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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 8:24 am
Erniesgirl, that article was wonderful and spot-on.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 12:28 pm
The article has me in tears, just like her singing does... Because I saw them focus on putting on the cd player, I wasn't sure if she was lip-synching. If I hadn't seen them do that, it never would have occurred to me to doubt her. I also made the connection to Paul Potts, once I realized her singing was legit. The look on Simon's face was priceless. And the female judge is so sweet. LOL
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 4:02 pm
Here is Susan singing Cry me a river. Man she has a great set of pipes. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/videos-pics/entertainment/videos/2009/04/16/exclusive-susan-boyle-s-first-ever-music-release-listen-to-it-here-86908-21283593/
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 4:11 pm
Thanks, Erniesgirl. Wowser!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 6:11 pm
Yup. I got me a good one. I asked Colossus to sit down after dinner and listen to what I wanted him to hear and explained the back story on Susan Boyle. I put the Youtube on full screen and sat behind him on the couch while she sang. (He had NO idea about any of this before I made him listen, I knew he would love it). He was wiping tears out of his eyes after her first notes, and he was actually charmed by and laughing with her during her interview before singing. By the end of the song, he was weeping and had to hear it again and read the lyrics so he could understand the poignance of what she was singing (yes he cries easily, he was bawling). After he'd listened to her a couple of times, he clicked on 'Paul Potts" because the Nessun Dorma thing caught his interest. He had his doors blown off by Paul. He watched the dancing group from this year's preliminaries that was so good. I think it's safe to say that Susan Boyle has led a whole new audience to the "Got Talent" shows. I've never seen them, he's never seen them. But we'll be watching from now on.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 6:12 pm
She is a fantastic singer. Now we know that she has recorded before, she is well liked in her town and sings/or sang in her church. She is a popular singer at the local pub. I think they went scouting for an unknown, found her and either suggested that she not do anything special for the TV show or purposely dressed her down. I'd have a lot more faith that she just happened to show up if they had mentioned at all that it had happened before with Paul Potts. The judges all acted as if it was unheard of that someone could just show up and have an incredible voice. They scouted for just such a person and found her. They might not have told the judges just when she would show up, but Simon had to have given the order that such a person should be found.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 6:16 pm
It's cool that she did all that. Even if she was found by a scout, her story...and her voice...are amazing. And I'm assuming that the judges hadn't heard her beforehand, so their reactions, like the crowds', were real.
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 6:16 pm
I'd buy her CD!!!!!! Hope she gets a chance to do one. WOW!!!
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Rvon
Member
12-11-2003
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 6:30 pm
I believe she is the real deal too. I love this show -- Britain's Got Talent. I only wish we could watch it here. I was mesmerized by Paul Potts two years ago and then by last year's winner, George Sampson. Although George Sampson was not a singer, he's a street dancer, all three were from were what you could say *from the other side of the tracks*, so to speak. It made it all the more endearing for me and made me that much more happier for the winners.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 7:20 pm
I haven't checked this out because I wouldn't download it anyways. But here are some instructions I found for watching this show: You can download Series 2 (last year) and Series 3 (this year) of Britain's Got Talent from TVFreeload - just go to http://tvfreeload.com/Download/TV_Shows/... and sign up for the forum.
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 8:11 pm
Susan's version of "Cry me a River" was superb. Thanks.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 8:34 pm
Thanks for the link, Erniesgirl. Just amazing.
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 6:17 am
and did you know that Susan Boyle has her own You Tube page. I just love her photo slide show. http://www.youtube.com/user/susanboyle be sure to watch her favourite videos. I got a kick out of the Stavros Flatley dancer one.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 6:25 am
The Stavros Flatley dancers are a riot. We laughed and laughed at that one last night.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 6:40 am
ok..i take all my skeptism back and apologize profusely...she is singing acapella on the Today show and is amazing!!!!
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 7:53 am
Not me. I never doubted it was her own voice (and she CAN certainly sing). I just don't believe she came out of-the -blue-from-nowhere, all on her owny-o and was truly a genuine surprise to the judges, producers, etc. So, in that sense, I think it was set up. She was probably scouted, frumped up, and told to act like the humble, learning-disabled, never-been-loved (except by her cat Pebbles) and treated cruelly as a child, now middle-aged, lonely spinster. And it was interesting how she answered the question on the Morning Show yesterday about did she ever have formal training. Long hesitation...then that cryptic answer. She is a great singer but I don't appreciate the way the show set us up, banking on the emotional sensationalism factor that would follow...the tears flowing all over the world, (even by grown men!), for this "poor woman"--baaah. Looks to me like a lovely life she has in her Scottish village, singing kareoke down the pub, everyone knowing everyone else and looking out for her, etc. (I'd even do a house swap with her; summers in Florida for summers in her Scottish village!) We are so easily fooled, aren't we? Nevertheless, I hope she enjoys success and makes a good chunk of change from the inevitable CD that comes from this. LOVED the Stavros Flatley dancers! Now that's British humor at its best. Benny Hill type, taking-the-piss silliness. Love it!
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 8:28 am
"Not me. I never doubted it was her own voice (and she CAN certainly sing). I just don't believe she came out of-the -blue-from-nowhere, all on her owny-o and was truly a genuine surprise to the judges, producers, etc. So, in that sense, I think it was set up. She was probably scouted, frumped up, and told to act like the humble, learning-disabled, never-been-loved (except by her cat Pebbles) and treated cruelly as a child, now middle-aged, lonely spinster." *** Thank you! That's what I've been trying to say, but you said it much better. Wonderful singer who was set up to "surprise."
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 8:35 am
I don't know...those eyebrows of hers tells me this wasn't just a set-up, that she's the real deal

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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 8:40 am
Hell, Huk, probably keep her warm in those bitter winters over there. Now, do you shave your legs during winter in the Buffalo snow belt, lol?
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 8:41 am
On the Today show this morning, she had her hair curled and makeup done and frankly, it wasn't done well. So I'm thinking that's just who she is. I imagine someone will offer her a real makeover at some point.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 8:43 am
I don't think she'd be that interested in a makeover. Just a hunch. ETA: in one of her slide-show photos (taken previously) her hair looked really nice. It was straight and shiny and she looked much better than she currently does.)
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 8:51 am
Actually Holly, I NEVER shave my legs! It's a benefit of my Native American heritage! Whoo-hoo!
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 8:55 am
Oh yeah, that's right, I forgot you were hairless . I'm jealous. Do you ever have to pluck your eyebrows though?
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 8:56 am
Stay tuned, I am sure Oprah will have her on soon. She seems like a lovely person.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 9:00 am
Ha ha, nope on the eyebrows either. They're as blonde as can be and you could probably count the number of hairs.
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