suewatters1
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Here is a woman who people assume that by her looks she couldn't sing. Well judge for yourself. A great video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
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SoSo
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I went to YouTube and watched it 7 times, amazing! Brought tears to my eyes also...reminds me of when the Potts fellow sang, beautiful. Here is hoping Susan Boyle sees her dream she dreamed come true. An inspiration.
Feisty:thankyou2:
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Wow... :goodjob:
HBas
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Yea - Wow!
David Baxter PhD
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It is now being suggested that this whole story was a bit of a setup by the television show which featured her performance in this now famous YouTube video.
For one thing, this is reportedly not her first public recording - that was in 1999:
See also The Last Psychiatrist: Yeah, Well, Cry Me A River
For one thing, this is reportedly not her first public recording - that was in 1999:
See also The Last Psychiatrist: Yeah, Well, Cry Me A River
David Baxter PhD
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Susan Boyle Loses on British Talent TV Show
Susan Boyle Loses on British Talent TV Show
By SARAH LYALL, New York Times
May 31, 2009
She is an internationally acclaimed Internet phenomenon and a symbol of the folly of underestimating people because of the way they look. But in a shocking upset, Susan Boyle, the 47-year-old Scottish church volunteer whose stunning audition for the Britain?s Got Talent TV show last month has been viewed something like 90 million times on YouTube, lost in the final round of the program on Saturday night.
After the audience votes had been tallied, Ms. Boyle placed second, beaten by a joyfully innovative dance troupe named Diversity.
Winners of Britain?s Got Talent, one of a host of talent shows that are among the most-watched programs in Britain, receive about $160,000 and a spot on the roster of the Royal Variety Performance, presented in front of the Queen. Their high profiles also virtually assure that they will have lucrative careers in show business.
But the same is often true for the runners-up, who in this case included Julian Smith, a soulful saxophonist who was a darling of the studio audience and came in third. And the exposure Ms. Boyle has received since her original audition, culminating in an appearance on Oprah in the United States, means she is a hot property who is virtually guaranteed a recording contract.
For weeks she seemed to be a shoo-in for victory. To see a middle-aged woman from a small town ? who lives alone with her cat, Pebbles, and seemed at first to be almost comically awkward ? open her mouth to reveal such a beautiful voice was revelatory and inspiring. Celebrities like Demi Moore said she they were rooting for her.
But in recent days there were worries that Ms. Boyle ? who is said to have suffered slight brain damage when she was deprived of oxygen at birth, and is so unworldly that she has no computer ? was cracking under all the pressure. Various tabloid reports had her paralyzed with nerves, lashing out at reporters and swearing uncharitably about her competitors. She was said to be a packed suitcase away from quitting the competition and going back home, to the town of Blackburn in Scotland.
Piers Morgan, one of the judges, described her in his blog as ?a frightened rabbit caught in the headlights.?
But in the end Ms. Boyle proved stoic in defeat, graciously congratulating her opponents.
As popular as it is, the show has also come been criticized for the way it so cruelly raises contestants? hopes and then smashes them. Several performers who made the semifinals, and were then rudely dismissed by Simon Cowell, one of the judges, and voted unceremoniously off, began weeping with disappointment.
?This show is all about manipulating the eagerness for celebrity among vulnerable, often desperate people,? David Wilson, a professor at Birmingham City University who briefly worked as a psychologist on Big Brother several years ago, wrote in The Daily Mail. ?The more tears, humiliation, conflict and embarrassment, the more the public loves it.?
Susan Boyle Loses on British Talent TV Show
By SARAH LYALL, New York Times
May 31, 2009
She is an internationally acclaimed Internet phenomenon and a symbol of the folly of underestimating people because of the way they look. But in a shocking upset, Susan Boyle, the 47-year-old Scottish church volunteer whose stunning audition for the Britain?s Got Talent TV show last month has been viewed something like 90 million times on YouTube, lost in the final round of the program on Saturday night.
