Susan Boyle's Ready to 'Get Out There' on 'TALENT' 5/24

Susan Boyle gets a second chance tonight, Sunday, May 24th to wow the world after her first appearance made her an Internet sensation. Boyle stunned and charmed tens of millions of viewers last month, when judges skeptical about her dowdy image were won over by her soaring voice and confident performance.

Nearly six weeks after her performance of "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical "Les Miserables," the 47-year-old is ready to appear on a live televised semifinal of the competition tonight.

"If I get through, bloody fantastic! But I am not thinking that far ahead, just concentrating on my performance," Boyle said to the media yesterday Saturday. 

"Britain's Got Talent" auditions round ended yesterday, Boyle was named among 40 acts who will go through to the live semi-finals from Sunday, when she will make her eagerly-awaited second appearance on the show. Speaking of the semi-finals, she commented: "I really want to do my best, get out there and do my best, and anything can happen."

Sara Lee, a spokeswoman for "Britain's Got Talent," told the AP that Boyle's performance tonight, will be available almost instantly on the Internet.

The UK Mirror reports that Simon Cowell and record company bosses have made plans for Susan Boyle's debut album - even before she performs live on TV for the first time. The Czech National Symphony Orchestra have already been provisionally booked so she can record an LP of Broadway classics next month. And if she is successful on BGT, she will fly to Prague and record tracks during a three day visit reports the UK paper. To read the full article click here.

It was reported a few weeks ago that the Britain's Got Talent sensation had chosen the title song from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Whistle Down the Wind for her next performance on the program, but there are now rumors she may be singing another Lloyd Webber tune. Lloyd Webber himself is fan after meeting her at a recording studio in London, he told The Sun after the meeting that he had a role for her. "She is a terrific sport and she's a great fan of my shows," he gushed to the paper.

"If she wanted to be in one, well it could happen. It would have to be the right role. Maybe I know what it could be, but I'm not telling. She's got a great future." There has been talk that Boyle may be singing on the upcoming concept cd of Love Never Dies, the musical sequel to the mega-hit The Phantom of the Opera. Sources are now revealing that Boyle has indeed laid down tracks and may debut a ballad from Love Never Dies on the 'Talent' telecast.

Boyle, an unemployed woman who's "nearly 48," walked on the stage of her original audition and talked about her cat, and also joked around with the judges, noting that she had "never been kissed." The entire audience prepared for the worst as she began her song, but, once she starting singing the crowd and judges were transported by her emotional and theatrical take on the number!

When asked how she felt after the judges made their decision to put her through to the next round, Boyle said: "On top of the world, it's fantastic", punched the air and did a dance. To watch her stunning performance, click here. 

The turbulent trio of Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden once again preside over the judging panel. They may bicker, they may snigger... but their manicured hands are always wickedly poised by their buzzers to puncture long-held ambitions in a splice. Join in the fun at the audition stage, as we surf the talent spectrum all the way from the sublime to the seriously awful!

Each auditionee takes to the stage hoping that their act will be the one to delight. The judges hold precious hopes in their hands, but they gleefully shatter those dreams with just the buzz of a buzzer, as soon as the act fails to impress. If there are three dreaded buzzes the audition is over; but a few hold the panel's attention. If they last the full 3 minutes onstage, they could be in luck!

When the thousands of hopefuls have been whittled down to 40 favourites, we hit a week-long love-in of live semi-final shows. Here's where judge opinion and public vote collide in a five-day variety extravaganza, until just 10 acts, hand-picked by the public remaining for the grand finale.

There will be tears, there may be tantrums, but one thing's for certain... one talented act, who proves Britain's Got Talent, will be crowned the ultimate winner by series hosts Ant & Dec".

 

 

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