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Susan Boyle Set to Record CD of Broadway Classics, Singer Returns to 'TALENT' 5/24

By: May. 23, 2009
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Tomorrow night, May 24th, Britain's Got Talent's celebrity judges Piers Morgan, Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden are set to choose 40 semi-finalists to compete for a spot on next Saturday's finale.

Among the group of hopefuls on the telecast will be Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle, Boyle won international stardom and world-wide affection for her stunning performance of "I Dreamed A Dream" from Les Miserables on the program. She has gotten kudos the world over, even Oprah is fan!

The UK Mirror reports that Simon Cowell and record company bosses have made plans for Susan Boyle's debut album - even before she performs live on TV for the first time. The Czech National Symphony Orchestra have already been provisionally booked so she can record an LP of Broadway classics next month. And if she is successful on BGT, she will fly to Prague and record tracks during a three day visit reports the UK paper. To read the full article click here.

It was reported a few weeks ago that the Britain's Got Talent sensation had chosen the title song from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Whistle Down the Wind for her next performance on the program, but there are now rumors she may be singing another Lloyd Webber tune. Lloyd Webber himself is fan after meeting her at a recording studio in London, he told The Sun after the meeting that he had a role for her. "She is a terrific sport and she's a great fan of my shows," he gushed to the paper.

"If she wanted to be in one, well it could happen. It would have to be the right role. Maybe I know what it could be, but I'm not telling. She's got a great future." There has been talk that Boyle may be singing on the upcoming concept cd of Love Never Dies, the musical sequel to the mega-hit The Phantom of the Opera.

Boyle, an unemployed woman who's "nearly 48," walked on the stage of her original audition and talked about her cat, and also joked around with the judges, noting that she had "never been kissed." The entire audience prepared for the worst as she began her song, but, once she starting singing the crowd and judges were transported by her emotional and theatrical take on the number!

To watch her stunning performance, click here

The turbulent trio of Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden once again preside over the judging panel. They may bicker, they may snigger... but their manicured hands are always wickedly poised by their buzzers to puncture long-held ambitions in a splice. Join in the fun at the audition stage, as we surf the talent spectrum all the way from the sublime to the seriously awful!

Each auditionee takes to the stage hoping that their act will be the one to delight. The judges hold precious hopes in their hands, but they gleefully shatter those dreams with just the buzz of a buzzer, as soon as the act fails to impress. If there are three dreaded buzzes the audition is over; but a few hold the panel's attention. If they last the full 3 minutes onstage, they could be in luck!

When the thousands of hopefuls have been whittled down to 40 favourites, we hit a week-long love-in of live semi-final shows. Here's where judge opinion and public vote collide in a five-day variety extravaganza, until just 10 acts, hand-picked by the public remaining for the grand finale.

There will be tears, there may be tantrums, but one thing's for certain... one talented act, who proves Britain's Got Talent, will be crowned the ultimate winner by series hosts Ant & Dec".

 

 




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