
Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables. Her first album was released in November 2009 and debuted as the number one best-selling album on charts around the globe. Susan Boyle's initial appearance on the talent show fired public imagination when her modest stage introduction and thick speaking accent left audience, viewers and judges alike unprepared for the power and expression of her mezzo-soprano voice. Before she had finished the song's opening phrase a standing ovation for Boyle had erupted. An international media and Internet response coincided. Within nine days of the audition, videos of Boyle—from the show, various interviews and her 1999 rendition of "Cry Me a River"—had been watched over 100 million times. Despite becoming an international sensation she eventually finished in second place on the show behind dance troupe Diversity. On 12 May 2012, Susan returned to Britain's Got Talent to perform as a guest in the final singing "You'll See". The following day, she performed at Windsor Ca…
Acting
- 2019America's Got Talent: The ChampionsSelf - Contestant2 ep.
- 2009Live from Studio FiveSelf1 ep.
- 2009All the Queen's Horses with Alan TitchmarshSelf1 ep.
- 2009Kate Garraway's Life StoriesSelf2 ep.
- 2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf1 ep.
- 2007Britain's Got More TalentSelf3 ep.
- 1982MenschenSelf1 ep.
- —I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story
Guest appearances
- 2019America's Got Talent: The ChampionsSelf - Contestant2 ep.
- 2010Kate Garraway's Life StoriesSelf2 ep.
- 2010The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf1 ep.
- 2010Live from Studio FiveSelf1 ep.
- 2010Willkommen bei Carmen NebelSelf1 ep.
- 2009MenschenSelf1 ep.
- 2009Britain's Got More TalentSelf3 ep.