Susan Boyle - A Modern day Phenomenon

Whatever has been said about Susan Boyle, there is no escaping the fact that in her efforts to be as she put it "as famous as Elaine Paige", she has clearly achieved that and then some. I sit here having seen artists come and go, many of those artists fade as time passes, some still remain popular and good at what they do but there are not many of those artists around now sadly.

No one knows if Susan Boyle will remain popular and good at what she does but there is one quality that she has in abundance - the quite natural ability to touch us where it matters, deep down through her singing and the fact that she is an ordinary person from an ordinary background who has at last been given that once in a lifetime opportunity to do something with her talent.

Most people including Simon Cowell mocked her in her first audition. She then began to sing and everything changed - in that moment, in an instant she was special. That first audition video has been viewed nearly 85 million times on youtube alone! Now, she is not just a household name in the UK, but globally her name is known by people far and wide. On a visit to the US, there was a banner held aloft at the airport which read:

"Texas loves Susan Boyle"

Such is the power of the Internet but it is not just the Internet that made Susan Boyle famous, it is Susan Boyle herself.

Through all of the hype and hysteria that has surrounded this slightly shy and pleasant person, she stayed fairly composed but even the best of us would wilt under such intense scrutiny coming from a quite area of Scotland to global mega stardom in the space of about seven minutes which is how long her first audition lasted.

Now, Susan Boyle is breaking all kinds of records and for all the right reasons. It is the reason why I, along with many others I suspect, have returned to watch her on youtube and elsewhere many times. She reminds us all that we can dare to dream.

Happy New Year.

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