Mornings with Danny and Laura on 91.5 CKPR

We talked today about the show "Britain's Got Talent". A great number of people have gone to you tube to see Susan Boyle, the 47 year old Scottish singing star discovered on the show. When Susan walked onto the stage, you could see the judges, including Simon Cowell, were not expecting to be remotely interested in her. She was a little nervous when she spoke and when she made reference to being famous like another singer, there was a shot of someone in the audience rolling their eyes and looking disgusted.
Then the music started.
The song...."I Dreamed A Dream" from "Les Miserables".
As each shot of the judges, audience members and backstage...from Simon's eyebrow lift, to the open mouths of the guys (who may be the hosts?) backstage to Pierce, who looked as though he may be choking back a tear, to the nearly immediate standing ovation of the audience, it was clear...you can NEVER judge a book by it's cover.
Throughout the song, I could not help but smile and indeed felt a little choked up myself.
Check it out.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY



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