There was an interesting if very short news article in this morning’s The Straits Times; where an amateur singer took to the stage in Britain’s Got Talent 2009 – I’m guessing the UK version of American Idol – and received standing ovations.
The strangest part of it was that this was a 47 year, frumpy looking church worker from Scotland who’s never kissed, never had a boyfriend. And when she got on stage and gave her introductions, there were sniggers from the audience. Even Simon Cowell looked irritated.
4 minutes later, they weren’t laughing. I’ve seen the video of her performance, and it’s absolutely stunning.
The video is spreading on Youtube now, with this following one already viewed 11 million times. The video cannot be embedded into the post, so it’s here on the link instead.
Tears will well up.:)
Yes, saw this through your facebook post… I was so touched and humbled I wanted to cry …. her voice is so so powerful, even better than the singer in the Les Mis original recording- i listened to her over & over and this morning I am re-listening to the whole Le Mis *(something I have not done in years)- inspired by her!
Yep; same here Pam. I asked Ling if she had the CDs for Les Miz myself. I’m not a fan of musicals in general, but Boyle’s amazing performance was sufficient for me to relook into the musical again.:)
yeah, her voice is very nice and i thank God for that. God is fair.
i guess many people were stunned because when they saw her, they expected another willian hung or ken lee but she turned out to be fabulous. she should totally do the theme songs for walt disney cartoons, remember snow white, the little mermaid ariel, beauty and the beast belle and mulan? she definitely can sing they parts =)