Susan Boyle wasn’t named ‘America’s Got Talent’ winner. That honor went to 35-year-old country balladeer Kevin Skinner, a guy “off the porch in Kentucky and unemployed, now the winner of $1 milliion in prize money and a chance to headline in Las Vegas.

via LA TimesBoyle did give the world a smashing version of the Rolling Stones ‘Wild Horses’, a Mick Jagger-Keith Richards song.

Loving the listen, it took me awhile to ground Susan’s theatrical ballad in Mick Jagger’s songbook.

“Wild Horses” will be a track on her debut CD, which is scheduled to come out Nov. 24, and Wednesday night’s show seemed like the promotional kickoff for that CD. Susan Boyle is flying these days.

As to critics who questioned whether Susan’s talent and choice of song will actually move America, goodness they are curmugeon’s comments. Leave the woman alone; the people will decide by buying or not buying her CD.

I detected an evolution of “professonal polish” in Boyle’s singing, without losing the qualities that inspired us in her first song fete.

Come on, guys and gals. America needs an optimistic high note, even if she is an Irish transplant. We always loves a winner, but especially now.

Let Susan get “out of the box”, once her feet are planted solidly on the ground.

Susan Boyle has accomplished more this year, fighting her own fears about self-development and self-acceptance, than most critics will accomplish in a lifetime. That’s why they’re critics.

Let the nay-sayers get out in the limelight and be rated! You go, Susan.

Here’s a nice video capsule of Susan’s life before “Wild Horses” and her song Wednesday night.

Susan Boyle - Wild Horses - America’s Got Talent 2009