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Move over Susan Boyle, "Korea's Got Talent" has found its next global talent sensation. CNN's Paual Hancocks reports.

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Meet South Korea's answer to Susan Boyleupdated: Wed Jul 20 2011 10:37:00

Move over Susan Boyle. Sung-bong Choi is the next global talent show sensation.

People.com: Susan Boyle Cancels DWTS Performance Due to Sore Throatupdated: Tue Oct 05 2010 11:28:00

"Susan is very upset at letting her fans down," says a rep for Susan Boyle

People.com: Susan Boyle's Dream Comes True: She Sings for the Popeupdated: Fri Sep 17 2010 06:09:00

"It's something I've always dreamed of," says the singer, who helped welcome the pontiff on his visit to Scotland

Talent show star Susan Boyle to sing for popeupdated: Wed Aug 25 2010 08:37:00

TV talent show star Susan Boyle will sing for Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Scotland next month, the Catholic Church in Scotland said Wednesday.

Susan Boyle may sing for popeupdated: Thu Jun 10 2010 11:44:00

TV talent show phenomenon Susan Boyle may sing for Pope Benedict XVI when he visits Scotland, a Catholic Church spokesman told CNN Thursday.

People.com: New Internet Sensation: 'The Taiwanese Susan Boyle'updated: Fri Apr 09 2010 12:12:00

Bow-tied and boyish Lin Yu Chun channels Whitney Houston on overseas talent show

People.com: Susan Boyle Eyes New Homeupdated: Fri Mar 26 2010 19:47:00

After earning a hefty paycheck, the singer looks to buy a house

People.com: Teen Charged in Susan Boyle Break-Inupdated: Mon Mar 15 2010 13:53:00

A 16-year-old will face a children's court for allegedly taking some cash from her home

People.com: Inside Susan Boyle's Struggle with Fameupdated: Wed Feb 24 2010 23:49:00

The Scottish singer's brothers open up about her anxieties and loneliness

People.com: Susan Boyle: I'm Not So Scared Anymoreupdated: Mon Feb 15 2010 16:29:00

The Scottish singer learns to relax a little on the roller-coaster of fame

'Everybody Hurts'updated: Wed Feb 03 2010 13:03:00

Simon Cowell's Haiti charity single gets its first airing in the United Kingdom featuring singers including Susan Boyle and Leona Lewis.

Susan Boyle comes home to an intruderupdated: Wed Jan 27 2010 13:39:00

Susan Boyle returned to her home in Scotland to find something she didn't expect -- an intruder, police have confirmed to PEOPLE.

People.com: Susan Boyle Comes Home to Find an Intruderupdated: Wed Jan 27 2010 12:40:00

Police arrest a man who came out of the singer's Scotland house

'Pants' becomes first viral video of 2010updated: Tue Jan 26 2010 21:38:00

A 62-year-old's rhythmic fashion review has become the Internet's first viral sensation of the new decade.

Pants on the ground maniaupdated: Tue Jan 26 2010 21:38:00

Anti-droopy pants song takes nation by storm. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on groundswell of support for "Pants on the Ground."

People.com: Susan Boyle to Sing 'Everybody Hurts' to Help Haitiupdated: Sun Jan 24 2010 12:32:00

The British star joins a roster of other singers organized by Simon Cowell for disaster relief

British backlash against Susan Boyle?updated: Thu Jan 21 2010 11:20:00

She wowed Simon Cowell, sold a bazillion records and captivated people worldwide.

People.com: A British Backlash Against Susan Boyle?updated: Wed Jan 20 2010 06:28:00

Was the runaway success in 2009 just not cool enough for a Brit Award nomination?

People.com: PEOPLE's Predictions for 2010updated: Sat Jan 02 2010 08:48:00

Here's hoping the world becomes a better place through celebrity reinvention

People.com: Who'll Lead Record Sales, Susan Boyle or Taylor Swift?updated: Sun Dec 20 2009 15:48:00

The Scottish singer could overtake the country singer for the bestselling-album title

YouTube: Why do we watch?updated: Thu Dec 17 2009 13:28:00

YouTube this week announced the biggest viral video sensations of 2009, with Scottish singer Susan Boyle topping the list.

