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Susan Boyle Taken To Hospital For Observation

Susan Boyle has been hospitalized under England’s Mental Health Act.

After Susan Boyle’s final performance on Britain’s Got Talent, it seems things weren’t as smooth as her final comments would lead you to believe.  On Sunday evening, the producers of the television series summoned police to her hotel room, saying that she was acting “strange”.  She was examined by a police doctor under the Mental Health Act, and was found to have suffered an ‘emotional breakdown”.  She has been taken to a hospital for rest and relaxation.

Everyone from Prime Minister Gordon Brown to Ms. Boyle’s family is concerned for her.  Speaking on GMTV this morning, PM Gordon Brown said:

I hope Susan Boyle is OK because she is a really, really nice person and I think she will do well.  I spoke to Simon Cowell last night and to Piers Morgan and wanted to be sure that she was OK.

There is no word on when Ms. Boyle may be released from the hospital, or what her plans will be immediately after getting out. According to family that has spoken with the press, she is still interested in performing with some of her idols, such as Elaine Page, but there is no word if that is even in the works at this time.

We wish Ms. Boyle the speediest recoveries, and we hope she will do whatever is best for her own well being once she is released.

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Videos Of The Britain’s Got Talent 2009 Finale

Britain’s Got Talent is all wrapped up for 2009, and we know you all want to see the videos of the finale.

First up is the dance troupe Diversity that ended up winnint the entire contest.  There is no denying that they are talented, and I have no clue how anyone fling their body around like the little girl does.  Quite impressive.  I am sure if you are on this site that you are a fan of Susan Boyle, but you have to give credit where credit is due.

Next up was Ms. Boyle, and she returned to the song that started it all, “I Dreamed A Dream” from Les Miserables.  The delivery was perfect, and she can’t be faulted for it.  During the post performance talk, they did address the stories from this week in vague references, but they did bring them up.

And here is the announcement of the winner of the show. Ms. Boyle does make a few comments, all of them gracious, and Diversity performs their dance again.

Make sure to check back here for future updates on Susan Boyle!

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Susan Boyle Loses Britain’s Got Talent

We’ll post video as soon as we have it, but the final results are in…

Susan Boyle came in second place on Britain’s Got Talent.  The ultimate winner was the dance troupe Diversity.

This doesn’t necessarily mean we’ve heard the last of Ms. Boyle as her receiving a recording a deal is almost a certainty.  We’ll continue to post here as long as we can keep finding information on her and what her future plans are.

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Fame Begins To Weigh On Susan Boyle

It seems that the weight of fame is beginning to weigh on Susan Boyle.

According to the Sun, the finalists of Britain’s Got Talent are staying at the Wembley Plaza Hotel in North London, and that Ms. Boyle has had a few rather large outburts that involved her cursing and ranting.

The first came during the performance of 12-year-old Shaheen Jafargholi.  Ms. Boyle was in the hotel bar watching the show, and as Shaheen began to perform, a bus load of tourists asked for her autograph.  She asked them to wait until he finished, but as he finished, it seems Ms. Boyle took offense to judges Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan heaping praise on the youngster.  She reportedly stood up, yelled “F*** off!”, three the “V” sign (the British version of the American middle finger) and stormed off.  All of this was said to be done in eye sight and hearing range of the young contender’s family and friends.  Ms. Boyle has denied this story thus far.

The second event came just yesterday afternoon when Ms. Boyle began screaming at some guests in the hotel lobby that she claimed were trying to “wind her up”.  This incident got the policemen stationed at the hotel who had a talk with Ms. Boyle outside on the sidewalk.  Witnesses claim you could see she was still quite livid as she was talking with the police, and repeatedly would point and stab her finger.

This morning Piers Morgan took to his own blog and came to Ms. Boyle’s defense.

The pressure from sudden global success can be enormous.

Everywhere you go, people recognise you and want a piece of you – an autograph, a photo, a quick song, a chat to their mum on a mobile phone.

You can’t got out any more without being mobbed in the streets. You can’t nip down the supermarket for a pint of milk or go to the paper shop.

That pressure, too, can take its toll on close family and friends. They don’t know quite how to deal with it either. Suddenly they’re all caught up in this insane, relentless goldfish bowl.

All the fun of being propelled into international acclaim starts to disappear. And you start to feel jittery, self-conscious, paranoid, and fractious.

Then imagine, too, having all this go on when you are days away from the final of a competition that can make or break your career and your life.

A competition that everyone expects you to win, a fact that in itself piles on even more pressure.

This is exactly the situation that Susan Boyle now finds herself in.

