It’s hard to believe the world was introduced to Susan Boyle a mere six weeks ago, but it’s true.  Now it’s time for the semi-final rounds of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent, and that means that Ms. Boyle is back on the stage to fight for the prize of performing for the Queen.

She performed “Memories” from the famous musical Cats, and except for a very slight warble in the opening lyrics, it was a spectacular rendition that not only got a standing ovation from the audience, but also from all three judges… yes, even Simon Cowell.

Since this is where the public enters in to the voting process, it would be shocking if she did not make it past this round and into the finals.  Since those of us here in the United States have not seen anywhere near all of her competition, it is hard to judge just how stiff the competition will be, but judging from this performance, they had better be pretty good.

While the subject of cleaning up Susan Boyle’s looks has come up in many interviews, pretty much every one, even Britain’s Got Talent Judge Amanda Holden, thought it was a bad idea at this time.  Well, either someone gave her the greenlight, or maybe she just decided to do it herself, but as you can clearly see in the picture to the right, Ms. Boyle is slowly transforming.  The hair is looking a bit more kept, the eyebrows have clearly been plucked and the clothes are looking a bit snappier.

I’m not sure how people should feel about this.  Part of the charm of Ms. Boyle was that she was such an everyday person, and while these changes aren’t radical, you have to wonder where they will end.  If this is the end of it, than fine, we can probably live with it, but any further than this and it’s going to feel like too much I think.

This morning Susan Boyle joined Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira via satellite from her home in Scotland for yet another interview.  This poor woman has to be just about interviewed out at this point!  The nice thing was that before her itnerview, they showed a pre-recorded bit with Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden about the Ms. Boyle’s sudden rise to fame.  The good news is that she says they have no intention of doing a make-over on Ms. Boyle as they don’t want to add that pressure on her.

It’s a good interview, with a nice surprise visit by Paul Potts, the winner of season 1 of Britain’s Got Talent towards the end of it.  He compliments her performance and tells her he thinks she is doing a wonderful job keeping a level head through out this entire ordeal.  If anyone can relate to this, he certainly can.

Here is the video, sorry that it won’t play outside of the USA.  If the player below isn’t working, you can find it here.

April 11th was the premiere episode of Britain’s Got Talent, and even with only one episode aired, people are already sure that a certain Ms.  Susan Boyle could stand to win the whole thing.  However, that certainly wasn’t their attitude when she first walked out on to the stage.

In the behind-the-scenes footage before she took the stage, we learned that Ms. Boyle lives alone with her cat Pebbles, and that she has never even been kissed.  Once she finally hit the stage, Ms. Boyle awkwardly introduced herself to the three judges, Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden, and stated that she aspired to sing like the great Elaine Page.  After some eye-rolling from audience members, and even some obvious skepticism from the judges, she began to sing, and you can see the results below.