Susan Boyle

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A programme / documentary is to be made for both UK and American TV about Susan Boyle. The documentary will be an hour long, is entitled I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story, and will be shown by the TV Guide Network in the US and ITV in the UK. The documentary’s producer is Simon Cowell, whose company SyCo TV is behind the production.

Ryan O’Hara, the president of the TV Guide has said “Susan Boyle is one of those rare personalities who has captivated millions of fans around the world with her undeniable vocal talent and incredible life story.

“For the first time ever, fans will have an opportunity to see Susan Boyle shine on stage in her own spotlight, witness amazing musical performances in a concert setting, as well as gain insight into the challenges she overcame as she rose to an international phenomenon.”

The programme will feature Susan singing, plus interviews with her friends, celebrities who admire her and Simon Cowell, the creator of “Britain’s Got Talent”.

The programme will track Susan’s journey from church volunteer from Blackburn in Scotland, to the super celebrity which she has now reached.

I Dreamed A Dream – The Susan Boyle Story will premiere Sunday, December 13 on ITV1 in the UK and TV Guide in the US.

In other news, Susan Boyle’s debut album, “I Dreamed a Dream”,  is likely to become the fastest-selling album of 2009, after it smashed its first day sales targets. In particular, there have been a large number of purchases made in Scotland, where Susan fans have been keen to support their fellow Scot -  HMV have had to double their stock of the album in the last few days to meet the Scottish demand.

Margaret Alexander, 52, from Edinburgh, told The Scotsman that she never normally went into High Street music stores. “But you’ve got to back your own, haven’t you?” she said.

The Rolling Stones have also reissued their version of “Wild Horses” after Susan’s version was shown on the X Factor in the UK.

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.

Here is Susan Boyle’s performance of Wild Horses on The X Factor in the UK.

Speaking to host Dermot O’Leary, Susan described her meteoric rise to fame as “bloody fantastic!”

“Look out, the public!” she continued, referring to the imminent release of her album on Monday.

I Dreamed A Dream – The Susan Boyle Story will be screened on UK television (ITV) in December. The show will be biographical and will feature interviews with Susan, her friends, celebrity fans and some performances from Susan, including the tracks Wild Horses, Cry me a River and I Dreamed a Dream.

Mick Jagger has apparently said that Susan Boyle’s version of “Wild Horses” is better than the Rolling Stones original version. The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and appeared on the 1971 Stones album, Sticky Fingers.

During an interview on New Zealand Radio, reported on Irish Central, DJ Ewing Stephens quoted Mick as saying that the Susan Boyle’s version of the song  was a “ghostly version, much better than” anything “he had ever done.”

So it would appear that Mick Jagger is a Susan Boyle fan. Perhaps the two of them should do a duet?

Susan Boyle may not have been the winner of Britain’s Got Talent. However, she appeared to be the winner of America’s Got Talent, receiving more media coverage and acclaim than the show’s actual winner, Kevin Skinner.

The Huffington Post wrote: “She wasn’t even a competitor on the show, but Susan Boyle arguably stole the finale of America’s Got Talent”.

Susan performed her debut single “Wild Horses” in front of the America’s Got Talent judges, Piers Morgan, David Hasselhof and Sharon Osbourne.

Check out Susan Boyle’s amazing performance of her new single “Wild Horses”, that appeared on last night’s America’s Got Talent, her very first performance in the US.

She wowed 25 million viewers, looking elegant in a black dress and backed by a full orchestra. After her performance, the Americans rose to their feet to give her a standing ovation. A member of the audience told the Daily Mail: “People were crying and cheering her after her performance.”

Sources at the show also said that Susan enjoyed her performance very much.

Earlier in the day, Susan enjoyed a walk in the gardens of the Hotel Bel Air in Los Angeles, chatting with guests. Afterwards, she visited Barneys to do a spot of shopping.

Lulu has said that she will be delighted if Susan Boyle gets the number one position on the American singles chart with her debut single, Wild Horses, according to an article in the Daily Record.

Lulu herself topped the US charts with her debut single “To Sir With Love” when she was just 15 years old in 1967. Lulu, who is a big fan of Susan, has said that she has “a rare wee voice”.

However, Lulu has said that it might be hard for Susan to cope with the pressure of being famous.

She said: “It is hard to say if Susan Boyle mania is justified. It’s amazing.

“It steps over into celebrity and that is hard to deal with. In a way, it would be better to just let her sing her song and go home. But you have to take both.

“I just hope she is going to be able to handle it because it’s not easy. Everyone can trip up and have their hiccups, but it is about how you recover.

“When I found fame, it was very exciting and scary at the same time. I was carried off in a whirlwind. I had a very nice manager who was a mother figure, so I was fortunate.

“It’s hard to do the work if you don’t have the right people around you.”

Susan Boyle mania is not just restricted to ordinary people. American A-list celebrities have been affected too!

According to the Daily Mirror, Susan has been “inundated” with requests from celebrities who want to meet her. At the top of the list are Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, who are expected to meet Susan back stage at America’s Got Talent. Ashton and Demi’s “tweets” are what started the Susan Boyle Youtube internet phenomenom, bringing Susan to the attention of millions of Americans.

Listen to her debut single, Wild Horses, here:

Susan Boyle’s new single, Wild Horses,  is available here and now for you to listen to (see below)!

I like the song a lot, and I love the way Susan’s voice conveys emotion. What do you think?