Susan Boyle

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Here is a video clip of Susan Boyle when she appeared on Matt Lauer’s “People of the Year” on NBC. This segment is 6 minutes long and cuts off at just before Matt asks his last question: Does Susan have a boyfriend? She answers “No comment” and winks…

Susan Boyle wowed the adoring crowd on NBC’s Today show this morning, performing tracks from her record breaking “I Dreamed a Dream” album.

Dressed in a smart black coat and signature red scarf – which many of her fans wore to greet her at the airport the previous day – she sang “I Dreamed a Dream”, “Wild Horses” (the rendition of which host Meredith Vieira said was “absolutely beautiful”) and “Cry Me a River.”

Susan looked happy and confident, and was in good voice.

And here are the videos for all the people who didn’t get to see Susan on the Today Show.

Susan Boyle has arrived at JFK airport in New York, in readiness for her live performance on NBC’s Today show this morning. She will get to explore the Big Apple on Tuesday.

Susan will be singing three songs from her debut album, which was released today, at Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center.

“The album itself is like a reflection on my whole life,” Susan says. “I’ve waited so long to become a professional singer and now it’s become real.”

In other news, Susan has confirmed that she won’t be moving out of her ex council house home in Blackburn, West Lothian, any time soon.

“I don’t want to be moving an inch away from my family, and Pebbles doesn’t want to move,” Susan said, speaking to the News of The World.

“She’s lived there all her life and cats hate upping sticks.

“I’m the wee wifey with the mop and the cat next door. It’s what keeps me grounded — remembering I am just that wifey. And Pebbles would hate to live anywhere posh.”

And here is Susan Boyle being interviewed as she arrived in New York, by GMTV’s Sue Jameson:

…and a previous GMTV appearance which I have only just found:

Susan Boyle has been named as one of NBC’s “People of the Year” and will be interviewed on the programme for a special to air Thanksgiving night, where the host Matt Lauer will highlight the most inspirational and interesting people of the year.

Other people on the list include: Nadya Suleman (the ‘Octo-mom’), Taylor Swift, NBA star Kobe Bryant, Captain Chelsey (‘Sully’) Sullenberger, the commercial pilot who safely landed his jet in the Hudson River, saving the lives of everyone aboard and Captain Richard Phillips, who fought off Somali pirates.

A delight here for all Susan Boyle fans, Susan Boyle’s Hollywood Makeover for Harper’s Bazaar Magazine can now be viewed online. Here is a Harper’s Bazaar video of the makeover taking place:

The photo shoot, which is available in the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar Magazine (I can hear your little footsteps rushing out to get your copy right now!) is called:”Susan Boyle: Unsung Hero.”

Susan looks the nicest I’ve ever seen her look, and she said herself the designer gowns that she wore made her “feel like a movie star”.

“It really made me feel like a Hollywood actress. Had my hair done up,” she added.

When asked how she was feeling about her rise to fame, Susan told Harper’s Bazaar: “It does feel unreal. It will take a bit of adjusting to because I’ve led a sheltered life, I know. I’ve got life experience, but mentally I have to adjust. But it’s all good. All good.”

When asked if she did the right thing auditioning for the show, she says: “Come on! It goes without saying. Come on now!”

Laura Brown, the special projects editor for Harper’s Bazaar, spoke to NBC’s Today Show. She said: “The idea behind the shoot was a very, very simple one.

“It was to take gorgeous, glamorous and sensitive portraits of her. This was her first magazine photo shoot, so you can’t do too much too soon.

“What we did was give her a little bit of a haircut, and a little bit of a curl.. actually the shape of her hair is great.. so we just tidied it up a little bit and paired it with some natural makeup, and she looked great.’

You can see the video of Laura Brown’s NBC interview here:

The photo shoot took place in Cliveden, a luxurious Italianate mansion, which was once home to Waldorf Astor and his bride, Nancy Langhorne, and is now a hotel just outside London.

Susan reveals that when she sang “I Dreamed a Dream”, she wasn’t dreaming about becoming a singer. She was thinking about the place she found herself in after her 91 year old mother whom she lived with passed away in 2007.

“I did the audition for her because she always wanted me to make something of my life, but I had to wait a bit because her death prevented me from singing for a while. I couldn’t put my heart into it. So I was singing about wanting things to be like they were before she went. You know, it was a double-edged sword because it was about what I wanted to do, but it was also about wanting to turn back to when she was with me. Powerful stuff.”

See all the Susan Boyle Harper’s Bazaar photos here.

Susan Boyle’s long awaited interview with Meredith Vieira on the Today Show on NBC is now available in full below, in two parts.

Part 1 – Meredith talks about Susan’s rapid rise to fame, the brief time she spent in the Priory Mental Health Clinic and what the future has in store.

Part 2 – Meredith surprises Susan with a message from her idol Donny Osmond – and introduces her to another of her idols – Elaine Paige. She also sings I Dreamed a Dream with Susan.

Simon Cowell has a reputation for being a Mr Nasty in the reality TV talent show world. However, he is showing a completely different side with Susan Boyle.

In order that the pressures don’t become too great for Susan, her interview on NBC was prerecorded, and not live, to keep the pressure off our favourite lady.

Susan’s chat with Meredith Vieira aired in the US this morning and will be repeated at 9pm tonight before America’s Got Talent (bumping Barack out of the way).

Meanwhile, Simon Cowell has revealed that he is delighted with the progress so far on Susan’s album. He said: “We went through about 350 songs and Susan was blown away by some of the choices. She’s going to surprise a lot of people with this record.”

Hey Susan - You Bumped Me!

Susan Boyle has bumped US President Barack Obama from the prime time television slot on NBC. Mr Obama had wanted to broadcast his press conference at 9pm on Wednesday on NBC to lay out his plans for reforming America’s private-sector health care system, according to an article in The Telegraph.

However, Susan Boyle’s inteview has bumped Barack Obama from this prime time slot. Mr President’s interview will now be screened at the earlier time of 8pm, when it will be aired live simultaneously on three US networks, one of which is NBC.

The pre-recorded interview with Susan Boyle will be broadcast in the 9pm slot.

A US television insider told the Daily Express: “The television networks normally comply even if it is in prime viewing time.

“It can lose them ratings and millions of dollars in advertising revenue. But NBC dug its heels in and refused to push Susan out of the prime time slot, so the White House just had to blink.”

Here is a preview of the Susan Boyle interview conducted by Meredith Vieira that will be broadcast on the Today show, on NBC, on July 22nd.

Thanks again to Misti in Seattle for the heads-up and Haricornflake for posting it on Youtube.

Susan Boyle will grant her first TV interview in America to Meredith Vieira of NBC’s Today show, according to an article in The New York Times. The Today show will use the show to promote America’s Got Talent, the US version of the show that made Susan Boyle famous.

Susan’s interview will be broadcast on Wednesday in the US, but not the UK, with excepts being shown on Today. An extended version of the interview will be shown on America’s Got Talent.

In the interview, Susan talks “about her improbable journey to international fame, her voice, her health and what is next for her.”

I guess we in the UK will have to wait for our US friends to upload the interview to YouTube. Hint, hint!