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NEWS ABOUT: Britain's Got Talent

Britain's Got Talent stories: 53 news summaries

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OPINION

 Make Boyle the New Brown 

Singer could get Britain out of cynical funk

Apr 24, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disenchanted Labour supporter Frank Skinner knows how the UK political party can turn things around: Make Susan Boyle the new party leader. Who would replace the Internet sensation on Britain’s Got Talent? Gordon Brown, of course. “The thing is I really want Mr. Brown to be Susan Boyle—... More »

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Gordon Brown • Labour Party • prime minister • Britain • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

 Susan Boyle 
 Dyes Hair, 
 Dons Make-Up 

New look also includes new wardrobe

Apr 24, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s Got Talent judges can talk all they want about keeping their frumpy-chic new star just the way she is for the finals. Susan Boyle isn't having any of it: The YouTube sensation got a $50 dye job, haircut and straightening yesterday, turning her frowsy gray locks brown and... More »

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reality TV • YouTube • singer • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • makeover

10-Year-Old Boyle Demo Tape Goes Viral

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

Apr 23, 09 10:48 AM CDT
(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... More »

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entertainment • YouTube • singer • viral video • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

OPINION

 To Complete 
 Fairy Tale, 
 Boyle Needs 
 a Makeover 

Ugly duckling has to become a swan, fashion writer argues

Apr 21, 09 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s politically correct to say frumpy singing sensation Susan Boyle doesn’t need a makeover. But honestly? Of course she does, writes Washington Post fashion guru Robin Givhan. If Boyle stays the same, it’ll “unravel the centuries-long tradition of fairy tales.” Sure, Boyle won us... More »

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entertainment • fashion • music industry • singer • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • makeover

 Cowell: Quitting 
 Idol 'Feels Right' 

Says his plan is no negotiating trick

Apr 21, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Simon Cowell has three hit shows worldwide, including America’s most popular; he pulls in $36 million a year from Fox; and the success of Susan Boyle is raising the talent guru’s profile even higher. But, he tells the New York Times, he’s not backing off statements to... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • American Idol • Simon Cowell • Fox • quitting • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • X Factor

 Choir Rejected 
 Web Fave Boyle 

Local group turned her away days after reality show audition

Apr 20, 09 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle, the Britain’s Got Talent singing sensation, could probably join any choir she liked. But that wasn’t the case two months ago, when she was rejected by a local group. “We had no vacancies,” a rep tells the Mirror. “It was a shock when... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Scotland • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

 Odd Duck Boyle Is 
 Talk of Her Tiny Town 

Small world rocked by YouTube popularity

Apr 20, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone knows Susan Boyle in her Scottish village—she’s the odd loner who does killer karaoke at the local pub. Now, she’s the topic on everyone’s lips in the community of 5,000 where she’s lived in the same house all her life. And though the... More »

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entertainment • television • YouTube • Scotland • village • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

 Boyle Gets Duet Invite 
 From Her Idol 

Instant star becomes viral sensation

Apr 19, 09 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... More »

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entertainment • viral video • Demi Moore • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • Elaine Paige

(Newser) - Oops. Susan Boyle's neighbor says the lovelorn singer has been kissed—by him, in fact, and more than once. But not that way, he admits to the Telegraph—more like a "peck on the cheek." "She comes to me when she needs help or a shoulder to... More »

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entertainment • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • Piers Morgan

 Boyle Makeover Hotly Debated 


Apr 18, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Should she or shouldn't she? Susan Boyle's new fans can't help debating whether the 47-year-old singer who wowed the world in her performance on Britain's Got Talent last weekend should shed the frumpy style that made her sensational voice so surprising. She "needs to stay exactly as she is... More »

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entertainment • singer • Jerry Springer • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • Amanda Holden

Susan Boyle Sings for King, '99 CD Surfaces

Judge apologizes
for sniggering, invites her for dinner

Apr 18, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle and Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan were reunited (remotely) on Larry King's show last night, where Morgan predicted a worldwide chart-topping CD within the year for the woman he called a Rocky Balboa. Morgan also apologized to the 48-year-old Scottish singer—"We thought you were going... More »

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entertainment • Larry King • singer • voice talent • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • Piers Morgan

(Newser) - Susan Boyle just isn’t that extraordinary, Adam Markovitz writes in Entertainment Weekly. The middle-aged singer who wowed Simon Cowell on Britain’s Got Talent and sparked a viral YouTube hit is getting by on her lack of looks. Her voice is adequate, Markovitz writes, but “her talent is... More »

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entertainment • music • reality TV • Simon Cowell • England • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • Les Miserables

 11M YouTube Hits? 
 'Awesome': UK Sensation 

Boyle breaks into early-morning song in interview

Apr 16, 09 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Since leaving Simon Cowell speechless, sweet-voiced Susan Boyle has earned the ultimate Internet honor: Her Britain’s Got Talent audition has gone viral with 11 million hits. “It’s awesome,” Boyle told CBS’ Early Show today. The youngest of nine children, Boyle has been living alone since her... More »

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entertainment • Simon Cowell • singer • voice talent • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

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