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Boyle is the youngest of nine children and lives in Blackburn with her ten-year-old cat, Pebbles. Boyle suffered oxygen deprivation during birth, resulting in learning disabilities. Her classmates teased her because of this and her appearance.[5] Boyle recorded a version of "Cry Me a River" for a charity CD in 1999.[6] She stopped her pursuit of singing to look after her sick mother, who died in 2007 at the age of 91. Her performance in the regional finals of Britains Got Talent was the first time Boyle had sung after her mother's death.[7] Boyle stated in The Washington Post that she entered the contest at the behest of her late mother, who urged her to "take the risk" of singing in front of an audience larger than her parish church.[3] She is unmarried and presently unemployed.[8] She aspires to become a musical theatre singer in the vein of Elaine Paige.[9]
[edit] News media
The majority of British newspapers carried articles on Boyle's performance and subsequent Internet coverage. The Sun writer Colin Robertson gave her the nickname "Paula Potts" in reference to the contest's previous opera-singing winner Paul Potts.[10] In an interview with the Daily Mirror, Boyle confirmed she had a meeting with the Sony BMG record company but said "I can't say much about it. It's early days and I'm taking baby steps."[5]
Many international news outlets also carried stories on her including the New York Daily News[11], Australia's Herald Sun,[12] Germany's Der Spiegel,[13] China's Xinhua News Agency,[14] and Korea's The Chosun Ilbo.[15] In the U.S., ABC News coverage suggested that Boyle may be "...Britain's newest pop sensation...", and the Entertainment section ran the headline The Woman Who Shut Up Simon Cowell.[16]
[edit] TV shows
Following her performance on Britain's Got Talent, Boyle was a guest on STV's The Five Thirty Show.[17] She was interviewed via satellite on CBS's Early Show[18] and ABC's Good Morning America,[19] and via a telephone interview on FOX's America's Newsroom.[20] In an interview, Simon Cowell said Boyle had received an invitation to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show and predicted that if she did appear "there's every chance Susan Boyle will have the number one album in America".[19]
[edit] Social media
The most popular YouTube video submission of her audition garnered nearly 2.5 million views in the first 72 hours.[21] As of April 17, 2009, the video had been viewed more than 18 million times, making it the most viewed video of the month worldwide.[22] On the day following the performance, the YouTube video was the most popular article on Digg.[23] The same video was also popular on Reddit, with enough clout to top this site's front page.[24] The Los Angeles Times wrote that the popularity of this video may in part be due to the broad range of emotion packed into a short timeframe, noting that this makes it "perfect for the Internet, where short clips rule."[25]
Susan Boyle's fame also spread by links posted on the Twitter website, including praise from celebrity couple Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore.[26][27] When told about this Boyle was said to not have heard of Kutcher and although recognised the name 'Demi Moore' knew little about her but thanked them for their support.[28]. The video has also attracted the attention of Hollywood actress Drew Barrymore.[29]
[edit] Social analysis
Boyle's sudden fame has drawn much commentary on what could explain why this story was so widely-reported and what the strength of her sudden popularity says about society.[30] Others drew moral lessons from people's reaction to Boyle's performance. For instance, writing in Scotland's The Herald, Collette Douglas-Home described the story as a modern parable and a rebuke to the assumptions people make based on others' physical appearance.[31] Similarly, Lisa Schwarzbaum, in an article in Entertainment Weekly, stated that Boyle's performance was particularly moving as it was a victory for talent and artistry in a culture obsessed with physical attractiveness and presentation.[32] Commenting on the audience's reactions before she started singing, Boyle stated:
Modern society is too quick to judge people on their appearances. ... There is not much you can do about it; it is the way they think; it is the way they are. But maybe this could teach them a lesson, or set an example.
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