People.com: Fantasy Grammy Duets: Taylor & Kanye! Fergie & Susan Boyle!updated: Thu Dec 17 2009 08:32:00

With a history of unconventional pairings, here are the acts PEOPLE would love to see perform together this year

Susan Boyle, 'David After Dentist' top YouTube in 2009updated: Thu Dec 17 2009 06:45:00

A dazed boy's musings after a trip to the dentist's office had a good run.

People.com: Susan Boyle Reflects on Her Amazing Yearupdated: Sun Dec 13 2009 21:49:00

The singer tells PEOPLE how her life has changed - and how it's stayed the same

UK granny Spain's answer to Susan Boyleupdated: Fri Dec 11 2009 06:51:00

Spain's answer to Susan Boyle took to the stage in a national talent show and produced a jaw-dropping display of athletic ability to win the competition.

Susan Boyle's album is largest ever female debutupdated: Wed Dec 02 2009 13:51:00

Susan Boyle's dreams continue to come true. The singing sensation who emerged from obscurity on "Britain's Got Talent" is topping the charts, selling the most albums of any artist in a single week this year with the largest ever sales debut for a female artist.

Susan Boyle's debut: Dream or nightmare?updated: Tue Nov 24 2009 09:00:00

At the start of this year, none of us had heard of Susan Boyle. Now, in the Christmas sales rush, her debut album "I Dreamed a Dream" is the most pre-ordered CD in Amazon's history.

People.com: Susan Boyle Bringing Her Show Tunes to New Yorkupdated: Mon Nov 23 2009 07:29:00

She's set to perform live on TV on Monday and celebrate her album release with sightseeing

Susan Boyle's debut CD sets Amazon pre-ordered sales recordupdated: Thu Nov 19 2009 07:22:00

Susan Boyle, a 48-year-old unemployed charity worker who became an international sensation after her audition for "Britain's Got Talent" in April, can now lay claim to a new achievement.

People.com: Susan Boyle to Appear on Dancing with the Starsupdated: Sun Nov 08 2009 11:10:00

The Scottish singing sensation will entertain with her voice - not her feet

People.com: Susan Boyle's Debut CD Reveals Eclectic Mixupdated: Thu Oct 08 2009 15:07:00

Madonna, the Stones, even the Monkees inspire the much-anticipated album

People.com: Susan Boyle Is Coming to America - To Singupdated: Wed Sep 09 2009 23:32:00

The Scottish sensation will take time off from her CD to perform on America's Got Talent finale next week

People.com: Susan Boyle Tops Amazon.com Chart with Debut Albumupdated: Fri Sep 04 2009 15:28:00

The Scottish songstress makes it to No. 1 - even before the release of her album

Susan Boyle tops Amazon.com chart with debut albumupdated: Fri Sep 04 2009 11:45:00

At last Susan Boyle has achieved her own personal dream.

People.com: POLL: Should Robin Williams Play Susan Boyle on Film?updated: Wed Aug 26 2009 17:47:00

Would the actor, who dressed in drag for Mrs. Doubtfire, make a good screen version of the singer?

People.com: Meredith Vieira on Susan Boyle: 'She's Figuring It Out'updated: Thu Jul 23 2009 06:23:00

The Today anchor on how the Scottish sensation is handling her fame

People.com: Check Out Susan Boyle's Makeoverupdated: Wed Jul 22 2009 10:07:00

The newly glam Scottish singing sensation admits, "I brush up quite well"

People.com: Susan Boyle Records First Song for New Albumupdated: Mon Jul 06 2009 05:46:00

"She sounds fantastic," says Simon Cowell, who is trying not to pressure the emotionally fragile singing sensation

People.com: Susan Boyle Wows the Crowd at London Showsupdated: Mon Jun 22 2009 15:28:00

Standing ovations Sunday for the singer's "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Memory"

People.com: Simon Cowell 'Made Mistakes' with Susan Boyleupdated: Mon Jun 22 2009 12:48:00

"We didn't handle the situation with Susan as well as we could have," he admits in a new editorial

People.com: Susan Boyle Cancels Another Concertupdated: Fri Jun 19 2009 14:28:00

The singer pulls out of a gig in favor of rest, but will she be up for a Friday concert?

