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katatonic
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posted April 13, 2009 12:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
this is amazing...and restores faith bigtime...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

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kaira
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posted April 13, 2009 06:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for kaira     Edit/Delete Message
amazing.

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posted April 13, 2009 07:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for koiflower     Edit/Delete Message
She was amazing!!

But my questions are.... Why was "everyone against her", and why did the judge say that "everyone laughed at her" statement of wanting to be famous as Elaine Paige?

She looked like any average woman you'd see walking down the street and yet people discriminated against her as soon as she walked on the stage. Why do people do this? Why did they have a 'view' on her? It doesn't make the world a safe place.

I'm glad she shattered those people's egotistical thinking and struck to the very heart of their soul.

I thought she was beautiful..!!

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gemlike
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posted April 13, 2009 08:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for gemlike     Edit/Delete Message
awesome! made my eyes tear up.

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Azalaksh
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posted April 13, 2009 08:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Azalaksh     Edit/Delete Message
A friend forwarded this in email the other day.....
At the two-minute mark the tears started falling

Why did people discriminate against her, koi?? She wasn't young, she wasn't beautiful, therefore the assumption in jaded, shallow Western culture is that you have *nothing* going for you.

Part of the reason I cried was because of how she so thoroughly vanquished the preconceptions held by the audience and judges – the triumph of raw talent “in spite of” her nondescript looks – she knocked their socks off and erased their scorn!!

I liked her even before she sang: the twinkle in her eyes, her vivacity, her wit and cheerfulness

So, so inspiring…..

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cheshirekat
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posted April 13, 2009 08:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cheshirekat     Edit/Delete Message
That was amazing, she truely is talented. This just goes to show that even ordinary, mudane and average people have some of most stunning beautiful gifts to behold, if you just willing to look a little deeper.

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Eleanore
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posted April 13, 2009 09:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Eleanore     Edit/Delete Message
Some people can be so cruel just because you don't look like what they think you should. She was too old, she wasn't pretty enough, blah blah blah. But, in the end, screw 'em. To their credit, at least they weren't too closeminded after they realized their mistake.

She did wonderfully, brought me to tears, and I think her choice of song was purposeful; very meaningful. She was brilliant and I wish her much success.

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posted April 13, 2009 10:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LEXX     Edit/Delete Message
A physically beautiful person can be a monster, an average to downright ugly....more beautiful than ones who only have their physical beauty.
I think she looked fine! A fabulously beautiful singer, a friendly sweet appealing face and personality!
I would love to know her in real life!
Update...it appears she has sold over 100,000 copies of her single to date!
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A show of envy is an insult to oneself. ~Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
~William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693

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MysticMelody
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posted April 14, 2009 01:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MysticMelody     Edit/Delete Message
tears

one of those vids I would have totally skipped over if it weren't for you girls' (and maybe guys') comments.


I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used
And wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted.

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame.

And still
I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms
We cannot weather...

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
so different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.


~I dreamed a dream from Les Miserables

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26taurus
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posted April 14, 2009 01:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for 26taurus     Edit/Delete Message
So glad I clicked on the link too!

What a sweet lady. There is something special about her...
besides her voice!

She said: "I've never been kissed."

That's probably why she stayed so sweet.
She lives alone with her cat Pebbles.

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posted April 14, 2009 02:29 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Heart--Shaped Cross     Edit/Delete Message

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LEXX
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posted April 14, 2009 07:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for LEXX     Edit/Delete Message
http://www.susanboyle.co.uk/tag/i-dream-a-dream/

Susan Boyle - a star in the making?
susanboy on April 11th, 2009

Susan Boyle, an unassuming 48 year old virgin from an unassuming Scottish Village sprang onto the big lights of Britain’s Got Talent Stage and blew Simon Cowell away, earning herself a standing ovation from the crowd as well as the judges.

Susan Boyle from Blackburn - West Lothian told the Britain’s Got Talent Geordie hosts Ant and Dec that she’s “never had a boyfriend” and she has “never been kissed” before she gyrated onto the stage telling the judges that she wanted to “rock the crowd”.

Susan Boyle | Britain's Got Talent

Susan Boyle | Britain's Got Talent

The judges and audience couldn’t stop their laughter when Susan Boyle said her ambition was to “be a professional singer like Elaine Page.” However their laughter was soon short lived when Susan wowed the audience with her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream from the musical Les Miserables. Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden both had to fight back the tears of what was an awe inspiring performance.

We cannot fail to notice the similarities between Susan and Paul Potts, a former car phone salesmen who, after winning Britain’s Got Talent 2007, went on to sell a staggering 15 million albums world wide.

