Susan Boyle became an international sensation when she auditioned for the third season of Britain's Got Talent in 2009. Boyle, a 47-year-old from Blackburn, Scotland, had never performed in front of an audience before and had been unemployed for six months when she auditioned. Her rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables brought the audience and judges to tears and quickly went viral. Boyle's audition has been viewed over 100 million times on YouTube and has made her one of the most successful reality television stars in the world.