People.com: Susan Boyle Makes Concert Comebackupdated: Tue Jun 16 2009 11:48:00

Some 95 percent of her fan mail comes from the U.S., her brother tells PEOPLE

People.com: Susan Boyle Reunites with Cat Pebbles and Preps for Careerupdated: Mon Jun 08 2009 14:12:00

Plus: The Britain's Got Talent runner-up enjoys retail therapy and support from Kelly Clarkson

People.com: Susan Boyle Steps Out For a Shopping Spreeupdated: Mon Jun 08 2009 06:10:00

After checking out of a London mental-health center, the Britain's Got Talent runner-up is happy and all smiles as she goes shopping

'Talent' judge: Show did not exploit Susan Boyleupdated: Wed Jun 03 2009 02:55:00

Scotland's Susan Boyle gives new meaning to the term "overnight sensation." The "Britain's Got Talent" contestant was expected to be something of a joke when she first sauntered on stage, but she absolutely wowed the audience, the judges -- and then the world via the Internet -- with her stunning rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream."

What cracked Boyle?updated: Wed Jun 03 2009 02:55:00

'Britain's Got Talent' judge Amanda Holden joins CNN's Larry King to discuss Susan Boyle's hospitalization.

People.com: Susan Boyle Misses Her Catupdated: Tue Jun 02 2009 11:17:00

The hospitalized singer's eager to go home - and pursue her career, her brother tells PEOPLE

Diversity beats Susan Boyleupdated: Mon Jun 01 2009 19:23:00

The dance group Diversity beat out Susan Boyle in the final of "Britain's Got Talent." ITN's Jane Dodge reports

Susan Boyle needs 'rest and recovery' after talent show runupdated: Mon Jun 01 2009 19:23:00

Singing sensation Susan Boyle has been taken to a private clinic suffering from exhaustion following her shock defeat in the final of "Britain's Got Talent," her brother and British media reported Monday.

People.com: Talent Judge Says Susan Boyle Needs Restupdated: Mon Jun 01 2009 13:53:00

"She needs to get away from everyone," Piers Morgan says of the hospitalized singer

People.com: Susan Boyle Suffers Emotional Breakdownupdated: Mon Jun 01 2009 10:55:00

The Scottish signing sensation seeks medical care after defeat on Britain's Got Talent

People.com: Susan Boyle Falls Short at Britain's Got Talent Finaleupdated: Mon Jun 01 2009 07:27:00

The singing sensation landed in second place after dance troupe Diversity took the top spot

Boyle's hometown bummed outupdated: Sun May 31 2009 14:09:00

CNN's Monita Rajpal reports from the crestfallen Scottish hometown of singer Susan Boyle.

In Susan Boyle's hometown, heartbreak and hopeupdated: Sun May 31 2009 14:09:00

Streamers still line the streets of Susan Boyle's hometown, where the international singing sensation's second-place finish in "Britain's Got Talent" left those who know her best feeling crushed -- but also hopeful.

Boyle lands in secondupdated: Sun May 31 2009 09:25:00

Susan Boyle dreamed a dream but ended up coming in second place in 'Britain's Got Talent.' CNN's Monita Rajpal reports.

Boyle backlash -- but Susan set to cash inupdated: Sun May 31 2009 09:25:00

She may have finished second, but Susan Boyle continued to make newspaper headlines in the UK Sunday following her shock defeat in the final of "Britain's Got Talent."

