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Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle has become a viral youtube star for her singing and is now being gossiped about because of her transformation. The frumpy singer has been given a Hollywood makeover with dyed hair, tweezed eyebrows and a new wardrobe. Talent judge Simon Cowell says he regrets swooning over Boyle after her first audition and says the competition is far from over on the hit talent show.

"I keep saying to everybody, she's got to win the next stage. It's [up to] her," he said Friday in Los Angeles while promoting America's Got Talent. "She has four weeks to prepare for the biggest time of her life. She's got to sing better than she's ever sung before. But it could all go horribly wrong now because there are so many distractions."

We have seen Susan Boyle's competition and were blown away by the performance of the dance group "Flawless". It would be great if they could sing too because these guys are phenomenal. Flawless has already earned over 7 million hits on youtube. The judges called the performance breathtaking and incredible. Simon mentioned that Flawless was one of the best things he had ever seen in his life.

As we head into the third episode of ITV1's Britain's Got Talent tomorrow night, the show is still completely dominated by the phenomenon surrounding Susan Boyle.

The hype that has exploded around her is truly amazing, particularly in the US where the media there have jumped on her story like a pack of famished cheetahs. As well as appearing on most of the major US TV networks, the Larry King show on CNN and gaining an invite from Oprah, Boyle also notched up another accolade this week – a mention on South Park.

The South Park character Ike decides to run away to join a pirate crew in Somalia because if "one more person talked to me about that Susan Boyle performance of Les Miserables I was going to puke my balls through my mouth".

Don't think you'll be back any time soon, Ike. Boyle remains the top trending topic on Twitter – she has been in the top five for a fortnight – while the YouTube videos of her performance are within touching distance of becoming the most watched ever, passing the 80 million views mark. She has even had a song recorded about her Irish roots by the Corrigan Brothers, responsible for There's No-one as Irish as Barack Obama.

And Boyle's Facebook page – not her own work, it's updated by BGT producer Fremantle – has been named as the fastest-growing page on the social networking site with 1.5 million fans signing up in just nine days.

Meanwhile, pictures of Boyle's new hairdo – she has reportedly had her locks dyed cheshtnut brown, salon fans – have been splashed all over the papers today. Does this mean that packs of paparazzi are now roaming the streets of West Lothian?

And all this from a brief appearance on one episode of a British talent show a fortnight ago. Truly amazing. Broadcasters from around the world have been trying to make sense of this huge phenomenon. Just yesterday I did an interview with a crew from French TV, who were as perplexed about it as anyone. Interview requests for Boyle have come in from corners of the globe – Israel, Canada, Denmark, Australia, Japan.

Boyle won't be back on the show until the live semi-finals at the end of next month, but for now eager viewers will have to make do with the remaining Britain's Got Talent audition shows. [GUARDIAN UK]