'''Susan Boyle''' (b. 1961) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] church volunteer and amateur singer who came to public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the [[Britain's Got Talent (series 3)|third series]] of ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7999727.stm |title=Talent show singer is online hit |work=BBC News |date=2009-04-15 |accessdate=2009-04-15}}</ref> Boyle leapt to almost immediate global fame when she sang "[[I Dreamed a Dream]]" from ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' in the competition's first round.<ref name="washington1">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041502577_2.html |title=The Scot Heard Round the World |work=[[The Washington Post]] |first=Mary |last=Jordan |page=A-8 |date=2009-04-14 |accessdate=2009-04-16}}</ref> | '''Susan Boyle''' (b. 1961) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] church volunteer and amateur singer who came to public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the [[Britain's Got Talent (series 3)|third series]] of ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7999727.stm |title=Talent show singer is online hit |work=BBC News |date=2009-04-15 |accessdate=2009-04-15}}</ref> Boyle leapt to almost immediate global fame when she sang "[[I Dreamed a Dream]]" from ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' in the competition's first round.<ref name="washington1">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041502577_2.html |title=The Scot Heard Round the World |work=[[The Washington Post]] |first=Mary |last=Jordan |page=A-8 |date=2009-04-14 |accessdate=2009-04-16}}</ref> |