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Boyle loses? Britain’s got talons
“Britain’s Got Talent” runner-up and Internet phenomenon Susan Boyle is being treated for exhaustion at a mental health clinic in London today, according to the Associated Press.
Amidst cries of unfair treatment by the media, Boyle was admitted to The Priory, a clinic that caters to celebrities.
“Nobody has had to put up with the kind of attention Susan has had. Nobody could have predicted it,” Piers Morgan, a “Britain’s Got Talent” judge, said on British television.
Admonishment of “elements of a press who like nothing better than to build people up and then drag them down” came from Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond (Boyle resides in a small Scottish town).
In the end, predicted winner Boyle, who sang “I Dreamed A Dream” from “Les Miserables,” lost to Diversity, a dance group, by almost 5 percent of the 4 million votes cast.
Here are the show’s final performances from Boyle and Diversity, as well as the naming of the winner.
Susan Boyle:
Diversity:
And the winner is …
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