Apologies for the short notice on this one but I only just found out that the ITV documentary, Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar will air tomorrow night (Sunday, November 6) on TLC at 8pm. The documentary made its debut in the UK on Friday evening and attracted 5.5 million viewers. They watched as cameras followed the international superstar over a seven week period prior to the launch her third album.
Take a look at all the details below with the official synopsis, trailer and a clip showing Boyle chatting with Simon Cowell. Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar will get its US premiere tomorrow night (Sunday, November 6) at 8pm EST.
Synopsis – She’s one of the biggest selling artists of all times, and the only female to have back-to-back number one albums in America and the UK, but despite hundreds of interviews, Susan Boyle remains an intensely private person. TLC’s exclusive documentary Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar will reveal a side of the superstar that has never been seen before. The special premieres Sunday November 6 at 8/7c. Filmed over seven weeks by Osca Humphreys, the award winning director behind the hit series ‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding,’ the special follows Susan at a pivotal point in her life – preparing to launch her third album with the guidance of her boss and mentor Simon Cowell – to produce an intimate, revealing and honest portrait of one of the most intriguing cultural icons of the 21st Century. Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar contains unprecedented access to her personal and professional life, including her own stories of her childhood and a visit to her home; rarely seen practice in her recording studio; her performance on the most-watch television program in the world – China’s Got Talent. Having emerged as an unknown and overlooked individual who became aliteral overnight sensation, the film explores how she struggles to adjust to her remarkable success, when she is most comfortable in the modest surrounding of pre-success life.
Excellent factual synopis of this extraordinalry well made documentary of Susan Boyle, still after two yeers an “A-List” entertainer with World-Wide recognition & standing.