A Boyle-ing Hot Birthday

Okay, money is not everything. It can't buy us love. And then there's that root of evil thing. But it sure makes for a happy day when we get a big fat check for our hard work. Just ask Susan Boyle - who just turned 49 and received a 4 million dollar check from Simon Cowell. It was the royalties earned from her album, which sold 8-plus million copies and broke records when it debuted in November of last year.

Today is Susan's birthday. For you who don't keep up with current pop culture (and why not? I must ask...) - Susan Boyle is famous for competing on Britain's Got Talent, a Simon Cowell produced talent show. It's safe to say the judges and the public didn't see her coming. They most definitely didn't expect to be blown away by this older, plain looking woman who was having a bad hair day and who claimed to have never been kissed (!!!). The camera catches people laughing and and smirking as she states she wants to be a professional singer. But she soon shut them up when she began singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables. She ended the show as the runner up but this has not slowed down her new found career one bit.

I wonder if turning 48 a few days before her April 11, 2009 debut on BGT factored into her performance?


Check out Susan's BGT debut!