posted April 13, 2009 07:01 PM         

But my questions are.... Why was "everyone against her", and why did the judge say that "everyone laughed at her" statement of wanting to be famous as Elaine Paige?

She looked like any average woman you'd see walking down the street and yet people discriminated against her as soon as she walked on the stage. Why do people do this? Why did they have a 'view' on her? It doesn't make the world a safe place.

I'm glad she shattered those people's egotistical thinking and struck to the very heart of their soul.

posted April 13, 2009 08:32 PM         

Why did people discriminate against her, koi?? She wasn't young, she wasn't beautiful, therefore the assumption in jaded, shallow Western culture is that you have *nothing* going for you.

Part of the reason I cried was because of how she so thoroughly vanquished the preconceptions held by the audience and judges – the triumph of raw talent “in spite of” her nondescript looks – she knocked their socks off and erased their scorn!!

I liked her even before she sang: the twinkle in her eyes, her vivacity, her wit and cheerfulness

posted April 14, 2009 01:30 AM         

one of those vids I would have totally skipped over if it weren't for you girls' (and maybe guys') comments.

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used
And wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted.

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame.

And still
I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms
We cannot weather...

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
so different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.

~I dreamed a dream from Les Miserables

posted April 14, 2009 01:52 AM         

What a sweet lady. There is something special about her...
besides her voice!

She said: "I've never been kissed."

That's probably why she stayed so sweet.
She lives alone with her cat Pebbles.

posted April 14, 2009 07:55 AM         

Susan Boyle - a star in the making?
susanboy on April 11th, 2009

Susan Boyle, an unassuming 48 year old virgin from an unassuming Scottish Village sprang onto the big lights of Britain’s Got Talent Stage and blew Simon Cowell away, earning herself a standing ovation from the crowd as well as the judges.

Susan Boyle from Blackburn - West Lothian told the Britain’s Got Talent Geordie hosts Ant and Dec that she’s “never had a boyfriend” and she has “never been kissed” before she gyrated onto the stage telling the judges that she wanted to “rock the crowd”.

Susan Boyle | Britain's Got Talent

Susan Boyle | Britain's Got Talent

The judges and audience couldn’t stop their laughter when Susan Boyle said her ambition was to “be a professional singer like Elaine Page.” However their laughter was soon short lived when Susan wowed the audience with her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream from the musical Les Miserables. Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden both had to fight back the tears of what was an awe inspiring performance.

We cannot fail to notice the similarities between Susan and Paul Potts, a former car phone salesmen who, after winning Britain’s Got Talent 2007, went on to sell a staggering 15 million albums world wide.

Susan who lives alone with her 10 year old cat Pebbles was dubbed “a tiger” by music mogul Simon Cowell who said that Susan’s performance was remarkable. Susan, a lover of the royal family herself is tipped as hot favourite to win the talent show and perform in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance.

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posted April 14, 2009 08:14 AM         

Susan Boyle astonished the judges at the auditions for ITV1 show Britain's Got Talent with her rendition of I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables.

Her eccentric ways and less than polished appearance drew sniggers from the audience when she first appeared on the stage, but they were mesmerised from the moment she broke into song and gave her a standing ovation.

Simon Cowell pronounced her voice "extraordinary" and Amanda Holden was reduced to tears by hearing her sing. Fellow judge Piers Morgan said the performance was "without a doubt the biggest surprise I have had in three years of this show".

Miss Boyle, who does charity work for her local church in Bathgate, West Lothian, idolises Elaine Paige. "I'm trying to be a professional singer. I've never been given the chance before," she said. She is already one of the favourites to reach the final of the series, which begins on Saturday evening. She lives alone with her cat, Pebbles, and admits she has "never been married, never been kissed" - although stardom may change all that.

posted April 14, 2009 08:18 AM         

SING STAR: Susan Boyle has been tipped to win Britain’s Got Talent.

Published Date: 11 April 2009
By SCOTT McANGUS
SHE lives alone with her ten-year-old cat, has never been kissed, and is teased by children in the street. But 48-year-old Susan Boyle could just be the UK's next singing sensation.
Devout Catholic Miss Boyle has been at the centre of a media storm since news emerged of how she wowed Britain's Got Talent judges Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan with her amazing opera voice.

