Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent

Susan Boyle today

Simon Cowell (Standard English accent)

Hi, what’s your name, darling?

Susan Boyle (Scottish accent)

My name is Susan Boyle.

Simon Cowell

OK. Susan, and where are you from?

Susan Boyle

I am from Blackburn near Bathgate, West Lothian.

Simon Cowell

It’s a big town?

Susan Boyle

It’s a sort of collection of... it’s a collection of... villages. I had to think there!

Simon Cowell

And how old are you, Susan?

Susan Boyle

I am 47... and that’s just one side of me!

Curtain man

Hello!

Simon Cowell

OK, what’s the dream?

Susan Boyle

I am trying to be a professional singer.

Simon Cowell

And why hasn’t it worked out so far, Susan?

Susan Boyle

I haven’t been given the chance before, but here’s hoping it will change.

Simon Cowell

OK, and who would you like to be as successful as?

Susan Boyle

Elaine Paige, somebody like that.

Simon Cowell

Elaine Paige.

Piers Morgan

What are you going to sing tonight?

Susan Boyle

I’m going to sing “I Dreamed A Dream” from Les Misérables.

Piers Morgan

OK!

Simon Cowell

Big song!

Curtain man

Yes!

Susan Boyle

(sings)
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living

Curtain man

You didn’t expect that, did you? Did you? No!

Susan Boyle

(sings) for the lyrics, click here

Amanda Holden

Oy!

Simon Cowell

Hello!

Piers Morgan

Hey, come back here!

Curtain man

Stay there! Stay there!

Simon Cowell

All right. Thank you very much, Susan. Piers?

Piers Morgan

Without a doubt that was the biggest surprise I have had in three years on this show! When you stood there with that cheeky grin and said, “I... I want to be like Elaine Paige”, everyone was laughing at you. No one is laughing now! That was stunning, an incredible performance! Amazing, I’m reeling from shock! I don’t know about you two, but I can’t believe it.

Amanda Holden

I am so thrilled because I know that everybody was against you. I honestly think that we were all being very cynical  and I think that’s the biggest wake-up call ever. And I just want to say that it was a complete privilege listening to that. It was... brilliant!

Simon Cowell

Susan, I knew the minute you walked out …

Susan Boyle

Oh, Simon!

Simon Cowell

… on that stage we were going to hear something extraordinary. And I was right!

Curtain man

What a lot of tosh!

Simon Cowell

Susan, you are a little tiger, aren’t you?

Susan Boyle

I don’t know about that!

Simon Cowell

You are. OK, moment of truth: Piers, yes or no?

Piers Morgan

The biggest yes I have ever given anybody!

Amanda Holden

Yes, definitely!

Simon Cowell

Susan Boyle, you can go back to the village with your head held high – it’s three yeses!

(This episode of Britain’s Got Talent was first broadcast on ITV on April 11th, 2009).