This time last week none of us had heard of Susan Boyle, a church worker from West Lothian in Scotland, but that has all changed thanks to Britain’s Got Talent.

After just one week of the show Susan has become a world-wide phenomenon despite the fact that Britain’s Got Talent isn’t even shown outside of the UK! In fact, Susan has become such a big star that a video of her startling performance on Saturday’s show has now had over 11 MILLION views on YouTube! Not bad for the woman everyone doubted when she declared she wanted to be a singer up there with the likes of West End veteran Elaine Paige - proving you really can’t judge a book by its cover.

Susan’s star is rising so quickly that not only is she grabbing headlines this side of the pond, but she’s creating a massive buzz in America too. She was featured on America’s NBC Today Show , moving the host  to tears and the Washington Post published a long article on her yesterday. Even Hollywood stars Ashton Kutcher and wife Demi Moore have been touched by the ‘Boyle Effect’, posting links on their Twitter pages to the video of Susan singing.

See Ant & Dec’s view on this week’s crazy events in our exclusive video HERE.

There you have it! We’ll keep you posted as the story develops, but in the meantime visit the official Britain’s Got Talent site HERE to watch Susan’s amazing, tear-jerking performance once more.