Dance group Diversity trumps Boyle on 'Britain's Got Talent'updated: Sun May 31 2009 06:22:00

Internet sensation Susan Boyle came up short, coming in second during "Britain's Got Talent" finale on Saturday.

People.com: Susan Boyle Goes into Hidingupdated: Fri May 29 2009 13:57:00

Pressure mounts on the Britain's Got Talent star - but she vows not to quit

People.com: VIDEO: Susan Boyle Makes Britain's Got Talent Finalupdated: Tue May 26 2009 10:28:00

"What pressure?" the Scottish singing sensation says after performing a dazzling rendition of "Memory"

Boyle sings againupdated: Mon May 25 2009 11:17:00

Another standing ovation for singing sensation Susan Boyle as she makes the final of "Britain's Got Talent."

Susan Boyle catapulted to finals of 'Britain's Got Talent'updated: Mon May 25 2009 11:17:00

Singing sensation Susan Boyle breezed through to the finals of the television show "Britain's Got Talent" after the audience on Sunday voted her semi-finals performance the best of the night.

Susan Boyle fans await next stageupdated: Sun May 24 2009 04:52:00

Fans of the television show "Britain's Got Talent" are looking forward to the performances of 40 semi-finalists Sunday.

Larry interviews Susan Boyleupdated: Sun May 24 2009 04:52:00

The woman with a golden voice is speaking and singing for Larry King.

Andrew Lloyd Webber eyes future for Susan Boyleupdated: Fri May 15 2009 08:14:00

She "dreamed a dream" on the TV show Britain's Got Talent, but could Susan Boyle be living that dream as the star of a West End show?

People.com: Susan Boyle's Feathered Lookupdated: Thu May 14 2009 13:08:00

Whoa, Susan's got a brand new boa!

'Talent' winner Paul Potts on Boyle, fameupdated: Thu May 07 2009 13:45:00

Before Susan Boyle came along and gave nearly everyone in the world goosebumps, there was Paul Potts.

First 'Got Talent' star speaksupdated: Thu May 07 2009 13:45:00

Singer Paul Potts has advice for Susan Boyle. He talks to CNNs Shanon Cook about his 2007 win on "Britain's Got Talent" and new album.

SI.com: Frank Deford: One unlikely Derby champ gives America a new sweetheartupdated: Wed May 06 2009 12:30:00

Last month, I blubbered for joy when I saw that video of Susan Boyle singing on the British version of American Idol. Then, a few days later came the sad news that Mark Fidrych, The Bird, had met an accidental death. It took me awhile, but over time I came to connect the two disparate people in my mind.

People.com: Susan Boyle at 22: Early Performance Revealed!updated: Mon May 04 2009 08:28:00

VIDEO: The Britain's Got Talent front-runner wowed audiences in a club

New video shows 22-year-old Boyle had talentupdated: Fri May 01 2009 10:13:00

Video of a fresh-faced Susan Boyle confidently singing a Barbra Streisand track to a room full of football fans in 1984 has been unearthed.

People.com: Poll: Who Should Play Susan Boyle in the Biopic?updated: Thu Apr 30 2009 18:40:00

Catherine Zeta-Jones has reportedly thrown her hat in the ring - but whom would you pick?

People.com: Simon Cowell: Susan Boyle Could Lose Britain's Got Talentupdated: Sun Apr 26 2009 21:06:00

"She's got to sing better than she's ever sung before," the judge says

People.com: Susan Boyle Debuts New Hairdoupdated: Fri Apr 24 2009 16:39:00

The Scottish YouTube sensation continues her style transformation with a dye job

SI.com: John Rolfe: Yankees reap whirlwind, NHL beard-a-thon, more oddball itemsupdated: Fri Apr 24 2009 16:29:00

Gotta say the new Yankee Stadium sure is a happenin' place. You had your gang gunplay in front of the courthouse down the street on Opening Day. Extra Mustard proprietor Jimmy Traina recently encountered a raging brushfire right outside the ballpark. Then there are all those "affordable" empty field level seats everyone keeps talking about, not to mention the flocks of home runs soaring over the rightfield fence.

