She may have finished second but Susan Boyle continued to make newspaper headlines Sunday following her shock defeat in the final of “Britain's Got Talent”. Reports on Sunday suggested Boyle could strike it rich if she capitalizes on her global success, with the News of the World saying one of the show's judges, music promoter Simon Cowell, had big plans for her. “It's the biggest phenomenon I've ever seen out of any of my shows,” Cowell - a household name in the United States as a judge on “American Idol” - told the newspaper. Asked on television about her plans, Boyle said: “I hope to get an album out - I'll just play it by ear. What a journey - unbelievable, and very humbling. Thank you for everything.” “They don't care in America whether she wins a British TV show; they care about the woman they saw singing on YouTube,” a Cowell insider also told the paper. “If anything, £8 million in her first year might be an underestimate.” On top of a multi-million dollar record deal and share of album sales, Boyle is also set to earn from a Hollywood movie of her rags to riches life, a book deal and millions more from image rights, endorsements and television appearances, the paper said. Boyle enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame over the past two months after video footage of her audition piece for the show, “I Dreamed A Dream” from the musical “Les Miserables”, was posted on YouTube. On Saturday, more than one million viewers cast their vote following the live performances - but in the end, Boyle lost out to a multi-ethnic posse of 10 street dancers aged 12 to 25 from London and Essex called Diversity. Meanwhile competition winners Diversity are also set to cash in on their success with a film deal and a possible slot supporting Michael Jackson when the superstar plays a series of shows in London next month, the Sunday Mirror said.
