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Kiwi TV host who called singer Susan Boyle ‘retarded’ is facing sack

Kiwi TV host who called singer Susan Boyle 'retarded' is facing sack

A TV host who called singer Susan Boyle ‘retarded’ is now facing the sack from his New Zealand show.
Presenter Paul Henry shocked viewers of his New Zealand breakfast show when he started to make jibes about the 48-year-old Scot and refused to apologise.
Thousands of viewers complained after he said about Susan, who has mild learning [...]

Susan Boyle reflects on life

Susan Boyle reflects on life

Following her whirlwind trip to New York, Susan Boyle quelled suggestions that she was not coping and lapsing into a breakdown. She said: “I’m happy and doing fine.”
With her album making recording history and debuting at Number One in the UK, and her former Britain’s Got Talent judges voicing their tributes, Boyle reflected on her [...]

‘Piersy Baby’ pens tribute to Susan Boyle

'Piersy Baby' pens tribute to Susan Boyle

Piers Morgan joined Simon Cowell in paying tribute to their discovery, singing sensation Susan Boyle, as her debut album breezed into the No. 1 spot on the UK charts.
Morgan was so inspired he put pen to paper for the UK Sun and noted the effect of seeing Boyle for the first time was as shiver-making [...]

Susan Boyle dreamed a dream - and now it’s real

Susan Boyle dreamed a dream - and now it's real

Susan Boyle, 48, has landed squarely at the top of the UK charts with her debut album and made history.
Bearing the title of her breakthrough song, I Dreamed A Dream, the album has sold more than 410,000 copies in its first week - the highest for an album since records began.
Boyle’s cover of Wild [...]

SuBo cracking under pressure of NY spotlight - report

SuBo cracking under pressure of NY spotlight - report

Susan Boyle has recoiled from the spotlight in New York City on a recent whirlwind trip to coincide with the release of her debut album, I Dreamed A Dream.
Boyle, 48, was inundated with inquiring fans and put up at the Ritz Carlton but she appeared to shrink from the attention, lapsing into teary jags [...]

Susan Boyle wants to leave ‘em laughing

Susan Boyle wants to leave 'em laughing

When Susan Boyle’s dream comes to an end, she would like to go out with a laugh.
Boyle said she wants the children’s favourite Nellie the Elephant to be played at her funeral.
Back in Scotland after wowing New York, she revealed her pick for an anti-dirge while naming her top 10 songs of all time [...]

Susan Boyle: the movie?

Susan Boyle: the movie?

As Susan Boyle takes the US by storm, talk is now surfacing about a movie on her life.
The story of the unknown Scot whose talent was unleashed on reality TV must be a hard one for Hollywood to resist. Her brother Gerry Boyle said: “There have been scripts made from a lot less than Susan’s [...]

Amanda Holden thinks X Factor is stuck in a groove

Amanda Holden thinks X Factor is stuck in a groove

Amanda Holden, a judge on Britain’s Got Talent, could not stretch to sit on the jury of The X Factor.
She said: “I could never be a judge on The X Factor simply because it is only about one type of entertainer. I would get bored to tears watching and listening to singer after singer.”
Holden, [...]

Singing sensation Susan Boyle is set to smash records with her album I Dreamed A Dream and could sell 150,000 copies on first day of release

Singing sensation Susan Boyle is set to smash records with her album I Dreamed A Dream and could sell 150,000 copies on first day of release

Singing sensation Susan Boyle is set to smash records with her album I Dreamed A Dream and could sell 150,000 copies on first day of release.
Boyle, 48, shot to international fame after appearing on UK talent show Britain’s Got Talent earlier this year and despite only coming second she has gone on to have huge [...]

Britain’s Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle has said she will not move from her council house in Scotland as her cat Pebbles would hate it anywhere else

Britain's Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle has said she will not move from her council house in Scotland as her cat Pebbles would hate it anywhere else

Britain’s Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle has said she will not move from her council house in Scotland as her cat Pebbles would hate it anywhere else.
The 48-year-old singer, who shot to fame earlier this year after auditioning for the hit UK show, will soon receive her first £100,000 royalty cheque after her album I [...]