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Aug
27

Poll reveals the careers of celebrities if they lost their fame and fortune

Would you employ a celebrity in your organisation if they were not famous? A study by HR consultancy Reabur revealed of 1,187 respondents 38% think Cheryl Cole would be a beautician, 51% think Chris Moyles would be a pub landlord and 27% say Susan Boyle would work in a pound shop. 

 When asked the multiple-choice question ‘what do you think Chris Moyles’ job would be if he wasn’t a famous DJ?’ the majority, 51% agreed he would suit the profession of a ‘pub landlord’ while 6% thought he would work as a ‘supermarket baker’. 

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Aug
27

Susan Boyle’s Britain’s Got Talent debut was improved by Auto-Tune

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Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle was dragged into the X Factor Auto-Tune row today when it was revealed that the Scottish singer’s first appearance was digitally tweaked.

The X Factor this week admitted using technology to smooth out faults in contestants’ singing during the audition stages. Today the Standard learned that the same techniques are used on Simon Cowell’s other reality show, Britain’s Got Talent.

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Aug
26

Was Susan Boyle auto-tuned on Britain’s Got Talent audition?

Susan Boyle has been brought into the X Factor auto-tuning debate after claims about her Britain’s Got Talent audition. Boyle, shocked the world with her audition for the British talent show last year but there are now claims that auto-tuning software could have been used to make her sound even better.

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Aug
26

Susan Boyle Will Sing for Pope Next Month | Calling It Great Honor

Susan Boyle is tapped to perform in front of Pope Benedict XVI next month, on September 16. The British singing sensation will be singing at least two songs, her claim-fame cover version of “I Dreamed a Dream” from “Les Miserables” and the hymn “How Great Thou Art”.

“To be able to sing for the Pope is a great honor and something I’ve always dreamed of – it’s indescribable,” she told Scotland’s The Daily Record newspaper. “I think the 16th of September will stand out in my memory as something I’ve always wanted to do, I’ve always wanted to sing for his Holiness and I can’t really put into words my happiness, that this wish has come true at last.”

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Aug
05

Glee adds Susan Boyle to list of featured artists

Glee continues to draw in big names, as the BBC reports that both Susan Boyle and Sir Paul McCartney’s music will be featured on the hit Fox show.

The creator of the comedy musical, Ryan Murphy, said the Britain’s Got Talent star Boyle will be featured in a Christmas episode, and is planned to play a high school lunch lady.

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Aug
08

Susan Boyle | Plastic Surgery?

Every time Susan Boyle returns to the spotlight people speculate whether she’s had plastic surgery. She does look so much better than when she first wowed audiences on Britain’s Got Talent. But has she really had plastic surgery to look the way she now does?

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Aug
09

Susan Boyle to be Immortalized at Madame Tussauds

Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who became popular as a contestant on reality TV show ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ in 2009, is going to get her wax statue at the Madame Tussauds Museum. With this the ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ star has made a place beside the Hollywood celebrities.

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Aug
10

Susan Boyle and Paul McCartney | On your plate this Christmas

Britain, surely, has got some talent as a Scottish nightingale showed us how to Dream a Dream. And the next moment we were bombarded with someone who, in future, would be revered by music buffs as a Susan Boyle, the melancholic soulful singing swan.

Unlike the glamorous dolls like Lady Gaga or Britney or a Miley, Susan (an elderly lady pushing 50) is serenely quiet and maintains a low profile. Hence, her legions of fans don’t often get to hear of her with the regularity of an Angelina or a Pattinson.

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Aug
11

Susan Boyle tribute act hopes for success

Susan Boyle tribute act Helen Lawrie, from Wishaw, is hoping she can become a successful comedy act and tour the country. 

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Aug
12

Paramedic mum-of-three picked by Susan Boyle to duet on new album

An American mum-of-three has won the chance of a lifetime after being picked by Susan Boyle to duet with the Scots sining sensation on her new album.

Paramedic Amber Stassi beat off competition from thousands of hopefuls to land the chance to sing alongside the Blackburn spinster and feature on new album The Gift. And the 33-year-old admitted it was a dream come true after receiving a phone call from SuBo herself to break the news.

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Aug
13

Susan’s Search Winner | Amber Stassi

Susan announces the winner of ‘Susan’s Search’ — the global competition to give someone the opportunity to duet on her forthcoming album ‘The Gift’.

From thousands of entries Susan chose American medic Amber Stassi to fly to London and join her in the recording studio.

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Aug
14

Susan Boyle Picks Unknown Mum For Duet

Susan Boyle has picked an unknown American woman to sing on her forthcoming album.

The Britain’s Got Talent sensation launched Susan’s Search, a competition to find a duet partner, last month. Tens of thousands of entrants posted footage of themselves singing Silent Night, and SuBo has now picked a winner: New York paramedic and mother-of-three Amber Stassi.

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Aug
16

Susan Boyle & Michael Jackson | Vultures hover above

I Dreamed a Dream has sold close to 9 million copies ever since it was unleashed onto us by the Scottish nightingale Susan Boyle whose sky-rocketing to the skies of fame has been a remarkable tale of an underdog.

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Aug
17

Susan Boyle to meet with Catholic Church officials

Susan Boyle is set to meet with senior officials from the Catholic Church ahead of her performance for the Pope. It is expected that SuBo will perform when the Pope visits Glasgow next month but has not yet decided what she will sing.

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Aug
18

SuBo’s at Barrowland

Barrowloads of laughs ... SuBo Cherry Susan Boyle can still see the funny side – despite coming home to a building site. SuBo has wasted no time in starting some home improvements after snapping up her council house last month. The 49-year-old splashed out £35,600 for the semi-detached where she grew up in Blackburn, West Lothian. 

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Aug
19

Lady Gaga | Is element of shock the recipe behind her success?

Susan Boyle, in my opinion, is a soul-touching and better singer than Lady Gaga. But, still it’s Gaga who’s being talked about and written about the most. I ask myself why? And the answer comes silently but heavily that glamour and showmanship sells in this tinsel town. That’s where a young and chic Gaga scores and an elderly Boyle loses. 

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Aug
20

Susan Boyle beginning preparation for Papal performance

For quite some time, ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ sensation Susan Boyle has professed a desire to sing for the Pope — now, that dream is just about a reality. According to a new report from The Daily Record, the Scottish superstar is currently preparing for the event and is about to meet with officials from the Catholic Church to hammer out some of the details. One source close to the church had this to say:

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Aug
22

Susan Boyle! Killing Me Softly..

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Aug
24

Susan Boyle hits back at bullies on train

Susan Boyle showed she is made of tough stuff when she lashed out at a group of bullies who mocked her on a train.

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Aug
25

What would Cheryl Cole, Kate Moss and Susan Boyle be if they weren’t famous?

Poll says Cheryl Cole would be a beautician, Kate Moss a stripper and Susan Boyle a worker in a pound shop.

Cheryl Cole is one of the most successful women on the planet. But if it the whole singing thing had never happened for the Geordie lass, a new survey suggests Cheryl Cole would have spent her life giving facials and applying fake eyelashes.

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Aug
28

Susan Boyle Auto-Tune Scandal?

Most of the world remembers when Susan Boyle took the stage at Britain’s Got Talent. The sassy Scottish woman was at first mocked, but those mocks turned into cheers as she sang “I Dreamed A Dream.” Could it be that the whole world was fooled by ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ sound people?

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