they stopped mocking the moment Susan opened her voice
More about her from the Huffington Post
“A middle-aged volunteer church worker with the voice of an angel is
Susan Boyle, 47, wowed judges and audience alike when she performed on television contest "
By Tuesday, a video clip of Boyle's performance on Internet site YouTube has been watched more than 2.7 million times.
The unemployed Scot who said she'd "never been kissed" drew titters when she told the judges her ambition was to be a professional singer.
But her soaring rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical "Les Miserables" astonished the show's hard-to-please judges.
They were captivated by the singer from Blackburn in western
The show, the first in a new series of "
British bookmakers made Boyle the early favorite to win the series.
She is the latest in a proud tradition of underdogs who win the heart of the British public.
The program, sister show of "
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