Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent

[Kelda]

I was gobsmacked she didn't win but actually I think its good Diversity won - they get the acclaim and the prize money and what comes from winning BGT- but shes still going to make money and albums depsite not winning.

If they hadnt won, I think they'd have drifted into the background never to be heard of again... that wont happen now.

And they were VERY good.

[louisev]

Susan Boyle Checks into the Priory

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/britain_got_talent/2458062/Susan-Boyle-checks-into-The-Priory-Britains-Got-Talent.html

BRITAIN'S Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle was in the Priory clinic last night suffering from exhaustion.

The singer, dubbed SuBo, had an "emotional breakdown" following Saturday's final in which she was runner-up.

But the talent show favourite was still eyeing a mega United States tour.

The 48-year-old virgin, tipped to earn £8MILLION, survived tears and a tantrum to finish second in Saturday's gripping final of telly's Britain's Got Talent.

But the pressure finally told late yesterday as the Scots singer - dubbed SuBo by fans - was rushed to the private clinic suffering from exhaustion.

Show aides had contacted police to say she was acting strangely at her London hotel.

Paramedics helped the "spaced-out" star through the lobby and into an ambulance just after 6pm.

A Met Police Inspector and a police doctor were called to assist. The ambulance, tailed by a police car, then took her to the Priory in Southgate, North London.

A source at the hotel said last night: "She'd been at the hotel for a few days, but since Saturday's final had been acting strangely, causing a bit of a stir.

[optom3]

Susan Boyle Checks into the Priory

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/britain_got_talent/2458062/Susan-Boyle-checks-into-The-Priory-Britains-Got-Talent.html

BRITAIN'S Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle was in the Priory clinic last night suffering from exhaustion.

The singer, dubbed SuBo, had an "emotional breakdown" following Saturday's final in which she was runner-up.

But the talent show favourite was still eyeing a mega United States tour.

The 48-year-old virgin, tipped to earn £8MILLION, survived tears and a tantrum to finish second in Saturday's gripping final of telly's Britain's Got Talent.

But the pressure finally told late yesterday as the Scots singer - dubbed SuBo by fans - was rushed to the private clinic suffering from exhaustion.

Show aides had contacted police to say she was acting strangely at her London hotel.

Paramedics helped the "spaced-out" star through the lobby and into an ambulance just after 6pm.

A Met Police Inspector and a police doctor were called to assist. The ambulance, tailed by a police car, then took her to the Priory in Southgate, North London.

A source at the hotel said last night: "She'd been at the hotel for a few days, but since Saturday's final had been acting strangely, causing a bit of a stir.

It calls to mind the phrase, be careful what you wish for as you may just get it.

[Fran]

I'm sorry to hear this.

Susan Boyle has certainly been through a lot, especially since she auditioned in Week 1 (as opposed to Week 6) and has been hounded by the media and fans ever since.  Let's face it, not everyone can handle well the stress of becoming an overnight sensation.  It must be absolutely overwhelming for her.  Well, at least she was able to hold herself together long enough to perform in the finals.  I read somewhere that her gown for the finals still had not arrived 15 minutes before she was set to perform.  How nerve-racking must that have been for her. She was a very gracious loser to Diversity, even saying on stage that she thought the best act won.  I give her kudos for saying that. 

I hope she makes a full recovery and that the press and her fans will give her some space during her recovery period. I also hope that she has somebody looking out for her, somebody who has her best interests at heart, not just her ability to make money.

[Sheriff Roland]

I agree with you Kelda. Diversity WAS extremely good - deserved the win.

Of the three acts Bryan & I saw this afternoon, (Diversity, Susan Boyle & Flawless), I would certainly have chosen Diversity. Bryan claims he would have chosen Susan - but then he was prob'ly just being argumentative. 

[Kelda]

I agree with you Kelda. Diversity WAS extremely good - deserved the win.

Of the three acts Bryan & I saw this afternoon, (Diversity, Susan Boyle & Flawless), I would certainly have chosen Diversity. Bryan claims he would have chosen Susan - but then he was prob'ly just being argumentative. 

The guy on the saxaphone (who came third) was amazing too. Julien Smith I think his name. I wouldn't be surprised to see him get an album.

And a fan favourite in the Uk was Stavros Flately - a once trick pony but they were sooooo funny!!

[ZK]

I'm sorry to hear this.

Susan Boyle has certainly been through a lot, especially since she auditioned in Week 1 (as opposed to Week 6) and has been hounded by the media and fans ever since.  Let's face it, not everyone can handle well the stress of becoming an overnight sensation.  It must be absolutely overwhelming for her.  Well, at least she was able to hold herself together long enough to perform in the finals.  I read somewhere that her gown for the finals still had not arrived 15 minutes before she was set to perform.  How nerve-racking must that have been for her. She was a very gracious loser to Diversity, even saying on stage that she thought the best act won.  I give her kudos for saying that. 

