Britain's Got Talent, Susan Boyle and Connie Talbot

Does anyone remember watching Britain's Got Talent in 2009 and saw Susan Boyle? (If not, definitely click the link there and watch the video before continuing onwards with this blog.
So Susan, an originally 47 year old unemployed a Scottish singer went onto the show, with many audiences expecting nothing much out of her performance.
Little did anyone know that they had a surprise waiting for them.
Simon Cowell when first saw her, you can see from his face, he wasn't expecting much.

"Im 47, and that's just one side of me" She places her arm on her hips as she circled her hips proudly, when Simon asked.
She's not just kinky, she is also a talented singer.


You can see the faces of the audiences and the judges as she began to sing. Despite her outer appearance, she had an amazing voice which everyone cheered for, even Simon himself began to smile as she began to sing.

Boyle's first album, I Dreamed a Dream, was released on 23 November 2009.The album includes covers of "Wild Horses" and "You'll See" as well as "I Dreamed a Dream", and "Cry Me a River". I Dreamed a Dream became Amazon.com's best-selling album in pre-sales on 4 September 2009, nearly three months before the scheduled release. In Britain, Boyle's debut album was recognized as the fastest selling UK debut album of all time selling 411,820 copies, beating the previous fastest selling debut of all time, Spirit by Leona Lewis. I Dreamed a Dream also outsold the rest of the top 5 albums combined in its first week. (Wikipedia)

So why did I bring up Susan Boyle today? Coming across Yahoo! I saw an link to Susan Boyle's make over plus photo session  and it was stunning. Someone who in the beginning was pratically a nobody, someone who others thought was just another old woman trying to do the impossible became famous because she wasn't afraid to show her talent, wasn't afraid to go out there.

I remember when she first sang I Dreamed a Dream, it shocked not just Britain, but also American media as well. I remember sitting in the chair one day in high school and seeing her amazing performance, and I don't even watch television.

Speaking of Britain's Got Talent, there was another individual who I admired and loved a lot that performed on the show. Her name is Connie Talbot.(click the link to watch her performance) She sang the song, somewhere over the rainbow, and was complimented by Simon Cowell that she was "pure magic".   She was young, but she wasn't shy to express her talent. (She also got her own website, what?!) I really did admire her bravery in making it through the finals.

 (She even went on Ellen DeGeneres Show! apparently she started singing at 12 month old! Singing to Wizard of Oz)

Although she made it to the finals, she didn't end up winning, but that didn't stop her. Cowell later helped her sign into a record deal, however sadly, after a short time was let go because of her age (she was sadly too young to be in the music industry).
But she didn't stop there, she continued to sing, even till now.

Here are a few of her songs she's debuting, or covering. She's got an amazing voice, even now.
Connie Talbot - Fireflies
Connie Talbot - Let It Go
Connie Talbot - Count On Me
and here is one of her originals
Connie Talbot - Inner Beauty

She's beautiful, and an amazing singer, I don't understand why she haven't been discovered yet. She definitely have a lot of potential.

Her Interview in 2013

 It's actually a bit surprising after looking her up through her Youtube channel, most of her audiences were mostly in Asia more than in the west. Since 2013, she's been to China on tour 4 times, while I don't think she's ever toured in America once, sadly. She's done interview in China, in Korea, and in many other Asia countries, and her albums have been sold Asia wide and even made it into the charts, but not here. Which is a bit confusing for me to understand.

 Despite all in all, personally I would love to meet her in person and interview her. And if anything go to one of her tour concerts. Hopefully one day her fame will make it here to America! Keep up the good work Connie!