She took to the stage in Birmingham National Indoor Arena at 9pm in the second half of the two-hour show and performed two songs back to back.

Miss Boyle got off to a faltering start, appearing to be slightly out of time during the first verse of Memory from Cats - the song she performed in the Britain's Got Talent semi-final.

But she soon seemed to get into her comfort zone, lapping up the crowd's cheers and looking a different person to the fragile individual who entered the Priory.

great stuff, you go girl!

actually, Susan deserved to win first place in the BGT
finals! ---- but she's still the most talented.

Yes, she did deserve to win Merrie, I am still a bit baffled as to why she didn't !

Maybe that incident with the police that was so widely reported on may have had a negative effect on the final results.