When Susan Boyle appeared on our TV screens on Saturday April 11th, everyone was laughing. Sniggers occured, eyes were rolled. Everyone thought that just by the way she looked, she was going to be dreadful and become an instant failure. It was basically a case of judging a book by it’s cover.
However, when she opened her mouth to sing “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Misérables (a musical which Jamie Pugh also took a song from), everyone was shocked: her voice was beautiful – it did not match her appearance!
Susan recieved a standing oviuation from the Amanda Holden, Piers Morgan and the audience. Simon Cowell, however, let out a sarcastic note saying “I knew the minute you walked out on that stage that we were going to hear something extraordinary and I was right.” and eventually the judges gave her “the biggest yes in 3 seasons” and soon she danced her way out.
Overnight, she became an instant global celebrity. YouTube videos of her appeared. This website went from 1,000 visitors to 5,000 over night – now nearly at 100,000. Messages from all around the world came flowing in wishing her good luck. Life had changed.
Even so, the competition doesn’t end there. Susan Boyle appeared on the first episode of Britain’s Got Talent, so that means many more stars could’ve come on and be as good, if not better, within the weeks after. Stars such as Jamie Pugh, Shaun Smith, Aiden Davies, and Diversity will have to fight Susan Boyle right to the end to win the competition. Because of this, it’s made this year’s Britiain’s Got Talent so intense and that many great stars will not win.
On Saturday 23rd May, it was announced that only 40 out of the 200 would make it onto the live semi-finals. Susan Boyle, obviously, got through and asked Simon Cowell if she could shake his hand with him replying, “Congratulations!” She then proceeded to leave the room exploding in excitement, as if it was a complete surprise to her that she wouldn’t get through.
The next day, the semi-finals began, and Susan was to make an appearance. She appeared last, performing “Memory” from the musical Cats. In the public vote, she recieved the highest number of votes which secured herself a place in the final. When her name was called, she began walking off stage in shock and had to have her name called several times in order to get her attention. On her way over to Ant and Dec, she did another famous jig and even did one for “Piersy baby” which sparked off laughs and criticisms from everyone. Diversity then joined her in the final.
Then pressure hit her. For a whole week, negative headlines were splashed across tabloids saying she had been swearing at fans and was nearly arrested. Some said she was not fit enough to be in the final. But she came out, she sang I Dreamed A Dream again and beat the critics. Sadly though, she came second to Diversity but appeared very gracious.
However, the day after the final, she was admitted to The Priory, a private psychiatric clinic in London. TalkbackThames said that “Following Saturday night’s show, Susan is exhausted and emotionally drained.” This lead to Prime Minister Gordon Brown wishing her well.
The Press Complaints Comission were contacted by Syco, Simon Cowell’s record label, and asked them to remind newspaper editors about clause 3 of their code of conduct. This was to make sure they didn’t publish any details of Susan’s health.
Susan Boyle is the baby of nine children and lives in West Lothian with her cat named Pebbles. She’s unemployed and gave up singing to look after her mother who died at the age of 91 in 2007. Susan knows it’s not over yet, but this website will support her right to the end.
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