This is Susan Boyle
Posted on 04/16/2009 7:56:23 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Susan Boyle, a 47-year-old singleton from a small village in Scotland, who's never been kissed and lives with her kitty named Pebbles, shocked "Britain's Got Talent" audience and the judges with her performance of "I Dreamed a Dream."
If you missed seeing this, be prepared to laugh and cry.
What a plucky little gal. It took some major gumption to get up there and face those snickering people snarky judges.
The Wall Street Journal reports that as of 11 a.m. EST Thursday, the YouTube video of her appearance had been viewed more than 12.3 million times.
And she's set the blogosphere on fire and fans a-Twittering. “When a dowdy, homely, 47-year-old woman sings beautifully, it is headline news,” Tamar Abrams blogs in a Huffington Post article headlined “Susan Boyle: Talent Without Judgment.”
A fan has launched a fan site at susan-boyle.com that already has more than 5,000 members.
Steve Rosenbaum, chief executive of Magnify.net, which hosts the site, told the WSJ that the domain was registered after the show aired in the United Kingdom Saturday. Traffic rose from more than 27,000 page views Monday to 167,000 Tuesday, 461,000 Wednesday.
Even Ashton Kutcher posted a link on his Twitter site to Boyle's YouTube clip, along with the comment, "This just made my night." Added Demi Moore, "You saw it made me teary!"
According to the WSJ, TweetStats, which monitors recurring terms on Twitter, “Susan Boyle” has been a top trend on Thursday morning
Does Susan Boyle have a shot at a singing career?
Or will she go back to her village and her cat, happier for having accomplished her dream of singing before a large audience?
Will she set a new trend in eyebrow shaping?
And who should star in the movie of her life? Helen Mirren? Judi Dench? Angela Lansbury?
(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luRmM1J1sfg
This performance has set the internet abuzz and has been forwarded to millions of people.
And the news just keeps coming :
Susan Boyle Reminds Newfound Fans That Anything Is Possible
‘Ordinary people are capable of extraordinary accomplishments,’ one commenter says of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ contestant.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1609451/20090416/story.jhtml
Singing ‘spinster’ strikes chord in talent contest
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hmSkZdDWivKGBoG0OQBqJadleSHgD97JSRE00
Susan Boyle’s World Domination Continues on CBS’ Early Show
http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/04/16/susan-boyles-world-domination-continues-on-cbs-early-show/
‘Never-Been-Kissed’ 47-Year-Old Singer Becomes Internet Sensation
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,516815,00.html
A voice of an angel but the public won’t accept her because she’s not ‘’the right look’’.
susan-boyle.com well it looks like the first parasite hase shown up
susan-boyle.com well it looks like the first parasite has shown up
Just one of the many videos posted on the internet :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnmbJzH93NU&feature=related
I don’t find it amazing that she has talent, even if she doesn’t look like some Barbie doll. What I find amazing is that she is SO talented, and I am happy she is getting her chance to shine.
And so is that God given talent coming from her. Have you listened to her rendition of ‘Cry Me A River’ recordeda couple of years ago? This Lady is a huge talented voice dragging around a body. Are you jealous?
That sounds painful!
Incredible!! never judge a book by its cover.. Susan just proved that! Not only does she have a superior voice, but she can hit every note with ease and not force it. And, she does not try all of the voice gymnastics that many modern-day singers use to try to enhnace their performance (like Mariah Carey)—she does not need to. I will bet that all the recording executives are lining up at her door—if not, they surely should be. I have probably viewed her performance 20+ times and never get tired of it.
A voice like an angel!
Anyone who delivers such a withering smackdown to Cowell’s chronic snobbery deserves my applause.
She brings tears to these old eyes every time I listen to her on either of the songs she has presented.
I don’t like and don’t watch the whole “Idol” thing, but this video brought a tear to the eye. Not just for the woman and her amazing voice, but for the powerful way it reminded me of the lesson we all learned at a young age but often forget - “don’t judge a book by it’s cover”. It seemed pretty obvious the judges got that same reminder, too.
Britain’s got talent produces as lot of surprising talent. People who we would never hear about had they not been given a chance to show the world their talent.
Susan Boyle is the second obscure singing talent that has blessed us. 13 year old Andrew Johnstone was the first ( last year ). See his surprising audition here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K2EA8SWhh8
I wonder how young Andrew would sound like 10 years from now...
You are so very right....she is a gem, a diamond that with just a wee bit of polish is going to shine her light for all of us lucky ones to hear.
But even now her spirit is shining, and she has so much to teach us.
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