Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who became an overnight sensation on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, revealed on Sunday that she suffered a stroke last year.
The 62-year-old mezzo-soprano singer shared a health update live after returning home. season 16 finale Boyle joined Lucy Jones in the West End cast of “Les Miserables” to perform “I Dreamed a Dream,” her original audition song from 14 years ago.made her with her ambiguity youtube superstar.
Boyle, who lost his season in a heartbreaking upset with dance troupe Diversity, said he was thrilled to be back on the show this week.
“It’s actually special for me because I had a minor stroke there last April,” she told the host on stage. “I fought like crazy to get back on stage, and I made it through.”
‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge and creator Simon Cowell welcomed Boyle back for the live finale, acknowledging Boyle, who has since gone on to a successful recording career despite losing on the show. praised. (Boyle has sold over 20 million albums, has been nominated for two Grammy Awards, and has performed for the late Queen Elizabeth II, President Obama, and Pope Benedict XVI.)
“Susan, we owe you so much and we knew you were sick, but if someone comes back you’ll come back too because it’s not the same without you. ‘ said Cowell.
Boyle also opened up about his health concerns. Facebook post following the performance.
“Tonight I had the privilege of returning to Britain’s Got Talent and working with the incredible cast of ‘Les Miserables’,” she wrote. “Tonight was even more special to me because in April 2022 she had a stroke.
“Over the past year, I have worked hard to regain my speaking and singing with the sole goal of being able to sing on stage again. I sang the song that started it, I had a dream,” she wrote.
In 2009, when Boyle unexpectedly finished second in the show’s final round, the “emotionally drained and exhausted” performer clearly collapsed from nerves and exhaustion. Admitted to Priory Hospital, a psychiatric clinic in London.
Boyle revealed in 2013 that he was diagnosed with what was then called Asperger’s Syndrome, a developmental disorder on the autism spectrum that affects his ability to socialize and communicate. She said Boyle had a learning disability when she was a child due to the lack of oxygen she had at birth. In 2012 she sought advice from an expert and as a result it was determined that her IQ was above average.
“I was told I had brain damage. When I was a kid, it was the wrong diagnosis,” she said. Observer “I always knew this was an unfair label.
By 2019, the recording artist said: amassed millions of pounds fortune But I remembered how “miserable” it was to be poor, so I tried not to flaunt it. That same year, she appeared in the US version of BGT, America’s Got Talent: The Champions. She performed an All-Star performance of The Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horse” and earned the Golden Buzzer honor from judge and former Spice Girl member Mel B. Justin.
