{"id":43,"date":"2024-12-23T13:50:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/story15.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2024-12-23T13:50:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:50:49","slug":"susan-boyles-breathtaking-performance-with-a-childrens-choir-leaves-a-special-royal-guest-in-awe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/story15.com\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"Susan Boyle\u2019s breathtaking performance with a children\u2019s choir leaves a special royal guest in awe."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boyle was a featured artist in the annual Royal Variety Performance in 2010. For the occasion, she sang Lou Reed\u2019s \u201cPerfect Day\u201d\u2014something she\u2019s mastered before, but this rendition was particularly special. Backed by a children\u2019s choir, Boyle epitomized grace and divinity with each crystal-clear note. Of course, the performance was met with a rapturous applause from the audience, including King Charles and Queen Camilla.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the performance here.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"93y1X3f5\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CgO5P0HoAgk?si=vRsjjKrczmv53d0S\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"560\" data-origheight=\"315\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Susan Boyle: 15 years of music superstardom<\/h2>\n<div class=\"embedded-entity image\" data-embed-button=\"media\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.embed\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"[]\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"331ec6e9-9794-4889-b737-7cf075244599\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<div class=\"media__image\">\n<div class=\"media__image-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sites\/nbcblog\/files\/styles\/scale_862\/public\/2024\/07\/susan-boyle2.jpg\" alt=\"Susan Boyle performs during Season 1 Episode 1 of America's Got Talent: The Champions\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"media__metadata-wrapper\"><span class=\"media__caption\">Susan Boyle performs during Season 1 Episode 1 of America\u2019s Got Talent: The Champions.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"media__credit\">Photo: Trae Patton\/NBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s been 15 years since Susan Boyle\u2019s viral\u00a0<em>Britain\u2019s Got Talent Audition,<\/em>\u00a0where\u00a0she sang \u201cI Dreamed a Dream\u201d from\u00a0<em>Les Mis\u00e9rables\u00a0<\/em>and completely stunned the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll never forget this,\u201d\u00a0<em>BGT<\/em>\u00a0creator\u00a0Simon Cowell\u00a0(who also was a Judge during Boyle\u2019s Audition)\u00a0said. \u201cI was having a terrible, terrible day, and I remember saying, \u2018I really, really hope she\u2019s not gonna sing,\u2019 because there were so many bad singers that day and I thought, \u2018I just can\u2019t take another one.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur expectations were quite low, but she is the perfect example of never judge a book by its cover,\u201d Cowell continued.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cShe is just the most incredible person. This was a lady who lived on her own in Scotland, and she came on the show and everything changed. Because up until that point, there was a perception that you had to look this way, or be this age, and she just changed the rulebook. Full stop.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boyle was a featured artist in the annual Royal Variety Performance in 2010. 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