I hope she makes a full recovery and that the press and her fans will give her some space during her recovery period. I also hope that she has somebody looking out for her, somebody who has her best interests at heart, not just her ability to make money.

I am with you Fran, and I was really surprised she did not win, but I am certain when (rather than if) she recovers then she will get her dream to sing in front of the Queen.

[Fran]

Good news!

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/05/susan-boyle-released-hospital/news-breaking/

Susan Boyle is released from hospital
 
By The Associated Press
Published: June 5, 2009

The brother of talent-show contestant Susan Boyle says the singer has left a mental health care facility and is doing better.

Gerry Boyle told GMTV Friday that his sister had been released from the London clinic. She was admitted Sunday, after coming in second place in the "Britain's Got Talent" television show.

Gerry Boyle says his sister suffered from an anxiety attack but now seems "a lot more like herself."

In eight weeks, Boyle went from the quiet life of a church volunteer in a small town in Scotland to global fame.

[Fran]

Piers Morgan reflects on the BGT final:

http://www.officialpiersmorgan.com/2009/06/01/reflecting-on-a-record-breaking-series/

Reflecting on a Record Breaking Series
June 1, 2009

When the ratings figures came in this morning for last night’s final, I had to check them four times through my bleary eyes (the after-show party was long and lugubrious).

The peak audience during the results show was an astonishing 19.2 million. That is the biggest figure for any TV show this millennium, by miles.

And it proves that this series of Britain’s Got Talent was the biggest, the best, and the most truly global reality show in TV history.

Ever since Susan Boyle’s audition clip roared around the internet seven weeks ago, the show grabbed the fascination of the whole world.

And, as I said on the show last night, it’s so good to have something that shows off the best of Britain, after all the damage our politicians and bankers have done to this country’s reputation in the last few months.

As for the finale itself, words almost (only almost, mind…) fail me.

It was one of the most stunning events I can ever remember.

Every act performed superbly, and collectively they represented an almost perfect snapshot of what real Britain is like - creative, imaginative, dynamic, funny, eccentric, and patriotic.

I was rooting for Susan Boyle, and make no apologies for doing so.

To me, she has been the greatest discovery the show’s ever found. And I’m only sorry that the extraordinary tidal wave of publicity she attracted meant so many people got either bored or irritated by Boyle mania and decided not to vote for her as a result.

I genuinely believe that if she had been on one of the later audition shows, rather than the first one, she would have won easily.

Showbusiness is a fickle business, and the reality TV end of it even more so.

The British, and I’m as guilty as everyone else, like nothing better than building people up, and knocking ‘em down again.

But the good news for Susan is that we also have a tendency to feel sorry (and slightly guilty) for people after the ‘backlash’, and they usually end up even more popular than they were before.

I thought she sang absolutely beautifully last night. Which given that she told me she’d spent most of the week crying, throwing up, not sleeping and generally feeling the weight of the world’s pressures on her, was a remarkable achievement.

To the cynics and critics who sneered at her, I simply ask: why?

It wasn’t Susan’s fault that she became this global phenomenon.

It was OUR fault. We, the public and the media, who latched onto her amazing audition performance and decided she was the woman to lift us all out of our doom and gloom.

I was incredibly proud of Susan last night, and was bemused to wake up to the headlines all screaming ‘END OF THE DREAM’ this morning.

Susan’s dream was not to win a talent show. It was to have a professional singing career.

And now she’s going to have one. I predict she will have a huge selling album out in a few months, and more to follow.

Britain’s Got Talent has been a rollercoaster ride for her, but it has also allowed her to live, and realise, her dream.

Coming second may just be the best thing that ever happens to her. She can now focus on recording an album without all the added pressure and attention she would have got for winning the show.

As for Diversity, they were brilliant last night, and thoroughly deserve to win. I can’t think of better role models than this dazzlingly talented, polite, humble, group of true Brits.

I feel for Flawless though. It’s not easy going first in the final, and I honestly thought they were just as good as Diversity. I hope they, too, go on to have a successful career because they deserve it.

As for me, I’m having a day off today and intend to do absolutely nothing whatsoever.

It’s been the craziest, most draining, mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausting week of my life.
But in a few weeks, I’ve got to do and do it all again on America’s Got Talent.

No rest for the wicked.

[Kelda]

through tonight..

STAVROS FLATLEY

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUQ41sqTU28[/youtube]

They were better in the heats when they did this..

(embedding is disabled so click on the link!)

and also through tonight is:

SHAHEEN JAFARGHOLI

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0P4R-jGUro[/youtube]

Remember this post? Well this wee guy wowed the crowds.. but didn't place in the top 3.

Well, I'm marvelling that Simon Cowell managed to get a money making ploy outta the Micheal Jackson Memorial thingy-ma-jig. Little Shaheen Jafargholi has now been seen more people than Susan Boyle on you-tube... no doubt! Who said he was finished after not making the final 3!?!