording of Boyle singing Cry Me A River comes from a charity CD that had a run of only 1000 copies, but was discovered by the Scottish newspaper The Daily Record. [INQUISITIR]

SUSAN BOYLE BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT SINGER YOUTUBE SENSATION

Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle is an international star. The 47 year old woman does not fit the cookie cutter popstar template and shocked Simon Cowell with her beautiful voice. The singer has earned over 20 million hits on youtube and has made high profile television appearances in the United States.Watch Susan Boyle's television debut on Britain's Got Talent.

British Singing Sensation Susan Boyle A Huge Youtube Star

 

She has been watched by more than 20.2 million people (and counting) on YouTube, Twittered about by Demi and Ashton, praised by Patti LuPone, admired by the bloggerati, snapped by the paparazzi, swarmed by camera crews, interrogated by reporters and restyled, sort of, for American television.

But now Susan Boyle, the middle-aged church volunteer whose soaring performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” on a British talent show last week turned her into the world’s newest instant celebrity, at youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY, is trying to catch her breath.

“All the attention has been quite an upheaval, and she is quite tired,” Miss Boyle’s brother, John, told reporters on Thursday outside her tiny pebbledash cottage in tiny, previously unexciting Blackburn, Scotland. “I have taken her away to let her have some peace and quiet before the next round.”

“The next round” refers, of course, to “Britain’s Got Talent,” the “X-Factor”-style competition in which the unglamorous, unfashionable Miss Boyle, 47, confounded a multitude of stereotypes by unveiling her gorgeous singing voice last Saturday night. Part of the joy of watching her performance was seeing the obnoxious, smarmy grimaces disappear from the faces of Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan, two of the show’s judges, and seeing the audience shift, in an instant, from tittering condescension to open-mouthed admiration.

Miss Boyle is unmarried (and unkissed, she told the program), has no job, lives with her cat and has until now sung mostly in her local church. But she has become a heroine not only to people dreaming of being catapulted from obscurity to fame but also to those who cheer her triumph over looks-ism and ageism in a world that so values youth and beauty.

Her life has changed irrevocably. The show has provided her with a publicist, whose job is to run interference and field basic questions, like, Is Miss Boyle available for an interview? (No is the answer.) But though the storms are gathering, they will have to gather in a contained manner for at least the next month. “Britain’s Got Talent” is still in its early stages, where the judges pick contestants from regional auditions, and Miss Boyle’s next chance of appearing does not come until May 23, the semifinal round.

Nor, according to the contract that all contestants sign, may Miss Boyle speak to potential managers or begin negotiating, say, a recording deal until the show is finished, said Sara Lee, the publicist.

Miss Boyle’s revelatory performance brings to mind one from the series’s first season, in 2007. That time, Paul Potts, a tubby, dentally challenged, cripplingly shy Welsh cellphone salesman walked onstage and, looking as if he were about to cry, announced that he wanted to “sing opera.” [NYT]

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