because she did not look or behave like a “typical” celebrity.’
That even an organisation as prestigious as Reuters should see fit to give Susan the accolade of a feature about her life and television debut is a mark of how far she had come in so short a time. And nowhere had that impact been greater than in America.
The ‘story had become the story’, in newspaper parlance. In other words, the amount of column inches and air space that Susan was generating was now being mentioned as newsworthy in its own right.
The Independent was one of the first to note the fascination in America with the tiny lady from West Lothian.
‘It didn’t take long. Just days after Susan Boyle caused a sensation on Britain’s Got Talent she has conquered another media market far away from her home in Blackburn, Scotland. She may not be in Beatles territory quite yet, but America is going nuts for the lady.’ Under the headline ‘Just Who Is The Singer Susan Boyle?’ the paper went on to record the interest of others.
‘The San Francisco Chronicle : “Unless you live under a rock, you know about the Scottish woman who has taken the industrialised world by storm. CBS scored biggest. There on its Early Show yesterday was abemused-looking Ms Boyle for a live satellite interview from her front room. Veteran London correspondent Mark Phillips had been dispatched to her local pub to gauge her popularity among the punters – they love her.
“‘You have become overnight a worldwide star,” CBS anchor Harry Smith gushed. “Do you understand that, do you understand what that means?” Ms Boyle, who also sang a few bars again for those American viewers who had not already heard her on YouTube, responded very simply, “It hasn’t completely sunk in yet.”
‘The whirlwind may only just have begun. CNN was yesterday reporting that after broadcasting excerpts of Ms Boyle this week, it had been besieged by requests from viewers for more. It also said that it would be following up the CBS with an interview with her on its own daily breakfast show, American Morning , today.”’
The Independent mused on why Susan had this appeal in the Land of the Free. ‘It is a country that will respond always to any variation of the fairy tale where the apparently unprepossessing suddenly becomes pretty, from Shrek to My Fair Lady .
‘Thus some of the excited headlines yesterday, including “The Moment an Ugly Duckling Became a Swan” in the New Jersey Star Ledger and “Susan Boyle Stole My Heart” in the San Jose Mercury News in California. Stepping back a little, the Daily News in New York noted, “Susan Boyle was the Golden Ticket to Reality TV.”
“‘The grand prize for any ‘reality’ TV show is to stumble, with no prior warning or expectation, on to a moment of drama so engaging we would only expect to find it in carefully scripted fiction,” the Daily News wrote. “That’s the prize the British competition show Britain’s Got Talent won last Saturday night when a rather drab-looking 47-year-old woman named Susan Boyle sang a version of ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ and stopped the show.”’
The Daily Mail , too, recognised the global appeal the Susan now had.
‘She is the most unlikely of showbusiness sensations. But amateur singer Susan Boyle has become an international star since wowing the judges and viewers of Britain’s Got Talent six days ago. Show creator Simon Cowell is predicting a number one album in the US for churchgoer Miss Boyle after announcing that Oprah Winfrey, America’s leading talk show host, had asked her on to her programme. This comes after 48-year-old Miss Boyle – who lives alone with her cat Pebbles for company – was interviewed for top US breakfast show Good Morning America yesterday.
‘She has also been featured in newspapers around the world, even making the front page of the prestigious Washington Post and being described by another as having the “voice of an angel”.
‘Yesterday,
That even an organisation as prestigious as Reuters should see fit to give Susan the accolade of a feature about her life and television debut is a mark of how far she had come in so short a time. And nowhere had that impact been greater than in America.
The ‘story had become the story’, in newspaper parlance. In other words, the amount of column inches and air space that Susan was generating was now being mentioned as newsworthy in its own right.
The Independent was one of the first to note the fascination in America with the tiny lady from West Lothian.
‘It didn’t take long. Just days after Susan Boyle caused a sensation on Britain’s Got Talent she has conquered another media market far away from her home in Blackburn, Scotland. She may not be in Beatles territory quite yet, but America is going nuts for the lady.’ Under the headline ‘Just Who Is The Singer Susan Boyle?’ the paper went on to record the interest of others.
‘The San Francisco Chronicle : “Unless you live under a rock, you know about the Scottish woman who has taken the industrialised world by storm. CBS scored biggest. There on its Early Show yesterday was abemused-looking Ms Boyle for a live satellite interview from her front room. Veteran London correspondent Mark Phillips had been dispatched to her local pub to gauge her popularity among the punters – they love her.
“‘You have become overnight a worldwide star,” CBS anchor Harry Smith gushed. “Do you understand that, do you understand what that means?” Ms Boyle, who also sang a few bars again for those American viewers who had not already heard her on YouTube, responded very simply, “It hasn’t completely sunk in yet.”
‘The whirlwind may only just have begun. CNN was yesterday reporting that after broadcasting excerpts of Ms Boyle this week, it had been besieged by requests from viewers for more. It also said that it would be following up the CBS with an interview with her on its own daily breakfast show, American Morning , today.”’
The Independent mused on why Susan had this appeal in the Land of the Free. ‘It is a country that will respond always to any variation of the fairy tale where the apparently unprepossessing suddenly becomes pretty, from Shrek to My Fair Lady .
‘Thus some of the excited headlines yesterday, including “The Moment an Ugly Duckling Became a Swan” in the New Jersey Star Ledger and “Susan Boyle Stole My Heart” in the San Jose Mercury News in California. Stepping back a little, the Daily News in New York noted, “Susan Boyle was the Golden Ticket to Reality TV.”
“‘The grand prize for any ‘reality’ TV show is to stumble, with no prior warning or expectation, on to a moment of drama so engaging we would only expect to find it in carefully scripted fiction,” the Daily News wrote. “That’s the prize the British competition show Britain’s Got Talent won last Saturday night when a rather drab-looking 47-year-old woman named Susan Boyle sang a version of ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ and stopped the show.”’
The Daily Mail , too, recognised the global appeal the Susan now had.
‘She is the most unlikely of showbusiness sensations. But amateur singer Susan Boyle has become an international star since wowing the judges and viewers of Britain’s Got Talent six days ago. Show creator Simon Cowell is predicting a number one album in the US for churchgoer Miss Boyle after announcing that Oprah Winfrey, America’s leading talk show host, had asked her on to her programme. This comes after 48-year-old Miss Boyle – who lives alone with her cat Pebbles for company – was interviewed for top US breakfast show Good Morning America yesterday.
‘She has also been featured in newspapers around the world, even making the front page of the prestigious Washington Post and being described by another as having the “voice of an angel”.
‘Yesterday,
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