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Susan Boyle In the Running to Record New Bond Song

By: Dec. 21, 2009
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According to Perez Hilton, Susan Boyle is a contender to record the next theme song for the new Bond film, due out in 2011.

007 composer Monty Norman says: "They'll think seriously because she's got the right kind of sweeping voice."

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After an audition for "Britain's Got Talent," in which Susan immediately impressed the judges, the audience and then anyone with access to YouTube's expectations by singing her way through a version of "I Dreamed A Dream" from Les Miserables. A tornado of rumination and amazement grew around Susan Boyle feverishly, with over 300 Million YouTube hits and nearly two million Facebook friends to prove it.

Boyle's 1st album, I Dreamed a Dream, debuted at number 1 on the charts, remained at number 1 in it's second week and, as previously reported, "I Dreamed A Dream: The Susan Boyle Story," which premiered exclusively on TV Guide Network on Sunday, December 13 became its #1 rated television special in history. The television special, which delivered a 1.0 coverage rating (788,500 HH) for the 8:00 p.m. telecast, also over-delivered with the network's key demos. It achieved a triple digit increase (404 percent) with persons 25-54 over the prior year, and the combined 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. telecasts reached 4.1 million households and 4.8 million viewers (p18+). The historic ratings performance indicates positive momentum for TV Guide Network, as it undergoes a major transformation to become the destination for premier entertainment programming.



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