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** S **** usan Boyle **


 * Nitsan Grunewald and Avia Rotstein **
 * Neve Hana 2012 **

biography Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle was born in Scotland, United Kingdom at 1961. She is and adult woman who wanted to share her special voice with the world.

She competed in the "Britain got a talent" show, and won the second prize. Her music style is soprano, which is high voice. Susan started her music career when she was 47 years old. Although, she's been singing since she was very little.

When she first came to the audition, the judges laughed at her, because she doesn't look like the singers we are used to see, she is old and not very thin. But when she opened her mouth and sang, everyone was shocked. She sang high and special, and got a large crowed of fans.

There's an unwritten rule that says that singers have to look like a super model. Susan broke this rule, with her courage she showed that the voice is what really matters, and not how the singer looks like. She made people pay attention to the ideal that the television is trying to sell us that a woman has to be skinny and perfect, when the truth is – most of us don't look like that.

For now, Susan is very successful; her albums sales are high, and she is very famous.

What Susan is representing is expressed by the fact that the celebrity's life doesn’t change her. She stayed the same modest plump woman. She's famous because she loves to sing, and people love to hear her singing.

id card Full Name: Susan Boyle

Year of Birth: 1961

Where Born: Scotland,

United Kingdom

Place of Work: Independent

Location: United Kingdom

Profession: singer

What s/he is famous for: (Innovation)

She has proved that you don't need to be pretty to sing and to be a successful singer.

She competed the show "Britain's Got Talent", and won the second place.

interview Interview with Susan Boyle

What is your music style?

I'm singing soprano, which is a pretty high voice.

It's opera, unpopular type of music today...weren't you scared to go on stage with this kind of music?

This is the type of music that I love, so I feel calm when I'm singing it. I can decide to sing pop and all other popular types of music but then I won't enjoy it. I'm not singing for others, I'm singing for myself.

When did you start singing?

Since I was a little girl, but I came to the auditions only when I was 47 years old.

What took you so long?

I was scared that I'm not what they are looking for, because I'm pretty old to be a star, and I don’t look like a model... But then I realized that the voice is what matters, and I guess I was right!

It seems like you have high expectations from yourself. Do you think that you accomplished them?

It's true, at my first audition I said to the judges that I want to resemble the singer "Elaine Paige", and they laughed. I guess they thought that I am naive, but I really believe that I can reach that high, and if I can, why wouldn't I?

Up to now, I have accomplished my goals, and I think that the high sales are proving it.

Are you aware of what you are representing?

People say that I'm breaking the unwritten rule that says that singers have to look like a super model. I don’t mean to represent anything; I just want to sing, but I don’t mind if I'm representing an important thing while I'm doing what I love to do.

Do you think that you change the framework about singers?

I think that I made people think about that -what really matters is the voice, and not how the singer looks like. It's important to pay attention to the ideal that the television is trying to sell us that a woman has to be skinny and perfect, when the truth is – most of us don't look like that. I hope I did make some women to believe in them selves.

Now, when you won the second place, did you feel a need to change?

No, that’s who I am and I think I reach to that place just because I am who I am.

How are the businesses going on now that you are no longer under the protection of the program?

Thanks G-d the business is booming. You can see my albums sales, they are very high. I'm delighted! The program just gave me the bridge to success. Do you have anything to add? Yes. I want to say something to all women who are scared to show their talents. Don’t be ashamed of yourselves! Don’t be afraid to do anything you love! Don’t listen to the television, if you love something and you are not doing it because you are afraid from people reactions– do it! You may be surprised. Tanks for your time! I really enjoy interviewing you.

Speech Dear Judges. Today you're going to choose the big winner of the "Britain's Got Talent" show. We have been waiting for this exciting moment, for this inspiring moment for weeks. The competitors have been working very hard for the last months.

As the sisters of Susan Boyle, we know that she made a long way to reach this point, during the show and before. We are so proud of her!

Susan has an amazing and special voice that we had never heard before.

Everyone laughed at her at the beginning, and if she'll win, it will prove that you can sing without looking like a super model, because the voice is what really matters.

Today, society judge's people according to their looks and Susan's voice will return the talent its respect.

We think that Susan should win the competition, because her authentic voice, her devotion and her courage she had to follow her dream against all odds.

Dear Susan, we want to tell you that we support you no matter what, and we believe you'll reach as far as you want. Love you!

Nitsan and Avia.

Authentic – אותנטי

Devotion – מסירות

Against all odds כנגד כל הסיכויים –

Society – החברה

Support – לתמוך

rationale The teacher chose to write about Women of Valor. We chose to write about Susan Boil because she's a singer and we love music. She became famous because her beautiful voice, and because she won the second place in the "Britain got talent" show.

We heard about Susan Boil from a friend who saw the show, and told us that we may like her.

We chose her because we wanted our project to pass a message to the people who read it.

reflection

We enjoyed write the project, we learn writing and English language skills. We also learn a lot about Susan Boil, and how brave and special she is. That was very interesting. The fact that we needed to write the same thing over and over again was difficult for us, but it made us know Susan Boil better. We had enough time to write the project. We got a lot of help and support from our teacher; she helped us with ideas and writing. We understood the instructions, and if we didn’t, we used the Google Translate. The project was fair, because it wrote clearly, and because there were a lot of sources when we searched information about Susan Boil. We also enjoyed to write the project because we both love music, and we were impressed by the courage, the talent and the modesty of Susan Boil. We learn that what matter is the voice and not how the singer looks like. We love the way she stay herself, even after she got famous. We glad we did the project about her, because it made us think about the wrong perception of the society.

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