BGT star Susan Boyle watched 16m times on YouTube

BGT star Susan Boyle watched 16m times on YouTube
BGT star Susan Boyle watched 16m times on YouTube

The global buzz around Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle is still going crazy with clips of her audition being streamed more than 16 million times on YouTube. Frumpy Susan, from West Lothian, stunned both the judges and the audience on the ITV1 show on Saturday night with her powerful rendition of I Dreamed A Dream from the musical Les Miserables. And by Thursday morning, one clip of her audition had been viewed more than 11 million times. Eight more clips had notched up views of between 100,000 to well over a million. "Without a doubt that was the biggest surprise I have had in three years of this show," said judge Piers Morgan, admitting that before her performance 'everyone was laughing at you'. He added: "No one is laughing now. That was stunning." And clearly internet users worldwide agree. Susan, from West Lothian, who admits she has never been on a date or been kissed, is now favourite to win the show. CLICK here to watch Susan's audition on Britain's Got Talent Get exclusive access to your favourite stars. Subscribe to TV Times magazine

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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.