Hot on Facebook

Guy Buys $123 Safe on eBay, Finds $26,000 Inside Seller tries to get half the cash back, fails »

Boyle Gets Duet Invite From Her Idol

Instant star becomes viral sensation

By Amelia Atlas, Newser User

Posted Apr 19, 2009 4:04 AM CDT

(Newser) – Overnight sensation Susan Boyle may see yet another dream come true. The aspiring singer, whose voice stunned viewers of Britain's Got Talent last week, has been invited to perform with her idol, British theater icon Elaine Paige, reports the Guardian. "It seems her performance has captured the hearts of everyone who saw it, me included," Paige wrote on her website. "Perhaps we should record a duet?"

Boyle cited Elaine Paige as her role model, to snickers, right before blowing away the audience with her performance. And Paige isn't her only celebrity supporter: "It made me teary," tweeted Demi Moore. An Oprah appearance may also be on the cards. Though Boyle is taking the attention in stride, she acknowledged, "I could get used to it."

[Images (3)]

[Videos (2)]

Susan Boyle, whose performance on the television show "Britain's Got Talent" wowed the judges, poses singing with a hairbrush at her home in Blackburn, Scotland, Thursday April 16, 2009. (AP Photo)

The frumpy 47-year-old, who says she's never been kissed, has gained celebrity fans and millions of admirers - including a fair number of men - since appearing on the show. (AP Photo/Andrew Milligan-pa)

Susan Boyle's fame has been fueled by new technology, with a clip of her performance viewed more than 25 million times on YouTube. (AP Photo/Andrew Milligan-pa)

« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow

The original video of 47-year-old Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent, wowing the judges with her rendition of "I Dreamed A Dream" from Les Miserables. (Chuuplo)

Susan Boyle is a Scottish church volunteer and amateur singer who came to public attention on the third series of Britain's Got Talent. Boyle leap to almost immediate global fame. (manicame)

View larger videos >>

« Prev« Prev | Next »Next »

To report an error on this story, notify our editors.

More Newser Stories

10-Year-Old Boyle Demo Tape Goes Viral

Recording surfaces as audition vid hits 93.5M views, setting record

(NEWSER) - With Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream rendition setting a YouTube record, a decade-old demo of her singing Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly has become a new viral hit. The former—from the Britain's Got Talent audition that blasted Boyle to fame—has been viewed 93.5 million times on YouTube and 100 million times on combined sites, putting it on track to smash the 120-million record held by a popular dance montage, the Telegraph reports. More»

Boyle's Now a Prisoner of Her Own Fame

Singer can't fade into obscurity like author Harper Lee

(NEWSER) - It's been exactly 1 year since Susan Boyle's star-making turn on Britain's Got Talent , and the singer is now crazy famous—but she doesn't seem to be enjoying it much. Friends say Boyle's suffered a breakdown and doesn't enjoy her celebrity, writes Ben Macintyre for the Times of London . She fears she'll be dropped by her label, and she hasn't even moved into the new house she bought. More»

This Kid Sings Like Whitney Houston

Lin Yu Chun is the latest viral video star

(NEWSER) - This Chinese boy could be the next Susan Boyle. Gawker points to a video that is quickly making the rounds on the Internet, showing reality show contestant Lin Yu Chun—“an overweight teenager with an awkward haircut,” writes Maureen O'Connor. Surprisingly enough, he does a dead-on Whitney Houston impression. More»

Boyle Breaks Pre-Order Record

Debut album for Britain's Got Talent star is selling fast

(NEWSER) - Susan Boyle's popularity shows no signs of dying down: The Britain's Got Talent runner-up is releasing her first album Nov. 23, and it has already broken Amazon's record for most pre-orders, the New York Daily News reports. "Although it's normal to see early enthusiasm for artists who have come off of television shows, the response from our customers to Susan Boyle's upcoming album has been unprecedented," says an Amazon exec. More»

Susan Boyle Is Not a Sideshow

After her stellar performance on America's Got Talent , it's time to take Boyle seriously

(NEWSER) - Susan Boyle’s performance last night on America’s Got Talent “was exactly what Boyle's mentor, Simon Cowell, could have hoped for—lovely, inspirational, free of surprises,” writes Ann Powers in the Los Angeles Times. “No matter that it was canned” or that she was nervous. Boyle's time has come, and “we should stop being startled by her performances and respect her for the qualities she's cultivated: scrupulousness and dependability.” More»

NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS

What is Newser?

Face it: there's too much news. At Newser, we choose the most thought-provoking and entertaining stories from hundreds of US and international sources and reduce them to a headline, picture, and two paragraphs. And we do it 24/7—you can come back morning, noon, night (and in between) for something new that matters. Read less, know more.

Learn more »

Partnering with: Slate

View Newser on the mobile website

Boyle Gets Duet Invite From Her Idol