Extraordinary People - Susan Boyle

Think about the following:

1. This woman suffered oxygen deprivation in her childhood resulting in learning disabilities
2. Her classmates teased her because of this and because of her appearance
3. She stopped her pursuit of singing to look after her sick mother who died in 2007, at the age of 91
4. This was the first time she had sung since 2007, after her mother's death
5. She is unmarried and unemployed

When 47-yr old, grey-haired, double chinned, Susan Boyle, who lives alone with her cat and claims she's never even been on a date, walked onto the "Britain's Got Talent" stage and claimed that she wants to be someone like Elaine Page, she elicited snickers and rolled eyes from the crowd.............till she started singing!

A quote from her Fan Site - "Before her performance, Miss Boyle told Geordie hosts Ant and Dec that she's "never had a boyfriend" and she has "never been kissed before". Her previous singing experience was limited to the church choir and karaoke. The audience and judges laughed as she said she would like to be as successfull as Elaine Paige.

Susan soon turned that laughter into tears, Piers Morgan described her as stunning and "the biggest surprise in three years on the show" while Simon Cowell said she can go back home and with her head held high."

I personally do not think that i have ever seen a performance such as this. This person shattered all perceptions that this vast gathering might have had of her and turned their laughter into tears within moments. She shamed the crowd, the judges and us...who look at a picture perfect world as a standard, by just living her dream on that stage...

Lady, you do not need to be Elaine Paige. Susan Boyle is as good...if not better!

P.S: She might be on the verge of getting signed by Sony Music or BMG as per various reports.

Song Details: I dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used
And wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted.

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame.

And still
I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms
We cannot weather...

I had a dream my life would be
So different form this hell I'm living
so different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.