Hot favourite Boyle tipped to win talent show final

INTERNET singing sensation Susan Boyle bids to justify her favourite tag tonight when she competes in the final of Britain’s Got Talent, a show that turned her from dowdy, unemployed church volunteer into A-list celebrity.

Boyle, whose performance in the first round of the popular talent contest was downloaded more than 150 million times on the Internet, is the bookmakers’ tip to take the title when she competes against nine other finalists.

Television talent shows have produced countless stars, but Boyle’s transformation has been unusual both in terms of the amount of interest she generated around the world and how she overcame an image seen as the antithesis of celebrity.