Las Vegas Weekly

May 30, 2009 · 2:26 PM

Did Susan Boyle’s dream of winning Britain’s Got Talent come true?

By Robin Leach

Dance troupe Diversity and Susan Boyle await the announcement of the winner of Season 3 of Britain's Got Talent.

Photo: ITV/Britain's Got Talent

First it was Adam Lambert on American Idol last week. Now add Britain’s Got Talent contestant and Internet sensation Susan Boyle to the list.

At 2 p.m. Pacific Time (10 p.m. British time), TV viewer voting results were announced, and frontrunner and judges' favorite Susan finished runner-up to dance troupe Diversity. Susan curtsied to the audience and judges and was a gracious runner-up: “The best people won. ... Guys, I wish you all the best.”

Click HERE for Susan’s finale performance, a reprise of “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables, and click HERE for the announcement of the winner. She received a standing ovation from judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan, with Piers breaking from protocol and declaring that he hoped she would win.

Last week, American Idol frontrunner and judges’ favorite Adam finished second to Kris Allen. Simon is a judge on Idol and Talent, and he and fellow judges Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson had all predicted that Adam would win Season 8 of the singing competition.

Vegas DeLuxe reported last weekend that Susan had received an offer from Donny Osmond to perform on the Strip and that she had accepted the offer -- click HERE for that story.

And in case ITV is too slow for you, here is Susan’s finale performance and the judges' critique via YouTube:

Vegas DeLuxe Editor Don Chareunsy contributed to this report.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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