Britain's Got Talent: Susan Boyle wins first semi-final
Susan Boyle won the popular vote — the ''public vote,'' as they say in England — on tonight's Britain's Got Talent, singing ''Memory'' from Cats. Her voice quavered a little at the start but soon became clear and strong. Wearing a glittery brown dress, standing behind a backdrop of clouds with a spotlight behind her head making it look as though her face was emanating from heaven, Boyle pulled off her second major public appearance with ease. During the first of five live semifinals on Talent, Boyle said she wanted to win ''more than anything ever in my life.'' Granted, the competition didn't seem very fierce: she defeated, among others, Darth Jackson (a guy in a Darth Vader helmet who danced to ''Thriller'') and Nick Hell, who attached a pickaxe to his ear-lobes and broke a dinner plate with it. — Ken Tucker
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