Amateur vocalist susan boyle became an overnight sensation after appearing on the first round of 2009′s popular u.k. reality show britain’s got talent. Boyle, who was born in blackburn, west lothian, scotland in 1961, caught the judges (and the world) off guard with her masterful rendition of ‘i dreamed a dream’ from the musical les mis?rables, due in part to the unemployed and undeniably plain church volunteer’s ‘salt of the earth’ demeanor and country spinster backstory. Bo (more…)