Commentary: Why we're fascinated by Susan Boyleupdated: Thu Apr 23 2009 10:26:00

Susan Boyle, who recently performed on the U.K. television show "Britain's Got Talent," has captured the world's attention.

People.com: Check Out Susan Boyle's New Lookupdated: Wed Apr 22 2009 14:25:00

That bland beige dress is gone, in favor of bold colors - and is that leather?

'Young Stevie Wonder' steals spotlight from Susan Boyleupdated: Mon Apr 20 2009 22:02:00

Move over Susan Boyle. A week after the Scottish woman became a global sensation following a barnstorming audition on "Britain's Got Talent," a 12-year-old Welsh boy with a Motown voice has been hailed for his "life-changing" performance on the TV show after earning a standing ovation from Simon Cowell.

Simon Cowell applauds boy, 12updated: Mon Apr 20 2009 22:02:00

A 12-year-old Welsh boy with a Motown voice has been hailed for his "life-changing" performance on "Britain's Got Talent."

People.com: Susan Boyle Makeover Bound?updated: Mon Apr 20 2009 18:23:00

"It's not a beauty contest," the Scottish singing sensation points out - what do you think?

People.com: Susan Boyle's Idol Suggests a Sing-a-Longupdated: Mon Apr 20 2009 14:53:00

"Perhaps we should record a duet?" proposes London stage star Elaine Paige

People.com: Rosie O'Donnell: Susan Boyle Brought Out Simon Cowell's Humanityupdated: Mon Apr 20 2009 10:37:00

"I actually liked him. It was a moment in time," O'Donnell tells PEOPLE about Cowell

People.com: QUOTED: Susan Boyle: Accept Me As I Amupdated: Sun Apr 19 2009 11:21:00

The singing marvel tells Larry King she won't be made over to look different

'Talent' star keeps singing, raves keep comingupdated: Sat Apr 18 2009 09:32:00

The often scathing critic Simon Cowell called Susan Boyle -- the breakout singing sensation from "Britain's Got Talent" -- a "little tiger."

People.com: Early Susan Boyle CD Uncoveredupdated: Sat Apr 18 2009 09:21:00

The singing sensation recorded "Cry Me a River" for her village council in 1999

Scottish singer 'gobsmacked' by overnight stardomupdated: Fri Apr 17 2009 17:36:00

The Scottish woman who became an Internet singing sensation after her performance on a British talent show said Friday she doesn't want fame to change her.

Unlikely sensation says attention 'hasn't changed me one little bit'updated: Fri Apr 17 2009 16:20:00

Despite becoming a worldwide Internet singing sensation, Susan Boyle insists she's still the same humble girl next door.

Singing sensation 'humbled'updated: Fri Apr 17 2009 16:20:00

Susan Boyle calls her performance on 'Britain's Got Talent' a miracle and says she's humbled by the attention.

People.com: Susan Boyle Ducks the Dating Questionupdated: Fri Apr 17 2009 15:08:00

The single Scottish singing sensation is asked if men now want her number

People.com: YouTube Sensation Susan Boyle Hits the U.S.updated: Thu Apr 16 2009 16:07:00

The Scottish singing marvel says the worldwide reaction to her hasn't sunk in yet

Never-kissed woman wows Cowell -- and cyberspaceupdated: Thu Apr 16 2009 13:17:00

A 47-year-old charity worker who says she has never been kissed is now a YouTube sensation after a singing performance that wowed the notoriously harsh talent judge Simon Cowell.

Unlikely diva grabs A-list attentionupdated: Thu Apr 16 2009 13:15:00

In the space of a few minutes and a few notes, unemployed Scottish charity worker Susan Boyle won over 3,000 fans. In the space of a few days and YouTube, she has grabbed the attention of millions.

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