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Susan Boyle performs Memory in the semi-final of Briatin's Got Talent. She qualified for the final. - Source: YouTube -
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British singing sensation Susan Boyle was admitted to a London
clinic suffering from emotional exhaustion after being beaten in
the final of the Britain's Got Talent TV contest, judges on the
show said.
Dowdy and unglamorous, Boyle seemed an unlikely star when she first
appeared on the show in April, only to stun the judges and become a
global Internet sensation with her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream
from Les Miserables.
Boyle, 48, had been heavily backed to win the competition after
clips of her earlier appearance were downloaded nearly 200 million
times.
But after coming in second on Saturday, doctors were called to her
London hotel and suggested she go to a clinic for rest, Britain's
Got Talent judge Piers Morgan told US celebrity news outlets on
Monday.
"Susan is completely and utterly exhausted," Morgan told US
celebrity television show Extra.
"I think she's found this whole roller coaster ride of the last
seven weeks overwhelming ... and she's gone somewhere now that she
can find the peace and the quiet to get some sleep, to eat properly
and get over what has been an astonishing time in her life."
Morgan said he had spoken to Boyle and did not think she had
suffered a breakdown.
Despite expectations that Boyle would make a fortune from her
talent and instant fame, there has been concern among show
organizers about her ability to cope with pressure.
Boyle, who was starved of oxygen at birth leading to minor brain
damage, has been pursued by the world's press since early April and
broke down in tears repeatedly ahead of the final.
"She didn't sleep. She wasn't eating. I saw her just before she
went onstage, they were doing their rehearsals and I arrived...She
told me she felt tired and sick with nerves, and she was worried
she was going to be sick," judge Amanda Holden told Inside
Edition.
Nearly four million Britons phoned in to choose a winner, and
street dance troupe Diversity won 24.9% of the vote ahead of
Boyle's 20.2%.
Morgan said Boyle may have lost because of overkill in Britain. "I
think it was a bit too much for some people in Britain...They just
got a bit bored, a bit irritated by the whole mania surrounding
Susan," he said.
Boyle's financial future has been seen as secure despite coming
second, as Britain's Got Talent creator Simon Cowell and his Syco
music label were widely expected to sign her up for an album.
There has also been talk of a Hollywood movie.
Morgan said he did not think Boyle would go back to her sheltered
life.
"My prediction is she'll have a number one selling album around the world in the next four or five months."
