Britain's Got Talent

Susan Boyle to sit for 'View' chat

New York -- Scottish pop star Susan Boyle is to make her first guest appearance on the U.S. chat show "The View," ABC said Tuesday.

The 49-year-old "Britain's Got Talent" runner-up is also to perform during her visit to the show in New York Monday, the network said.

A clip of the singer's heartwarming debut on "Talent" was the most-watched video on YouTube in 2009, seen by more than 100 million people.

Boyle has since recorded two hit albums.

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Fascinating Fact:

Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle is set for another talent show appearance - but this time she won't be competing.

The Britain's Got Talent star, who wowed the world with her rendition of I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables, is set to take a break from recording her debut album to fly to America for a performance on the season finale of America's Got Talent on 16 September (09).

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Cowell praises first single from Boyle

London -- "Britain's Got Talent" judge Simon Cowell says the first recorded album track from Scottish singer Susan Boyle sounds "fantastic."

Cowell, whose team is working with the amateur singer, said Boyle would create an album that extends beyond the show tunes that garnered her fame on "Talent," People.com reported Saturday.

"She sounds fantastic on record," Cowell said. "She's so good, the album is not just going to be show tunes. We're going to take our time with this."

An insider at Sony Music said Boyle is not being pressured to complete the
album in light of her hospitalization following her second-place finish on "Talent."

Tired Boyle scraps Wales concert

Cardiff, Wales. -- Susan Boyle's agent said the Scottish singer has canceled her appearance at Friday night's "Britain's Got Talent" concert in Cardiff, Wales.

Boyle, 48, has been touring with other finalists from the most recent season of the TV competition show.

She also backed out of two gigs in Manchester, England, earlier this week, reportedly because she was too tired to take the stage.

"Susan's really upset that she can't perform in Cardiff tonight and she's really sorry to all her fans," her agent told WalesOnline Friday. "She gets tired very easily and she needs to rest. The tour itself is a really tiring process and she would have loved to have been able to be there tonight."

Diversity to headline 3D movie

London -- Diversity, the dance troupe that won the "Britain's Got Talent" TV competition last weekend, is to appear in "Street Dance," a new 3D movie.

The BBC said Diversity's fellow "Talent" competitors Flawless, as well as last year's winner George Sampson, have also been cast in the film, which will follow a group in training for the U.K. Street Dance Championships.

To be distributed by Vertigo Films, the movie is being touted as the first British film to be shot in 3D. Production is set to begin in August and casting is still under way, the BBC said.