But Boyle’s path to status and fame was not an easy one.
Have you ever wondered what Susan Boyle’s life looked like before she took to the stage?
This is the stunning transformation of Susan Boyle.
“I got through it but I never made it onto television.
I just wasn’t ready,” she explained.
But her responsibilities to her mom did not stop her from performing.
It would be two years before she took to the stage once again.
“What’s your name, darling?”
judge Simon Cowell asked.
No one expected what was to come next.
Her audition video, soonuploaded to YouTube, went viral and reached millions of viewers.
“But I thought, well, they’ll soon shut up when they hear me sing.
And they did.”
As of this writing, Boyle’sBritain’s Got Talentaudition video has over 245 million views on YouTube.
Up against street dance troupe Diversity, Boyle was the crowd favorite to take home the win.
But in a shocking upset, the dance groupplaced first, making Boyle the Season 3Britain’s Got Talentrunner-up.
“Susan is exhausted, that’s all there is to it.
“It’s cross-generational,” Barnett said.
“When you sell that number, you’re selling to everybody.”
She even surpassed then-President Barack Obama, leading him in theTimelist by 14 places.
“Even I sometimes have to pinch myself to believe it.”
“But how fantastic just to be recognized like this with a nomination on my first album.”
“I was told I had brain damage.
I always knew it was an unfair label.
Boyle maintained that her diagnosis didn’t change her, but gave her a far better understanding of herself.
“They have been unbelievable.”
Fellow recipients of honorary degrees from the school have included singer Annie Lennox and actress Tilda Swinton.
“I’m absolutely on top of the world,” Boyle toldBBC Newsshortly after the degree ceremony.
“I’m very [humbled], very privileged.”
It’s healthy to challenge yourself and I do love a competition.”
Despite not being the last act standing, Boyle remained confident in her career.
“Championsis only just the start of an exciting year ahead,” she toldForbes.
… Bring it on!”
