After weeks of anticipation talent show "Britain's Got Talent" headed for its finale on Saturday.
Hot favorite Susan Boyle faced nine other competitors before millions of viewers in Britain and a worldwide Internet audience.
![Locals gather at Blackburn, Scotland, community center to watch Susan Boyle on TV during the final of 'Britain's Got Talent' on Saturday May 30, 2009. [ David Cheskin/AP Photo/PA]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090531/001ec94a1ee40b8c201c04.jpg "Locals gather at Blackburn, Scotland, community center to watch Susan Boyle on TV during the final of 'Britain's Got Talent' on Saturday May 30, 2009. [ David Cheskin/AP Photo/PA]") |
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Locals gather at Blackburn, Scotland, community center to watch Susan Boyle on TV during the final of 'Britain's Got Talent' on Saturday May 30, 2009. [ David Cheskin/AP Photo/PA]
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The Scottish church volunteer with a soaring voice has risen to fame since an audition in April that stunned both judges and audiences. But did she clinch the top prize?
"The winner of Britain's Got Talent 2009 is..."
She dreamed a dream - and it almost came true.
Her performance in April of "I Dreamed a Dream" catapulted her to international superstardom.
Boyle was the hot favourite going into Saturday's final. She sang the same song as in an earlier heat, but it was not enough to trump the outsiders "Diversity" by public vote.
"Was that worth it, in front of everybody here?"
"Well worth it, well worth it, and to hell with everything!"