Susan who lives alone with her 10 year old cat Pebbles was dubbed “a tiger” by music mogul Simon Cowell who said that Susan’s performance was remarkable. Susan, a lover of the royal family herself is tipped as hot favourite to win the talent show and perform in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance.

http://bebo.gazeta.pl/Profile.jsp?MemberId=9054762974

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A show of envy is an insult to oneself. ~Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
~William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693

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posted April 14, 2009 08:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for LEXX     Edit/Delete Message
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5132896/Britains-Got-Talent-finds-an-unlikely-superstar.html

Susan Boyle astonished the judges at the auditions for ITV1 show Britain's Got Talent with her rendition of I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables.

Her eccentric ways and less than polished appearance drew sniggers from the audience when she first appeared on the stage, but they were mesmerised from the moment she broke into song and gave her a standing ovation.

Simon Cowell pronounced her voice "extraordinary" and Amanda Holden was reduced to tears by hearing her sing. Fellow judge Piers Morgan said the performance was "without a doubt the biggest surprise I have had in three years of this show".

Miss Boyle, who does charity work for her local church in Bathgate, West Lothian, idolises Elaine Paige. "I'm trying to be a professional singer. I've never been given the chance before," she said. She is already one of the favourites to reach the final of the series, which begins on Saturday evening. She lives alone with her cat, Pebbles, and admits she has "never been married, never been kissed" - although stardom may change all that.

Her story invites comparisons with Paul Potts, the unassuming mobile phone salesman who won the first series of Britain's Got Talent in 2007. He has become the most internationally successful reality show winner in history, scoring a number one album in 15 countries.

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posted April 14, 2009 08:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for LEXX     Edit/Delete Message
http://heritage.scotsman.com/realitytv/Talented-Susan-looks-to-have.5163658.jp
Talented Susan looks to have the last laugh


SING STAR: Susan Boyle has been tipped to win Britain’s Got Talent.


Published Date: 11 April 2009
By SCOTT McANGUS
SHE lives alone with her ten-year-old cat, has never been kissed, and is teased by children in the street. But 48-year-old Susan Boyle could just be the UK's next singing sensation.
Devout Catholic Miss Boyle has been at the centre of a media storm since news emerged of how she wowed Britain's Got Talent judges Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan with her amazing opera voice.

She has now been tipped to win the hit show and the chance to perform in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance later this year.

Speaking to the Evening News from her home in Blackburn, West Lothian, Miss Boyle – who freely says has "never even been kissed" – insisted she was unfazed by the attention.

She said the success of Fauldhouse's singing plumber, Andrew Muir, on the show last year was a driving force behind her audition at Glasgow's SECC in January, which will be shown on ITV tonight. She sang Cry Me a River from Les Miserables and received a rapturous standing ovation, much like Muir did at his audition.

"Andrew Muir was fantastic last year and somebody local going on a show like that definitely inspired me to go on," she said.

"I like Elaine Paige as an artist and try to model myself on her, but it's all just for fun. I love singing. It keeps me going."

The audience and the judges initially laughed at Miss Boyle when she told them she wanted to be a famous artist like Paige and gyrated her hips. But that all changed after her performance, with the notoriously hard-to-please Cowell describing her as "a little tiger" while Morgan called her the "biggest surprise I've had in three years of this show".

Miss Boyle said she was "very relaxed" about the praise, adding: "It's quite an accolade what Simon Cowell said and I didn't really know what to expect. I just went and sang. It would be a dream to have a career in singing and to be on the Royal Variety Performance. I'm very pro-royal.

"I'm looking forward to watching the show, although I'll probably be critical of any mistakes I see, but I'll take it all in good fun. It's only entertainment after all."

Fellow singing sensation Muir said he was pleased someone else from the area was doing so well.

He said: "I've known Susan for quite a while and sang with her a few times at charity gigs and local talent shows in West Lothian.

"She's quite a character and is a really nice woman. I wish her all the best and would tell her to just go for it. There must be something in the water in West Lothian."

Neighbours told how Miss Boyle had been teased by local children who called her names because she lives alone with her cat Pebbles – but added that no-one was laughing now.

One said: "Susan has an amazing voice and is a really lovely person. We're certainly not surprised she has done so well with her singing. She'll definitely make the final and maybe even win it.

"Her voice is lovely and we'll all be supporting her during the show. Hopefully this will stop kids making fun of her because I know it upsets her sometimes, even though she says it doesn't."

Miss Boyle, who is currently unemployed, has always loved the arts and studied at Edinburgh Acting School in the early '90s before she was forced to leave and care for her sick mother, with help from her other eight siblings – of whom she is the youngest. She has also featured in a "madrigal" show at Edinburgh's Fringe Festival with local children performing a collection of poetry and plays.


