Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/british-singing-hopeful-becomes-internet-sensation Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Susan Boyle, a singing contestant on the U.K. reality show "Britain's Got Talent," became an unlikely Internet sensation this week. ITN's ITV news correspondent Phil Reay-Smith examines Boyle's appeal. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, a story that has circled the globe via YouTube at breakneck speed. It features a Scottish competitor who appeared recently on the show "Britain's Got Talent."Phil Reay-Smith of Independent Television News updates what's happened to her.SIMON COWELL, Judge, "Britain's Got Talent": How old are you, Susan? SUSAN BOYLE, Singer: I am 47. And that's just one side of me. PHIL REAY-SMITH: Nothing about her suggested she was one performance away from worldwide fame. SUSAN BOYLE (singing): I dreamed a dream in time gone by… PHIL REAY-SMITH: … but Susan Boyle's life changed when she opened her mouth. SUSAN BOYLE (singing): When hope was high and life worth living… HOST: You didn't expect that, did you? Did you? No. SUSAN BOYLE (singing): I dreamed that love would never die… PHIL REAY-SMITH: As of this evening, the unemployed church singer from Blackburn's performance has been viewed online more than 20 million times. SUSAN BOYLE: I'll say it's mental, right? JOURNALIST: So you're quite a star. SUSAN BOYLE: Oh, well, all I can say is thank you. PHIL REAY-SMITH: Despite her modesty, she's having to adjust to being a celebrity. SUSAN BOYLE: Lots of fun being on the — I've got a lot of support from the neighborhood in general. They're very supportive, especially my family. I'm blessed with a good family. JOURNALIST: And what do they all think about it, then? SUSAN BOYLE: They think it's great. They think it's magic. PHIL REAY-SMITH: And despite the judges' initial reservations about her appearance, there will be no makeover. HOST: Look at that!AMANDA HOLDEN, Judge, "Britain's Got Talent": I honestly think it spoils people if you give them a big, old makeover, and it's best that they do it, if — you know, if and when they win or if something else happens to them after the show. But I think we'll keep her as she is for now so she doesn't have the added pressure of worrying about what she looks like. PHIL REAY-SMITH: And she's achieved all this before even making it into the second round. SIMON COWELL: It's three yeses.