Unemployed 48 Year Old Woman Sings for Simon Cowell — A Star is Born
EmailMeet Susan Boyle. She is 48 years old, single, unemployed and hails from a small Scottish town. This past weekend she took to the stage of the British program "Britain’s Got Talent" and the rest, as they say, is history. She walks out under the lights, the crowd snickering. Boyle tells the audience and judges — led by Simon Cowell — that her desire is to sing like the famed Elaine Page. The crowd laughs. The judges dismiss. And then the music starts and she begins. Boyle wows the audience, stuns the judges and based on the comments from those who have watched the show on-line — brought many to tears. She sings "I Dream A Dream" from Les Miserables (Click here to watch). Two years ago, a guy named Paul Potts strolled out on the show’s stage and wowed the world with his rendition of Puccini’s Nessun Dorma. He has gone from obscurity to celebrity with a best selling record. Seems another diamond in the rough has been found.
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Truely amazing…..a must see video!
Posted by: linda n carolina | April 14, 2009, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm
a true inspiration, I think we can all agree on this.
Posted by: afan | April 14, 2009, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm
people,people,people. Simon already knew she could sing. It was not a surprise to the judges! She had to audition. Hello. Remember paul potts.
Posted by: hess | April 14, 2009, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
hess, hess, hess. She didn’t audition to the judges. Looked to me like they were truly surprised.
Posted by: JR | April 14, 2009, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm
the video was the audition. Just like in America’s got Talent or American Idol or any other show produced by Simon Cowell. Thousands of people line up and must audition in front of the cameras and the judges and (in the case of Britain and America’s Got Talent) a live audience.
Posted by: Posie | April 14, 2009, 1:52 pm 1:52 pm
Way to go Susan Boyle! Such courage to get up there, and sing! What a beautiful voice! All of you other singers out there – take courage yourself and do it! You will be awesome!
Posted by: Carol | April 14, 2009, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm
Good for you, Susan Boyle. What a voice
and truly a lovely person!
Posted by: you never know | April 14, 2009, 2:00 pm 2:00 pm
Phenomenal. Such a voice. Such effortless performance. And most movingly, she sang her heart out. Dream a big dream, Boyle. You deserve it.
Posted by: teddymaniac | April 14, 2009, 2:14 pm 2:14 pm
THIS WAS WONDERFUL !!! VERY GOOD !!!!
IT SHOULD MAKE ONE WONDER HOW MANY POEPLE OUT IN THE WORLD CAN REALLY SING ???
Posted by: BIGUN | April 14, 2009, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm
Unbelievable! She is fantastic and I hope she moves up and up in her life. It made the tears flow in joy for her!
Posted by: kay | April 14, 2009, 2:29 pm 2:29 pm
What an amazing, awesome, astonishing, astounding performance! This lady is a marvelous singer!!
Posted by: Otto | April 14, 2009, 2:34 pm 2:34 pm
Sitting here at my computer in Melbourne, Australia, I cried. A wee Scots lassie shows us the power of true beauty and true grit. You go girl!
Posted by: Peter McCrossin | April 14, 2009, 8:20 pm 8:20 pm
So beautiful, it brought tears to my eyes and such joy to my heart She must be a beautiful person too.
Posted by: Marie | April 14, 2009, 8:37 pm 8:37 pm
This goes to show you that one can’t judge a book by its cover.
Posted by: Jose V. | April 14, 2009, 10:49 pm 10:49 pm
Absolutely beautiful. God Bless you Susan, you are an inspiration to us all. I wish you all the success in the world – you deserve it.
Posted by: Rich | April 15, 2009, 9:59 am 9:59 am
As a teacher with 39 years experience, I can not think of a better way to illustrate to my students that one should not judge by appearances than showing this video. As I will be showing this video all day to my eleventh grade homeroom and senior classes,I thank you ABC for making this video available. How I wish that I had a permanent copy of this news feature to show future students!
Posted by: Linda | April 15, 2009, 10:06 am 10:06 am
One of the most moving performances I have ever seen. You go Susan…!
Posted by: Bo | April 15, 2009, 7:56 pm 7:56 pm
This woman truly has talent and maybe she has finally made it!
Posted by: Bret | April 16, 2009, 1:48 pm 1:48 pm
Love your Susan Boyle reminds me of the ugly duckling becoming the beautiful swan. The whole world is in love with Susan Boyle her voice is lovely but the person she is makes her even more beautiful and it is in the eyes of the beholder.
Posted by: Carol Dene Belger | April 16, 2009, 2:57 pm 2:57 pm
Her voice was fantastic. I say she is the next shooting star. Way to go. Keep shooting for those dreams, they do come true.
Posted by: Eileen | April 18, 2009, 9:05 am 9:05 am