This lady's got TALENT!

Pagey's_Girl said:

Just saw this on another site and had to share - this lady was on Britain's version of American Idol - you can see the audience is expecting her to be horrible, but..surprise!

Susan Boyle

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She was absolutely stunning. What a voice. She certainly gave Cowell a surprise.

She looks like my mum did twenty years ago And she's Scottish too

Wow!! Thank you so much for sharing!

That was awesome!

That was amazing.

I saw that, too. She did a fantastic job.

Anyone remember Paul Potts?

I got shivers.

That was fantastic! Where's she been hiding so long?

I saw it elsewhere earlier. Absolutely stunning. One of my favorite songs from Les Miz and she sang it just as well as the person who sang it when I saw it in London.

She is amazing. I got tears in my eyes. Fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

pretty impressive

Susan Boyle has one of the best voices I've ever heard.

Thanks for posting the link, Pagey's Girl. The look on Simon's face was priceless.

Loved it. Thanks for sharing.

Oh My God! Amazing! Just amazing.

That's a testament to never give up on your dreams, if I ever saw one.

And the look on Simon's face is priceless.

I had to watch the longer version to listen to it again and hear what the judges had to say about it. It's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY&NR=1

Thank you for posting the longer version, Beach Bunny. Though I am not sure tears in my coffee is what I am supposed to be adding to it in the morning.

Thank you.

Cranky said:

I saw that, too. She did a fantastic job.

Anyone remember Paul Potts?

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These two reveals were very similar for me. Susan Boyle is fantastic. What a gorgeous voice.

Brilliant voice...total surprise.
Another act from the same auditions with talent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GrOMLylvhQ&feature=related

AnonymousWriter said:

Brilliant voice...total surprise.
Another act from the same auditions with talent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GrOMLylvhQ&feature=related

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Thank you for posting this - it was absolutely inspiring, as was Susan Boyle's performance.

She was mind-blowing to say the least, it was brilliant.

I was praying she'd be good, considering the audience's initial response to her and the readiness to mock her. I nearly cried when she started singing. It was lovely.

Millicent M'Lady said:

I was praying she'd be good, considering the audience's initial response to her and the readiness to mock her. I nearly cried when she started singing. It was lovely.

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Same here. There's a very pointed article about that reaction here that about covered my opinion of the audience.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/16/britains-got-talent-susan-boyle

Lovely. I saw her on the news this morning. Over sixteen million hits on YouTube so far.

sunna said:

Same here. There's a very pointed article about that reaction here that about covered my opinion of the audience.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/16/britains-got-talent-susan-boyle

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Great link. I was shocked at how openly disdainful people were without even hearing her sing. Hopefully, it's a good kick up the arse for everybody who writes people like her off before they know anything about them. I thought she was endearing, despite the pointed editing and would have liked her even if she had have been terrible.

sunna said:

Same here. There's a very pointed article about that reaction here that about covered my opinion of the audience.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/16/britains-got-talent-susan-boyle

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What a beautiful editorial about the ugliness of the human being... and so right: it wasn't Susan who was ugly in that auditorium. But it's not just Britain who's got malice... I can imagine a whole lotta folks from a whole lotta places laughing at her, too, as they clicked to start the YouTube clip - until she opened her mouth and that incredible voice came out.

I dreamed a dream, too... that maybe, someday, people will learn that you don't have to be beautiful to be beautiful, and ugly is ugly no matter how pleasing it might be to the eye.

sunna said:

Same here. There's a very pointed article about that reaction here that about covered my opinion of the audience.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/16/britains-got-talent-susan-boyle

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What a great article.
I see it this way: Susan Boyle knew who she was - undeterred and unintimidated by Simon's or anyone's so-called fame - she stood, she sang, she conquered. This woman seemed to step out of her own world and into ours. It wasn't that she was out of place, in both a fashion or beauty sense, but that her's was a different priority and she showed how easily the former pale in light of true talent.

My only fear now is that the What Not To Wears and other beauty hawks will descend on her and make her more "TV worthy." I hope she resists and stays as natural and beautiful as her voice.