The TV judge and record producer initially scoffed at Boyle when she introduced herself to the crowd ahead of her audition. And he's the first to apologise for judging a book by its cover. You're a champion.
Unfortunately, she didn't win that time either but Cowell was nonetheless impressed. I can't think of any other contestant who has defined this show better than if I'm being honest with you," he told her.
I'm absolutely thrilled you're here. Boyle remains an active recording artist signed to Cowell's label Syco Entertainment. Susan Boyle is 59 years old. She was born on April 1, in West Lothian, Scotland. Despite her newfound fame and fortune, Boyle still lives in her family home in Blackburn in West Lothian, Scotland. She was raised in the town by her miner and veteran father Patrick and her mother Bridget, who was a shorthand typist. Boyle has said in previous interviews that she has no plans to leave the family home as it's where she feels closest to her later mother.
Boyle has never married and is currently single. She famously revealed back in that she had never been kissed, and only met her first boyfriend when she was They reportedly met in Clearwater, Florida, and they made plans for him to move to Scotland to be with her.
I don't want to say any more about who he is right now as that would be unfair on him. All I'll say is we are around the same age and he was a very nice guy," she told The Sun at the time. Sadly, the couple would later split and during an interview last year with UK talk show Loose Women , Boyle said she hasn't dated in the six years since.
Not bad for someone who came runner-up. For a daily dose of 9Honey, sign up here to receive our top stories straight to your inbox. Nine 9Honey Celebrity Latest. Celebrity throwback photos: Guess who! After advancing through to the Final, it was revealed that Boyle was struggling to cope with the pressures of fame and threatened to quit the show, having to be reassured by Simon and other members of the production team. In her Final performance, she performed 'I Dreamed a Dream' once again.
Both Piers and Amanda commended her for performing despite the stress she was coping with, with Piers also describing the act as 'the greatest performance I've seen in Britain's Got Talent History', and Amanda adding 'you did it for Scotland and you did it for Great Britain'. She finished second in the Final, behind dance troupe Diversity. Her album reached 1 in the Official Albums Chart , spending 39 weeks in the Top , the most by any album released by a Britain's Got Talent contestant.
In Boyle was part of charity single group 'Helping Haiti' who covered the R. In the same year she released an album entitled 'The Gift' which peaked at 1, before releasing another album entitled 'Someone To Watch Over Me' in which also peaked at 1.
Boyle returned as a guest performer during the finals of Series 6 , wherein she performed a rendition of the single 'You'll See' by Madonna. In the same year, Boyle was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, making her diagnosis public in She stated that she felt 'relieved and a bit more relaxed' about herself, after having previously been assumed to have brain damage.
Additionally in she released an album entitled 'Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage', which peaked at 7. In late November Boyle was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and prior to this she reacted against industry pressures to diet in order to reduce her weight. She made the final of AGT the Champions, yet failed to reach the top five, and was eliminated in twelfth position. In the same year she released an album entitled 'Ten', which peaked at 5.
Susan returned to perform at the start of the first episode of the auditions in Series 13 ; after her performance, Simon came onto the stage and congratulated her. Backstage, Ant and Dec remarked that it had been a decade since her audition, to which she responded 'and you haven't changed a bit'.
Susan was also set to appear in Britain's Got Talent: The Champions, and performed again as a guest performer at the final of Series 13 of Britain's Got Talent, with the song a million dreams with Michael Ball, a rendition of the song From The Greatest Showman originally released in late
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