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Never Judge A Book By It's Cover....

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:28 am
by glendalais
...or a vocalist by her appearance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luRmM1J1sfg
BBC Scotland wrote:A 47-year-old church volunteer from West Lothian has become an unlikely overnight singing sensation with millions watching her perform online.

Susan Boyle, from Blackburn, stunned judges on ITV's Britain's Got Talent with her performance of I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables on Saturday.
:eek:

Wow...just wow.

Re: Never Judge A Book By It's Cover....

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:38 am
by GaTechGal
The first time I watched that I thought it was going to turn out that it was a lip synch. She's fantastic, but someone needs to get at her eyebrows. :eek:

Re: Never Judge A Book By It's Cover....

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:19 am
by GRUMPY PIRATE
They interviewed people at the pub where she does karaoke, and all of the people there said they are not suprised that she won.

I think someplace else, a comment was that a bit of a makeover, and she could be singing on broadway.

Re: Never Judge A Book By It's Cover....

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:42 am
by KidAtHeart
The complete about face from the judges, and the audience members, was fantastic. Like the one judge said, "We were all laughing at you, but no one's laughing now. That was a wake up call!" It's so very, very true. She doesn't conform to the 'look' she should, so she can't possibly be telling the truth about her talent...! Go Susan!

Re: Never Judge A Book By It's Cover....

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:54 am
by DisneyMom
It was wonderful to see the video and hear her beautiful voice! :)
She seems like a very sweet and good humored person as well. I saw her on GMA this morning and she said that she wouldn't object to a little makeover, so she may be giving us more surprises. ;)

Re: Never Judge A Book By It's Cover....

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:16 pm
by ktulu
I normally don't click these, watch too much youtube etc. I had to see what the hype was. WOW! I would like to hear her sing other stuff, if she has the same caliber with other songs, Simon would be smart to sign her up.

Re: Never Judge A Book By It's Cover....

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:48 pm
by BRWombat
Saw this yesterday, and then had to show it to family. Talk about a surprise! I don't know what's more charming -- the judges'/audience reaction to her, or her absolute delight at receiving all the praise from them. You can tell when Ant & Dec are talking with her at the end, the judge's comments didn't sink in with her the first time, and she's hearing them for real all over again.

I have to say, though, my favorite moment in the whole video comes at about 4:25, when Simon Cowell, of all people, is so caught up in the moment that he lets slip a genuine, unguarded smile at the performance. It's not something you see very often.

Re: Never Judge A Book By It's Cover....

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:59 pm
by Disneyguy85
She has a beautiful voice!

Re: Never Judge A Book By It's Cover....

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:55 am
by mechurchlady
wow that was amazing, thank you so much.

Re: Never Judge A Book By It's Cover....

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:36 am
by Syndrome
A newspaper in the U.K. uncovered this recording of her singing ten years ago for a charity CD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXwc-i5eYdU

Her voice is absolutely amazing! I am a huge Broadway fan and would be happy to pay to see her on stage. She is set for life now, and she well deserves it. I really don't see her as hideously ugly, though, just plain. This was all very well orchestrated by that show, but that's the norm with any reality show, and I'm glad that someone with such obvious talent will benefit. I pity the other contestants...may as well just pack up and go home now.