After the audience votes had been tallied, Ms. Boyle placed second, beaten by a joyfully innovative dance troupe named Diversity.
Winners of Britain?s Got Talent, one of a host of talent shows that are among the most-watched programs in Britain, receive about $160,000 and a spot on the roster of the Royal Variety Performance, presented in front of the Queen. Their high profiles also virtually assure that they will have lucrative careers in show business.
But the same is often true for the runners-up, who in this case included Julian Smith, a soulful saxophonist who was a darling of the studio audience and came in third. And the exposure Ms. Boyle has received since her original audition, culminating in an appearance on Oprah in the United States, means she is a hot property who is virtually guaranteed a recording contract.
For weeks she seemed to be a shoo-in for victory. To see a middle-aged woman from a small town ? who lives alone with her cat, Pebbles, and seemed at first to be almost comically awkward ? open her mouth to reveal such a beautiful voice was revelatory and inspiring. Celebrities like Demi Moore said she they were rooting for her.
But in recent days there were worries that Ms. Boyle ? who is said to have suffered slight brain damage when she was deprived of oxygen at birth, and is so unworldly that she has no computer ? was cracking under all the pressure. Various tabloid reports had her paralyzed with nerves, lashing out at reporters and swearing uncharitably about her competitors. She was said to be a packed suitcase away from quitting the competition and going back home, to the town of Blackburn in Scotland.
Piers Morgan, one of the judges, described her in his blog as ?a frightened rabbit caught in the headlights.?
But in the end Ms. Boyle proved stoic in defeat, graciously congratulating her opponents.
As popular as it is, the show has also come been criticized for the way it so cruelly raises contestants? hopes and then smashes them. Several performers who made the semifinals, and were then rudely dismissed by Simon Cowell, one of the judges, and voted unceremoniously off, began weeping with disappointment.
?This show is all about manipulating the eagerness for celebrity among vulnerable, often desperate people,? David Wilson, a professor at Birmingham City University who briefly worked as a psychologist on Big Brother several years ago, wrote in The Daily Mail. ?The more tears, humiliation, conflict and embarrassment, the more the public loves it.?
David Baxter PhD
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After Talent Show Loss, Susan Boyle Is Hospitalized
After Talent Show Loss, Susan Boyle Is Hospitalized
By ALAN COWELL, New York Times
June 1, 2009
LONDON ? Hours after being beaten into second place on the ?Britain?s Got Talent? TV show, Susan Boyle, an instant celebrity who rose from obscurity to global renown and recognition, was taken from a London hotel to a private clinic under police escort Sunday night, the police and her associates said Monday.
Scotland Yard did not explain what she was suffering from, or identify her by name. But, in response to questions about Ms. Boyle, a spokeswoman said: ?Police were called to doctors assessing a woman under the Mental Health Act. The woman was taken voluntarily by ambulance to a clinic. At the request of doctors, police accompanied the ambulance.?
British newspapers reported that she had been begun to behave erratically after losing to a dance group called Diversity in the Saturday night finals of the show that had transformed her into a worldwide phenomenon. In public she had seemed gracious in defeat.
But one of the show?s judges, Piers Morgan, said Monday that Ms. Boyle, 47, was emotionally drained and exhausted. ?Nobody has had to put up with the kind of attention Susan has had. Nobody could have predicted it,? he told GMTV.
?It has been crazy, she has gone from anonymity to being the most downloaded woman in history,? he said.
?She was very tired and hasn?t been sleeping. She has just gone away to have some time to herself and to sleep and eat, doing all the things she hasn?t been able to do in the last week.?
The development is certain to renew discussion about the intense pressures that build on contestants in talent shows that form a large part of Britain?s popular television diet.
Fred O?Neil, a former voice coach, told the BBC: ?It?s such a tragic situation, a woman who really just loves to sing, an innocent woman really, who is just caught up in this fame game.?
?I just hope that whatever fame that she has got out of this will eventually bring her some happiness. Obviously at the present time it is not,? he said.
