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Posted Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:41pm PDT
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Britain’s Got Talent hopeful Susan Boyle became an overnight sensation last week with her moving performance of “I Dream A Dream” from the Broadway musical Les Miserables. Her back story of being a 48-year-old plain Jane who had never been kissed and lives with her cat helped her rack up tens of millions of YouTube video plays in days.
But 12-year-old Shaheen Jafargholi from Mount Pleasant, Swansea appears to have the goods to eclipse Boyle.
Jafargholi’s performance Saturday night on the competition show has given the Internet yet another new buzz.
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Apr 21 2009
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A volunteer church worker is Britain’s latest unlikely showbiz star
Susan Boyle
A Scottish woman is newest singing sensation
April 15: A middle-aged Scottish woman who says she’s never been kissed has become an international star after shocking judges with her singing on “Britain’s Got Talent.”
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Singer Stuns Talent Judges
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A 47-year-old church volunteer from West Lothian has become an unlikely overnight singing sensation with millions watching her perform online.Susan Boyle, from Blackburn, stunned judges on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent with her performance of I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables on Saturday.Since then Hollywood actress Demi Moore has joined the legions of fans who have voiced their support on the Internet.
Ms Boyle has now become the bookies’ favorite to win the talent show.
Ms Boyle, who told viewers she had “never been kissed”, said she had always wanted to be a singer.
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“Faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future.” — Martin
Luther King Jr.
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By: Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com
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Before Henry Louis Gates mesmerized black Americans with his PBS specials tracing the history of African-American lives, a magazine writer and author galvanized African-Americans into a search for their own roots.
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On Jan. 23, 1977, the miniseries “Roots,” adapted from a book of the same name by Alex Haley, debuted. The series, which ran for eight consecutive evenings, was watched by more than 130 million viewers. At the time, it was the biggest audience for any program since the invention of television.
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The historical narrative traced the story of one of Haley’s African ancestors, a slave named Kunta Kinte, and six generations that followed him in the American south.
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Feb 03 2009
But 12-year-old Shaheen Jafargholi from Mount Pleasant, Swansea appears to have the goods to eclipse Boyle.