Mr. Morgan goes on for quite a bit longer about his feelings on this situation, and he says that the pressure has gotten to a point that Ms. Boyle has considered quitting the competition.

We here at SusanBoyleFandom.com have actually worried since the beginning that all of this might end up being too much for her.  No one can take this sort of sudden attention without it beginning to weigh on them.  Mr. Morgan mentions how some blogs have said nasty things about these reported incidents, and I have to say you won’t find any of those here.  Sure it would be nice if they hadn’t happened, but it is honestly understandable with the amount of pressure being put on her.

We wish Ms. Boyle nothing but the best in the upcoming final round, and we hope she will stick it out.

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Susan Boyle In Semi-Final Round 1 Of Britain’s Got Talent

At long last, it’s time for Susan Boyle’s second appearance on Britain’s Got Talent.

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.

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Oprah Snags Her Susan Boyle Interview

Oprah is getting her wish sooner than anyone thought she would!

As we reported last month, Oprah Winfrey wants to interview Susan Boyle, but it looked like she was going to have to wait until Britain’s Got Talent was over to get that wish.  Now, according to Entertainment Tonight, Simon Cowell is coming on Oprah’s show to address the rumors he is leaving American Idol, and also to showcase Susan Boyle amongst other talents he has helped discover.

Make sure to check your local listings for the episode to air Monday May 11th entitled ”The Oprah Winfrey Show: The World’s Got Talent.”  There is no word if Ms. Boyle will sing, but I can’t imagine that she won’t.  And, yes, she will be appearing from her home in Scotland, just like she does in about 90% of here television appearances.  Oh well, maybe we’ll finally see Cuddles.

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Susan Boyle Sings “The Way We Were”

Yet another old home video has surfaced of Susan Boyle singing, and this time it’s from 1984.

The Daily Record has struck again!  This time they located a video of Ms. Boyle singing Barbra Streisand’s hit “The Way We Were” at an amateur night in 1984 at the Motherwell FC’s Fir Park Social Club.  It sems she was a last minute replacement for someone else in the competition that pitted locals against visitors from a Midland’s Club.

While you can tell she was a bit shy at first, her confidence grew as she went on singing.  This video doesn’t have an exact date, but it is known it is from 1984, making her either 22 or 23-years-old at the time it was recorded.

Kudos to the Daily Record as this is the third recording they have unearthed thus far.  The first was her charity CD recording of “Cry Me A River”, and the other was her auditioning for My Kind of People.

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Susan Boyle On The Road To A Make Over

It appears the urge to make over Susan Boyle’s appearance is just not letting up.

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.

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Oprah Wants Susan Boyle On Her Show

Not all that surprisingly, it appears that Oprah Winfrey wants Susan Boyle on her show at some point in the future.

According to Marc Malkin at E!, Oprah’s producers have expressed interest in Ms. Boyle appearing on the show in Chicago, but the people at Britain’s Got Talent have said that sort of thing won’t be happening until the show is over.  Seeing as she was on the first audition episode of the series, she has another six weeks to go before she appears on the live semi-finals episode.

At this point, even if she doesn’t win the series, I think it’s pretty safe to say that Ms. Boyle is still going to have some form of career ahead of her just on the back of her Internet popularity.  Will Oprah still want her on the show if that is what happens?  I think it’s pretty safe to assume that she will indeed.

Stay tuned for more details.

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Susan Boyle Sings “My Heart Will Go On” On Larry King Live

Last night Susan Boyle appeared on Larry King Live and wowed us with yet another song.

The tour of US talk shows seems never ending for Ms. Boyle right now, but at least she gets to do all of them from the comfort of her own home!  This time around it was on Larry King Live, and they also brought on Britain’s Got Talent judge Piers Morgan to talk about her at the same time.

Some of the stuff with Piers was fascinating, such as him actually apologizing for not treating her with more respect when she first came out on the stage.  It seemed very sincere and heartfelt.  He explained that they had already had a long day with some really horrible acts, and he admitted that he thought she was going to be one of the joke acts that gets sent out to them just to make them suffer.  It was a very sincere, and genuine sounding apology, which Ms. Boyle gladly accepted.  He also asked her out for dinner in London, to which she rather enthusiastically said “yes” to.

There are also some hints from Mr. Morgan that Simon Cowell has indeed signed Ms. Boyle to his record label, though he never spells it out completely.

The only thing about the interview that troubled me some was when Larry King asked what in her life would change due to this, she replied that she would no longer be lonely.  I really, really hope she has some solid, grounded friends around her that will help make sure no one takes advantage of her and her considerable talent.

We have posted both halves of the interview below for you, but if you just want to get to her singing “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic, it is in the second video at approximately the 2:25 mark.

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