Live-streaming Susan Boyle

Before this performance in early April, no one had ever heard of Susan Boyle.

(Credit: "Britain's Got Talent")

Update at 6:30 p.m. PDT: Details on the semifinals have been added.

Fans of Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle have been counting down the days to the semifinals of "Britain's Got Talent."

Of course, most of us (yes, I am one of her fans, big time) don't normally try to watch British TV live. After spending a bit of time scouring the Net to figure out how to watch her performance in the semifinals, I found one of her fan sites that pointed to a Justin.tv channel's stream.

On Saturday's show, the judges revealed the 40 semifinalists. Boyle, of course, was among them.

On Sunday, the semifinalists will begin competing. According to the Associated Press, Boyle will be singing on Sunday and her performance will be almost instantly available on the Internet. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. GMT, which translates to 12:30 p.m. PDT.

A single video featuring Boyle's first "Britain's Got Talent" performance has lured more than 59 million views, pushing it into YouTube's top 25 most-viewed videos ever. But her true reach is hard to calculate. As of May 1, which feels like an eon ago, videos of her performance had altogether been viewed 186 million times, according to market researcher Visible Measures.

By the way, if you have any other suggestions for live-streaming "Britain's Got Talent," please share.

[forensicmeteoboy]

So, you do realize that's illegal right? That's like saying "I can't wait for the next season of Lost to come out on DVD, but here's some videos on some shady chinese-ish youtube-clone!"

Just like YouTube became popular not really because of user-generated content but because of illegal uploads of movies and TV shows, so are live streaming sites popular because of illegal broadcasts.

With that said, user generated content on both types of sites is nice (sometimes..) the real draw for the majority of people to these sites are for illegal things.

[MiriaminFortLauderdale]

Ms. Susan's voice brings tears to my eyes and my spine tingles every time I hear her sing. I can't wait to hear her again in the future. My late father a songwriter taught me to listen with a critical ear. He and I could immediately select songs that would attain the number one position on the charts. Ms. Boyle will be on the top of the charts. Her voice is like an angels. I wish to thank her for sharing her beautiful talent with us.

[afteraithe]

I have a suggestion for streaming it.
Try using <a href="http://www.livestream.com">LiveStream</a>. It's another streaming site like justin.tv.