“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.”

She added, “The Pope’s visit is a very big event for Scottish Catholics. My own faith is the backbone of my life, I pray and say the rosary each day and am very close to my religion. I am humbled and honored by this invitation and I hope I can do my best.”

Of her late mother who is also a Catholic, the former “Britain’s Got Talent” contestant said, “I know she won’t be there physically, but she was at Bellahouston Park in 1982 and I know she will be there again.” When singing at the open-air papal Mass in Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park, Boyle will be accompanied by 800-strong choir.

Pope Benedict will embark on the first official papal visit to England and Scotland in a few weeks, and organizers have released a list of what is allowed and not allowed at the large-scale gatherings in London and Birmingham. The Guardian, the BBC, the Associated Press and Reuters report the list forbids candles,  alcohol, barbecues, pets, musical instruments, including vuvuzelas and bulky hampers, because such items could “pose a threat to others.” Folding chairs, cushions, banners and flags are OK, however.

Catholic News Agency reports that Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle will perform for the pope during his visit.

With Christopher Hitchens ailing, presumably the atheist-proposed plan to try to arrest the pontiff during the visit, for “international crimes against humanity” related to the Catholic Church’s clergy sex abuse crisis, has been aborted. But Reuters reports that various protests are expected, “including by secularists critical of the trip’s cost, gay rights groups and those angry at the child-abuse scandal which has spread throughout the Roman Catholic church globally.

Although the plans have caused mayhem in the Scottish singing sensation’s front garden, SuBo still managed to have a laugh about it yesterday.  

Dressed in a stylish blue coat, Susan spent some time posing for photographs and sharing a joke as a wheelbarrow, spade and building supplies lay strewn around the humble property. 

The megabucks Britain’s Got Talent runner-up – who has sold millions of albums worldwide – also recently paid £350,000 for a new five-bedroom home, complete with security gates, nearby in the town.

The 49 year old singer has already been measured for her wax statue. The tabloids gave her the nickname ‘hairy angel’ for her dull appearance. The very first album of Susan titled ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ earned her a fortune of USD 15 million. The work on her wax model has already started and will be displayed later this year at the London tourist hotspot.

According to a source close to Boyle, “Susan is very excited about this. It’s unbelievable to her. Even in her wildest dreams, the singer had never thought to get a place at Madame Tussauds”.

Susan’s wax model will replicate her off-duty look with casual clothes, untidy hair, and little make up. The popularity of the singer among American tourists have made the wax museum to go for her statue. Entering the industry in 2009, Susan has sold more than ten million albums. She has reportedly started working on a Christmas album for the coming holiday season.

The wax figure of Susan will reportedly cost around $200,000 to give it the full-fledged shape.

According to the News Of The World Susan, who found fame on 2009 Britain’s Got Talent season, has been secretly measured up for the waxwork, which will go on display at the London tourist attraction later this year. She will be one of eight new waxwork figures due to debut at the attraction, each costing around £150,000.

“She’s very excited about this,” a source told the paper. “Susan would never in her wildest dreams have ever imagined she’d one day be a waxwork at Madame Tussauds. It’s unbelievable.”

The model is expected to feature Susan’s original look – complete with dowdy clothes and unkempt hair – rather than the smarter look she adopted after becoming famous. And Susan will be hoping that the figure proves popular, so as to avoid being melted down in the future – as has happened to other celebrity waxworks. Former X Factor winner Shayne Ward is among those whose waxwork has been removed and destroyed, while veteran presenter Terry Wogan had his waxwork melted down to make models of Ant and Dec.

“Figures are often melted down and re-made into someone new,” said a museum source. But Susan Boyle is hugely popular – especially among Americans. It’s a big coup to get her.”

Susan Boyle recently sparked controversy with the terrible news that her managemement is only sparing her a weekly allowance of £300 despite selling millions of records with her debut album I Dreamed A Dream. But this did not stop the middle-aged sensation as she reportedly purchased her dream house.

This may lead you to think differently of the simpleton that is Susan Boyle. But no, her dream house is not an extravagant mansion overseeing a beautiful beach. The X factor winner’s dream home is actually the house she had been living in for forty years. But even after she rose to fame in 2008, the crooner opted to rent the property instead of buying it for herself. It was only recently when her beloved parents passed away that she decided to claim the property for herself for a measly £35,600.

A source relates about the house, “The house she grew up in is her last strong link to her beloved parents since they passed away. She can’t wait to move into the new house. But any time she gets homesick, she just needs to walk around the corner.”

CNN visits the proud Scottish hometown of Susan Boyle, and neighbors share! [April 2009] The world is smitten with British sensation Susan Boyle and though her appearance has been described as “dowdy” and prompted calls for a makeover fans want the powerful singer to know they love her just the way she is.

Boyle told CNN this morning that she’s overwhelmed by her sudden notoriety. “I’m gobsmacked, absolutely gobsmacked,” she said. The word “gobsmacked” is British slang to mean astonished or astounded. But Boyle herself also said she wouldn’t want the instant fame to change her.

“I wouldn’t want to change myself too much because that would really make things a bit false,” she said Friday in an interview with CNN.

“I want to receive people as the real me, a real person.” Boyle, 47, burst into the spotlight last week when she performed the song “I Dreamed a Dream” on the reality show “Britain’s Got Talent.”

At least two members of the show’s judging panel have said they judged Boyle on her looks when she first appeared on stage before them. Based on the somewhat disheveled state of her baggy dress and wild hair they admitted they didn’t expect much.

“It’s a very shallow thing to say but, obviously, the minute she walked onstage we all, and the audience, completely judged her on her appearance and everything else. And I hate saying that. But, you know, that true cliche, we judged a book by its cover,” said judge Amanda Holden in an interview Friday on the CBS …

The former journalist scoffs at notions that Boyle would have been better off without the fame, and he gives his take on why being insanely popular is not such a bad thing for the “I Dreamed A Dream” singer. 

Boyle has featured in faith impact US exhibit ‘Futurama’ as a strike on one-eyed outlander Leela”s behind, reports the Sun. And Susan the conversation roil – vocal by Scotch chitchat exhibit patron Craig Ferguson – modify performs the singer’s worldwide blast I Dreamed A Dream.

Leela admits she is “ashamed” of Susan when it is unconcealed on her side by man case playwright in the episode. Fry screams: “Argh what the inferno is that?”

When Leela says the roil is nothing, Susan shouts back: “I”m not nothing. All my chronicle I”ve been titled nothing.”

“I’ve heard the same whispers but I can neither confirm nor deny,” Ian hesitantly admitted, speaking as Jane Lynch revealed a new Sue Sylvester waxwork at Hollywood’s Madame Tussauds. I think Susan is amazing, such an incredible, interesting and strange icon for everything our show is about,” he explained.

“It would be a perfect fit. I hope we can make it work.”

The writer also revealed how shocked the production team were to be contacted by Sir Paul McCartney. “You know that the dog has caught the car when you’re getting mixed tapes from Paul McCartney, being like ‘hey maybe some ideas for Glee?’. It’s the weirdest thing ever,” he laughed.

And Macca hasn’t just offered the Glee cast his lesser known tracks.

“It’s like all the good ones, Back In The USSR, these are like crazy, iconic, amazing songs,” Ian revealed.

“I just want to do it so I can meet him and just like kiss him on the face and give him a big old hug or something!”