She was photographed welcoming two of her friends into the new home. and looked happy and relaxed.

It had been reported by Susan’s brother, Gerry Boyle, that she could not afford to furnish the home, as despite amassing £10,000,000 in royalties from the sale of her albums, the money was said to be “ring fenced” and Susan was reportedly living on just £500 per week. However, I very much doubt that Susan would move into an unfurnished home, and we also aware of reports that Susan was unhappy at her brother constantly talking to the press.

Thousands of SuBo fans entered the competition, but Amber beat them all. Amber, who is a mother of three, said that it was a “dream come true” to win the competition. It was Susan herself who rang Amber to let her know she had won.

“Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would win this competition,” she told the Daily Record.

“To receive this gift from Susan is truly a blessing and if I can pass this gift on to someone else who needs it like I did, that would be perfect.

“If my father was here now he would be so proud, I know he’s here in spirit, but this is a chance to give my kids a good memory and maybe a chance at a better life.

“I can’t believe I spoke with Susan – and that Susan and even Simon Cowell has seen my audition. This is crazy!”

Amber will fly to London later in the month to join Susan in the recording studio after impressing her with her rendition of Silent Night.

Susan said: “I never thought so many people would want to take part in this and I want to thank everyone.

“It was very hard to choose a winner as there are so many talented singers around the world. Amber really stood out for me though.

“I enjoyed her audition clip very much. She has a lovely, very beautiful voice.”

You can view Amber’s audition clip here:

Susan has been secretly measured up for the waxwork, which it is hoped will be finished to go on display later this year.

Madame Tussauds are planning eight new figures of which Susan will be one.

A source close to Susan told the News of the World: “She’s very excited about this. Susan would never in her wildest dreams have ever imagined she’d one day be a waxwork at Madame Tussauds. It’s unbelievable.”

It is likely that the new waxwork of Susan will prove to be hugely popular, especially with American tourists.

Hmm. I really don’t believe this one. At all. I seem to remember Susan was fed up with her brothers talking to the press, wasn’t she?

Anyway, for completeness here is a summary of what has been said. It would appear that Gerry Boyle told the News of the World: “When Susan realised she can’t just walk into a bank and take out her own money she had a fit because she thought she was down to her last few quid.

“Her millions are ring-fenced but Susan has no concept of money. She was extremely distressed. She lives in fear of losing everything and returning to her old life before she made it big.”

Gerry says an emergency meeting was held at Susan’s ex-council house on June 17th, with brother John and sister Mary.

“Susan said to me, ‘I’ve been told I get £300 a week because I’m a novice. I don’t have the money to go and buy the furniture’.

“So she’s still stuck in the small council house where we all grew up. She should be able to walk into a bank anywhere and say she wants £50,000 cash. That may not be advisable, but it would be HER choice because it’s HER money.

“Susan is baffled about money. All she wants to do is sing. So we asked the questions that should have been asked a while ago: WHY doesn’t she even have a credit card? WHY does she feel she doesn’t have control over her finances?

“Susan isn’t financially astute but she IS worried about her situation. She looks very distraught at the moment. And we’ve got worries about her safety, too. She visits the local Tesco most days all on her own. So we raised concerns about security with her management.

“Susan doesn’t look as if she’s a successful international chart star. She’s lonely and downtrodden. And she’s got this paranoia that she’s going to go back to square one, back to where she was before Britain’s Got Talent.”

A spokesperson for SyCo said: “Finances are handled between artists and their management. We do not comment on such matters.”

Reportedly, if the collaboration goes ahead the single will be released in time for Christmas. Susan has previously said that she is a huge fan of Lady Gaga. Other stars who have already dueted with Ms Gaga include Beyonce, Elton John and Madonna.

Lady Gaga has previously said of Susan: “I love Susan Boyle. She is my woman of the year. She has achieved more in this year than most artists will in a lifetime.”

And Susan has returned the complement, saying: “I’d love to do a duet with her, complete with telephone hat, too!”

Do we believe this rumour?

Called Susan’s Search, the competition is Susan’s idea to find undiscovered talent, and the winner will get to record a duet with Susan on her next album.

To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is record a video of yourself singing “Silent Night” and upload it to the competition module on Susan’s Official YouTube Channel.

Good luck everyone!

The “Boyle” on Leela’s bottom sings, and naughty Fry makes a video of the “Boyle” singing, which he uploads to a video hosting website and creates an online phenomenon (are we seeing any parallels here?) The episode in which Susan is parodied is entitled: “Attack of the Killer App”. It just proves what an icon Susan Boyle has become, being mentioned on The Simpsons last year, and now on Futurama.

The lucky young lady was Chloe McCondochie, aged 11, who was reportedly stunned to be crowned by Susan.

Susan, who is currently recording her second album, also mingled with the crowds and happily signed programmes.

The gala took place at Polbeth in West Lothian.

Chloe’s dad Stephen told the Daily Record: “Susan made the children’s day. She’s such a massive star now – we were all amazed she turned up.”

Stephen, a postman who was also at the gala, added: “Susan was so down to earth. It’s amazing she can make time for children and events like this when she has such a successful recording career now.”

Chloe, who is  a pupil at St Mary’s Primary School in Polbeth, said: “It was really exciting to meet Susan.”

The website says: “Please do not be tempted to purchase tickets should you see any for sale as these will be fake. The official Susan Boyle website will always let you know first if Susan is performing anywhere in the world.”

A spokesman for Susan told the Daily Star: “We can confirm a hoax e-mail was sent to newsrooms saying she was going to perform concert dates in Australia and New Zealand.

“We can categorically deny Susan was ­scheduled to play any dates in either of these two ­countries.”

It is believed that the sender of the e-mail has been identified.

Speaking to the UsMagazine.com, he said that we would like to record a track with Susan. “I always bring this up to people and they think I’m just teasin’‚ but Susan Boyle is probably at the top of my list,” he declared.

Plies, a huge Susafan, said that a collaboration would be strategic. “A lot of people look at that as a far-fetched feature or collaboration. From a business standpoint, I watched what she was able to do and create through her own story and it always interested me.”