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Susan Boyle Interview Preview From Today Show

Susan Boyle is finally starting to surface again, and on July 22nd they ran a portion of an interview with her conducted by Meredith Vieira for The Today Show.

The snippet is only somewhat revealing in that we get a look at her new look (this is a makeover done right, it’s not over the top and she keeps some of her essential qualities), found out that she is 100% for sure recording an album with Simon Cowell serving as producer and that she seems to be in good spirits generally. All of this is welcome news, especially about her health.

The intriguing thing about the album is she won’t go in to any details, but it does sound like it is not going to be 100% show tunes, if it will have any at all. Hopefully we will be hearing about the album in the very near future.

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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 Says The “Never Been Kissed” Comment Was A Joke

GMTV (Good Morning Television) interviewed Susan Boyle this morning, and while most of it was rehashes of other interviews, one new tidbit came out.

I do definitely prefer the UK interviews of Ms. Boyle to the American ones, I think mainly becuase they can actually do them in person as opposed to being via satellite.  This morning it was GMTV’s turn, and we learned that the local council has built a new fence in front of her home to help keep the press away.  We also heard her singing a bit of “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”, which was nice, but the big moment came when she was asked about her comment on Britain’s Got Talent about having never been kissed.  She now says it was a joke, but yu can judge for yourself.

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Susan Boyle Interviewed On Scottish Television

A Scottish television show interview with Susan Boyle where she actually got to leave the house!

Unlike all of her American television appearances where Ms. Boyle has done them from her home, this Scottish television interview actually got her out of the house and in to a new setting.  This was done fairly early on in the interviews she’s done, and we’re unsure of the date or what program this was on, but it is still interesting to watch.

Due to the sound quality of the video clip, the uploader was kind enough to also write out a transcript for everyone.

your welcome to the programme Susan. What a time its been for you so far – on Friday you were unknown to the British nation, now youre an internet sentation… 2.5 million people have watched that clip so far. How do you feel?
Gobsmacked, absolutely gobsmacked.
Whats it been like on the streets of Blackburn?
Everybody is wanting my autograph Im telling you its really surreal.
What made you go in for this, because youre a shy person. What made you push yourself forward for this?

Basically I wanted to fulfil a wish to my mother, I wanted to do something with my life. Not only that but I think I had a bit more to offer.

What did you do with your singing previously?

Basically in the choir, Ive been in school productions, karaoke – you name it I was on it.

And when people heard you sing karaoke – had they said youve got to go on Britain’s got talent or one of those shows?

Well they did mention it once or twice, and then I said to them well I’ll have a go at it now and see how far I get.

The judges loved you, the audience loved you – were you confident when you stepped out on that stage you would get a good reaction?

I didnt know what kind of reaction I would get – Im being honest with you. But i just got through with it you know. You just get on with it.

Because as your performance progressed everybody started to stand up – could you actually see that past the lights? Could you see that happening?

I couldnt have – cos I had my eyes closed half the time.

Did you get a chance to chat to the judges afterwards?

No, I didnt no. You dont do that anyway – its not professional.

So where is this going to go Susan – are you going to wait and see what happens? How far do you think you can go with this?

Through to the bitter end. But I’ll do something – wee baby steps.

Well absolutely brilliant – we really want our viewers to get behind you. Im sure that everyone watching just thought you were absolutely jaw dropping. Piers Morgan wasnt that nice about Scottish talent, he said there wasnt a lot going on – so youve proved him wrong. So we need the 5.30 viewers and people of scotland to get right behind you, and make sure you go all the way. And you would like that to happen?

I would yes. Thankyou very much.

Susan we wish you the very best – youve got the most amazing voice and your mum would have been very proud of you. Good to see you on the programme.

Thankyou very much.

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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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Susan Boyle Says “No Comment” To Mail Suitors Question On The Today Show

Yet another TV appearance for Susan Boyle, this time it was on NBC’s The Today Show.

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.

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Susan Boyle Interview On CBS’ The Early Show

As promised, Susan Boyle was on The Early Show today, and she received a rather special treat.

Susan Boyle began the rounds of American talk shows today by appearing on The Early Show on CBS. I believe this is a first for any contestant on Britain’s Got Talent, but could they have started off with anyone better?  The only things that seemed to have changed on Ms. Boyle since she sang “I Dreamed A Dream” was that her clothes seemed a bit more put together, and her hair was more kept looking.

The interview was a nice one, and you could tell she is really trying to soak everything that has happened to her thus far, but who could deal with being this big of an over night sensation?  We also did learn some more about her, such as she was living with her mother until she recently passed away.  She had then taken a few years off from singing while she mourned, and now she is back and thought she would give the competition a try.  I think it is safe to say she did more than just give it a try!

In the second half of the interview, CBS put Ms. Boyle on the phone with Patti Lupone, one of the biggest names in Broadway, to see what she thought of Ms. Boyle’s rendition of a song she had sung many years ago.  Well, like almost everyone else in the world, Ms. Lupone cried.  Considering she was the first person to sing this song when the show first opened, that’s quite a compliment.

She does sing “I Dreamed A Dream” again (without music to boot), but it isn’t the whole song.

We’ve posted the videos below for you, but we aren’t sure they are visible outside of the USA, sorry if they aren’t.

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Susan Boyle On Good Morning America

Yet another American television interview with the Britain’s Got Talent singing sensation.

Diane Sawyer of Good Morning America was yet another American teevision presenter to sit down and interview from her home in Scotland this morning.  While it covered some of the familiar ground we have seen in other interviews (do these hosts never say “Okay, she’s answered this 50 times, lets ask something else?”), Ms. Sawyer did seem to focus a bit more on Ms. Boyle’s family.  Did she think her parents were looking down on her?  Who were all the cards in the background from?  So it made it feel a bit more intimate than other interviews have.

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Susan Boyle To Be On The Early Show

Well, that didn’t take long to happen! Susan Boyle is about to be interviewed by American television shows!

According to the Orlando Sentinel, Ms. Boyle will be appearing on the CBS morning show, The Early Show this morning.  She will be singing from her kitchen in Scotland during the performance, but no hint yet on what she will be singing.  Hopefully it will be different than her “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables she performed on Britain’s Got Talent the other day.

As soon as we can locate a video of the interview, we will be bringing it to you right here on this blog.  Hopefully it won’t take us long, but  we implore you to stay tuned for it!

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