MORGAN BRANDS BLACKBURN 'A DUMP'

JUDGE Piers Morgan has branded Susan Boyle's hometown of Blackburn, West Lothian, "a dump".

A camera crew filming the Britain's Got Talent singer were ordered to shoot in nearby Bathgate instead after the area "appalled" Morgan.

Camera crews were supposed to visit the village and film in locations including the community centre and the run-down council estate.

Whilst crew members diplomatically described the views as being "too bland", Morgan announced "it's a dump".

Jackie Russell, manager of Miss Boyle's local pub the Happy Valley Hotel, said: "They were supposed to come here and film for the show, but Piers said the place was a 'dump' so they went and filmed in Bathgate.

"I hope they don't say on the show she's from Bathgate, because she's not. She's ours – Blackburn born and bred. It might not be the bonniest, but it is where she's from."

Local councillor Jim Swan was shocked to hear that the film crew had shunned his village. He said: "That's outrageous. That's just not on at all. Blackburn is not as bad as that would suggest."
http://www.scotland.com/regions/edinburgh-lothians/blackburn/

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SunChild
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posted April 14, 2009 08:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SunChild     Edit/Delete Message

She was on our news the other night. She really made my day! The reaction in the audience from what it was to what it became was sad but wonderful and the same time.

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posted April 14, 2009 10:25 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for wheelsofcheese     Edit/Delete Message
Great, thank you for posting that Kat.

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Yin
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posted April 14, 2009 10:25 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Yin     Edit/Delete Message
I am in awe.

It is nothing short of a miracle to see how all the people listening were transformed instantly from cynical and petty homo sapiens into human beings.

And that was just one song!

My faith in human kind grows stronger...

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katatonic
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posted April 14, 2009 11:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
well blackburn IS a dump! and that may be part of why she is such a down-to-earth, unflappable character. god bless the english eccentric! i mean, motown is in detroit, and muscle shoals is no paradise, but at least the sun shines there fairly regularly!

the audience partly was reacting to the fact that she is such a cut-out version of some of the stereotypical characters from britain's working class...

another shot in the eye for the music biz. i was glad to see simon cowell bowled over, and for once found his "of course i knew" posturing funny, which it was meant to be...

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praecipua
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posted April 14, 2009 12:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for praecipua     Edit/Delete Message
i love britain!!!

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posted April 14, 2009 01:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for songwriter     Edit/Delete Message
She is a real star with her wonderful talent and genuine self-confidence!


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koiflower
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posted April 16, 2009 08:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for koiflower     Edit/Delete Message
More on Ms Boyle, unkissed lover of cats....
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5503540/singing-scottish-spinster-media-sensation/

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katatonic
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posted April 16, 2009 08:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
"US actress Demi Moore was apparently moved to tears by the clip" - probably because Demi was an ugly duckling who went to a HUGE amount of bother and expense to have herself beautified...

apparently britain was not as stunned as we were by this event...though they're not as determinedly frumpy as they once were, i remember my english relatives arguing with my american sis-in-law about the "american obsession with straight teeth!" sis had bought the ADA's line about how perfect teeth are necessary for good health, and my mum-in-law thought it was sheer vanity.

well my mother in law still has all her own teeth at 75, and they're still "unruly"...as is she!

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Thethirdbenjamin
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posted April 16, 2009 11:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Thethirdbenjamin     Edit/Delete Message
I've seen this, its pretty good.

But sticking to the topic "for anyone who thinks the world is too cynical".

I'd like to twist it what about if you've became cynical because of the world.

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posted April 16, 2009 11:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Dervish     Edit/Delete Message
Cool vid.

But I'm not sure what they meant by cynical. I guess the usage is slightly different in the UK than in the USA.

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BiBi DeAngelo
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posted April 17, 2009 01:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for BiBi DeAngelo     Edit/Delete Message
So happy to see the You Tube on Susan posted here.. did you see it's over 16 million hits on the one You Tube posting! How sweet

I"m so delighted a friend forwarded this to my email account... I just posted in Astrology... was wondering if anyone has surfaced her chart yet... and what beautiful cycles/transits she was having to bring such an awesome gift revealed to the globe... what utter joy... what a moving experience... the voice of an angle... they had part of this You Tube on the Entertainment shows tonight and said Oprah's Segment Producers were already in contact with her... so you all might want to be monitoring Oprah's show for more of Susan...
They said she came out to sing on behalf of her mothers memory... as if your eyes weren't already tearing!

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