She has now been tipped to win the hit show and the chance to perform in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance later this year.

Speaking to the Evening News from her home in Blackburn, West Lothian, Miss Boyle – who freely says has "never even been kissed" – insisted she was unfazed by the attention.

She said the success of Fauldhouse's singing plumber, Andrew Muir, on the show last year was a driving force behind her audition at Glasgow's SECC in January, which will be shown on ITV tonight. She sang Cry Me a River from Les Miserables and received a rapturous standing ovation, much like Muir did at his audition.

"Andrew Muir was fantastic last year and somebody local going on a show like that definitely inspired me to go on," she said.

"I like Elaine Paige as an artist and try to model myself on her, but it's all just for fun. I love singing. It keeps me going."

The audience and the judges initially laughed at Miss Boyle when she told them she wanted to be a famous artist like Paige and gyrated her hips. But that all changed after her performance, with the notoriously hard-to-please Cowell describing her as "a little tiger" while Morgan called her the "biggest surprise I've had in three years of this show".

Miss Boyle said she was "very relaxed" about the praise, adding: "It's quite an accolade what Simon Cowell said and I didn't really know what to expect. I just went and sang. It would be a dream to have a career in singing and to be on the Royal Variety Performance. I'm very pro-royal.

"I'm looking forward to watching the show, although I'll probably be critical of any mistakes I see, but I'll take it all in good fun. It's only entertainment after all."

Fellow singing sensation Muir said he was pleased someone else from the area was doing so well.

He said: "I've known Susan for quite a while and sang with her a few times at charity gigs and local talent shows in West Lothian.

"She's quite a character and is a really nice woman. I wish her all the best and would tell her to just go for it. There must be something in the water in West Lothian."

Neighbours told how Miss Boyle had been teased by local children who called her names because she lives alone with her cat Pebbles – but added that no-one was laughing now.

One said: "Susan has an amazing voice and is a really lovely person. We're certainly not surprised she has done so well with her singing. She'll definitely make the final and maybe even win it.

"Her voice is lovely and we'll all be supporting her during the show. Hopefully this will stop kids making fun of her because I know it upsets her sometimes, even though she says it doesn't."

Miss Boyle, who is currently unemployed, has always loved the arts and studied at Edinburgh Acting School in the early '90s before she was forced to leave and care for her sick mother, with help from her other eight siblings – of whom she is the youngest. She has also featured in a "madrigal" show at Edinburgh's Fringe Festival with local children performing a collection of poetry and plays.

MORGAN BRANDS BLACKBURN 'A DUMP'

JUDGE Piers Morgan has branded Susan Boyle's hometown of Blackburn, West Lothian, "a dump".

A camera crew filming the Britain's Got Talent singer were ordered to shoot in nearby Bathgate instead after the area "appalled" Morgan.

Camera crews were supposed to visit the village and film in locations including the community centre and the run-down council estate.

Whilst crew members diplomatically described the views as being "too bland", Morgan announced "it's a dump".

Jackie Russell, manager of Miss Boyle's local pub the Happy Valley Hotel, said: "They were supposed to come here and film for the show, but Piers said the place was a 'dump' so they went and filmed in Bathgate.

"I hope they don't say on the show she's from Bathgate, because she's not. She's ours – Blackburn born and bred. It might not be the bonniest, but it is where she's from."

posted April 14, 2009 08:46 AM         

She was on our news the other night. She really made my day! The reaction in the audience from what it was to what it became was sad but wonderful and the same time.

posted April 14, 2009 10:25 AM         

It is nothing short of a miracle to see how all the people listening were transformed instantly from cynical and petty homo sapiens into human beings.

And that was just one song!

posted April 14, 2009 11:18 AM         

the audience partly was reacting to the fact that she is such a cut-out version of some of the stereotypical characters from britain's working class...

posted April 16, 2009 08:31 PM         

apparently britain was not as stunned as we were by this event...though they're not as determinedly frumpy as they once were, i remember my english relatives arguing with my american sis-in-law about the "american obsession with straight teeth!" sis had bought the ADA's line about how perfect teeth are necessary for good health, and my mum-in-law thought it was sheer vanity.

posted April 16, 2009 11:10 PM         

But sticking to the topic "for anyone who thinks the world is too cynical".