FOR SUSAN BOYLE, THIS IS HOW SHE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD ON THE REALITY SHOW "BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT."

WITH HUNDREDS OF JUDGING EYES ON HER-- AND VISIBLY CRITICAL.

BUT NOT FOR LONG.

FROM THE MOMENT SHE OPENED HER MOUTH AND STARTED TO SING, LIFE AS SUSAN BOYLE KNEW IT WAS OVER.

STANDING OVATIONS AND OPEN-MOUTHED DECLARATIONS OF SHOCK AT THE POWERFUL VOICE COMING OUT OF SOMEONE WHO THE AUDIENCE AND THE JUDGES DIDN'T SEEM TO RATE-- AT LEAST AT FIRST.

"Without a doubt, that is the biggest surprise I have had in three years of the show."

JUDGES PIERS MORGAN AND SIMON COWELL WERE STUNNED BY THIS 47-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM A LITTLE TOWN IN CENTRAL SCOTLAND.

"I wanted to fulfill a wish to my mother. I want to do something with my life. Not only that, I feel like a have a bit more to offer."

HER PERFORMANCE OF "I DREAMED A DREAM FROM LES MISERABLES" WAS ONE TO REMEMBER.

"I just think it was really unexpected. Because everyone was expecting her to be like really bad. And then she came out with a voice like that and I just felt good for her."

"I thought she was brilliant. I wasn't expecting her to sing like that and I thought she was really really good."

WITH MORE THAN FIVE-MILLION HITS ON YOUTUBE--  SUSAN BOYLE'S PERFORMANCE HAS PEAKED INTEREST ONLINE WITH FOLLOWERS EXPRESSING EMOTION AND SUPPORT.

SOME SAYING THEY "CAN'T STOP CRYING." EVEN CELEBRITY COUPLE DEMI MOORE AND ASHTON KUTCHER HAVE APPARENTLY TWEETED ABOUT IT AND ARE BACKING BOYLE ALL THE
WAY.

SUSAN BOYLE MAY NOT HAVE THE STEREOTYPICAL LOOK OF WHAT THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY WOULD CALL A STAR, BUT HER SOUND HAS SILENCED ANY CRITICS.

AND PERHAPS BY PUTTING HERSELF UP FOR JUDGMENT ON A REALITY SHOW, THIS CHARITY WORKER IS REDEFINING THE OLD SAYING OF "NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER."

MONITA RAJPAL, CNN LONDON