Britain’s Got Talent – Susan Boyle

Amazing. There’s only one word to describe her. And that’s – Amazing.

I stumbled across this article while surfing around:-

“American Idol” isn’t the only launching pad for aspiring singers. Across the pond, “Britain’s Got Talent” scored a huge boost in the Buzz after an unassuming contestant gave an amazing performance.

Susan Boyle (remember that name) became a Web phenomenon after singing “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables. The performance brought the audience to its feet and left the judges (including Simon Cowell) either speechless or in tears.

Before going on stage, Ms. Boyle admitted some self-deprecating facts about herself (she’s never been kissed and lives alone with her cat, Pebbles). For those reasons and more, audiences were expecting the female William Hung. They were wrong.

Lookups on the sudden star posted huge gains. A no-name just the other day, Ms. Boyle quickly surged into our top 5,000 overall searches. Blogs and gossip rags went wild. The Mirror jumped on the story, reporting that while Ms. Boyle thought she “looked like a garage” on TV, she received a standing ovation when she showed up at her local church.

Other sources write that as a child, Ms. Boyle was the target of bullies because of a disability. But, with her newfound fame, she is getting the last laugh. In fact, she’s already meeting with officials from Mr. Cowell’s Sony BMG label. This may have been the first you’ve heard of her, but it certainly won’t be the last.

That article had a short video of Susan Boyle’s audition, but I knew it was not the full version. So, I went to Youtube to search, and viola, I found this video that was being viewed 2,721,614 (at point of writing) and counting. Of course, that couldn’t be compared to Paul Pott’s (Year 2007 BGT winner) video performance during his BGT finals (42,890,148 views – wow!), but hey, the video had been there for 2 years. And Susan Boyle’s video has only been up for less than a week.

Her stunning performance brought tears to my eyes the moment she opened her mouth to sing. At the end of her performance, when she sang the last line, I was smiling and crying at the same time. It was totally unexpected – it was absolutely brilliant. And it’s just totally amazing to see the audience, who initially laughed at her, ended up gaving her a standing ovation after her performance.

I hope she wins.

Most of the full-length videos of her audition disabled embedding, so I’m giving you the raw link here:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Never judge a book by its cover – this phrase has, again and again, proven itself right and this time, it’s been proven once more again, in the case of Susan Boyle.