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In a lead up to the release, Boyle offered her fans a chance to duet with her, with a competition titled Susan's Search. Applicants had to record a video of themselves singing "Silent Night" and upload it to her YouTube channel. [6] The winner was 33-year-old paramedic Amber Stassi of Brewerton, New York. [7]
Soon, the audition was widely reported and tens of millions of people viewed the video on YouTube. [9] Boyle was "absolutely gobsmacked" by the strength of this reaction. [11] After the appearance, Paige expressed interest in singing a duet with Boyle, [8] calling her "a role model for everyone who has a dream". [12]
Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) [1] [5] is a Scottish singer who rose to fame in 2009 after appearing as a contestant on the third series of Britain's Got Talent, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables.
Britain's Got Talent saw the return of show legend Susan Boyle for last night's grand finale, a year after she suffered a minor stroke.
Boyle made her first appearance in Australia, on The X Factor, on 8 November 2011 and sang "Autumn Leaves". In November 2012 she released her fourth studio album, Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage. In two of the songs, she collaborates with Donny Osmond. As of 2013, Boyle had sold over 25 million records worldwide. [1]
Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage is the fourth studio album by Scottish singer Susan Boyle. It was released on 13 November 2012. The album features renditions of songs from prominent musical theatre shows and films. It also includes duets with American singer Donny Osmond and The Phantom of the Opera star Michael Crawford.
“You’re like Susan Boyle’s grandson, because what you do is not what we expect,” Cowell proclaimed, referring to the BGT runner-up opera singer whose “I Dreamed a Dream” performance ...
The programme received high ratings and Boyle's performance was quickly added to sites such as YouTube, where millions of people viewed it in the first month alone. [20] [21] Boyle sang the song again during the finals of Britain's Got Talent on 30 May 2009, where she placed second in the competition behind British dance troupe Diversity. [22]