Susan Boyle’s Dream Ends; Places 2nd on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’

Susan Boyle’s reality show journey ended Saturday with a second-place finish to a dance troupe called “Diversity” on the final of the television show “Britain’s Got Talent.”

Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle was dealt an unexpected blow when she lost out to a group of young street dancers in the final of the British talent show that made her a global star. Despite winning praise from the audience and the judges in her final performance on live television, the 48-year-old graciously accepted second place, saying the “best people won” and wishing the winners “all the best”. Boyle enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame over the past two months after video footage of her audition piece for the show, “I Dreamed A Dream” from the musical “Les Miserables”, was posted on video-sharing website YouTube. – From AFP