While newspaper reports said she had been angry and said ?I hate this show? after her defeat, the winners said she had been ?gracious? and ?nice.?
The final on Saturday became Britain?s most watched television program for five years, the Press Association news agency reported, with a peak of 19.2 million viewers.
Diversity, the winners, took 24.9% of the public vote in the final, above Boyle?s 20.2% share. Just under four million people voted, according to ITV, the channel that aired it.
Ms. Boyle?s stardom began when up to 90 million people saw a video of her audition posted on YouTube.
British news reports said Ms. Boyle had been taken to The Priory, an up-scale clinic often associated with celebrity patients. But the clinic declined to comment.
Such is the intense interest in Ms. Boyle that Prime Minister Gordon Brown, embroiled in the worst political crisis of his career, took time during a television interview Monday to wish the singer well.
For weeks Ms. Boyle was the undisputed favorite as people around the world followed the fortunes of a middle-aged woman from a small town in Scotland singing with such poise and power. But adulation began to ease last week with various tabloid newspapers reporting erratic and allegedly abusive behavior as she awaited the finals.
After Talent Show Loss, Susan Boyle Is Hospitalized
By ALAN COWELL, New York Times
June 1, 2009
LONDON ? Hours after being beaten into second place on the ?Britain?s Got Talent? TV show, Susan Boyle, an instant celebrity who rose from obscurity to global renown and recognition, was taken from a London hotel to a private clinic under police escort Sunday night, the police and her associates said Monday.
Scotland Yard did not explain what she was suffering from, or identify her by name. But, in response to questions about Ms. Boyle, a spokeswoman said: ?Police were called to doctors assessing a woman under the Mental Health Act. The woman was taken voluntarily by ambulance to a clinic. At the request of doctors, police accompanied the ambulance.?
British newspapers reported that she had been begun to behave erratically after losing to a dance group called Diversity in the Saturday night finals of the show that had transformed her into a worldwide phenomenon. In public she had seemed gracious in defeat.
But one of the show?s judges, Piers Morgan, said Monday that Ms. Boyle, 47, was emotionally drained and exhausted. ?Nobody has had to put up with the kind of attention Susan has had. Nobody could have predicted it,? he told GMTV.
?It has been crazy, she has gone from anonymity to being the most downloaded woman in history,? he said.
?She was very tired and hasn?t been sleeping. She has just gone away to have some time to herself and to sleep and eat, doing all the things she hasn?t been able to do in the last week.?
The development is certain to renew discussion about the intense pressures that build on contestants in talent shows that form a large part of Britain?s popular television diet.
Fred O?Neil, a former voice coach, told the BBC: ?It?s such a tragic situation, a woman who really just loves to sing, an innocent woman really, who is just caught up in this fame game.?
?I just hope that whatever fame that she has got out of this will eventually bring her some happiness. Obviously at the present time it is not,? he said.
While newspaper reports said she had been angry and said ?I hate this show? after her defeat, the winners said she had been ?gracious? and ?nice.?
The final on Saturday became Britain?s most watched television program for five years, the Press Association news agency reported, with a peak of 19.2 million viewers.
Diversity, the winners, took 24.9% of the public vote in the final, above Boyle?s 20.2% share. Just under four million people voted, according to ITV, the channel that aired it.
Ms. Boyle?s stardom began when up to 90 million people saw a video of her audition posted on YouTube.
British news reports said Ms. Boyle had been taken to The Priory, an up-scale clinic often associated with celebrity patients. But the clinic declined to comment.
Such is the intense interest in Ms. Boyle that Prime Minister Gordon Brown, embroiled in the worst political crisis of his career, took time during a television interview Monday to wish the singer well.
For weeks Ms. Boyle was the undisputed favorite as people around the world followed the fortunes of a middle-aged woman from a small town in Scotland singing with such poise and power. But adulation began to ease last week with various tabloid newspapers reporting erratic and allegedly abusive behavior as she awaited the finals.
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