Since her very first appearance on Britain’s Got Talent, singer Susan Boyle has impressed everyone who sees her with her lovely vibrato and grounded, powerful performance style. And it turns out, she can do it at the drop of a hat.

In a new clip, Boyle can be seen and heard singing her signature Audition song, “I Dreamed A Dream” from Les Miserables, entirely without a backing track or instruments — and apparently sitting down — which only makes her breath control more remarkable.

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Boyle suffered a minor stroke in April 2022, but on June 5, 2023, returned to the stage with a remarkable appearance on the season finale of Britain’s Got Talent.

Judge Simon Cowell told her, “If anyone was gonna come back, you were gonna come back, because we wouldn’t be the same without you. You are amazing.” She wrote of the performance on Facebook, “This evening was even more special for me as in April of 2022 I had a stroke. For the past year I have worked so hard to get my speech and singing back, with the sole aim of being able to sing on stage again, and tonight my hard work and perseverance paid off.”

Boyle has come a long way from her 2009 viral Britain’s Got Talent audition. In a 2019 interview, she revealed that anxiety almost got the best of her. “When I look back on the day I auditioned for BGT, I had lots of nervousness,” Boyle explained. “I didn’t know what to expect, but I went on for a good time and a good giggle, and the good giggle has turned into something very nice, so there you go.”