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"When Susan Boyle began her unlikely rise to stardom as a contestant on Britain&amp;apos;s Got Talent, she told a skeptical Simon Cowell and other judges that she dreamed of becoming &amp;quot;as big as Elaine Paige.&amp;quot;  Paige is a world-renowned singer and musical theater veteran.\r\nBut Paige -- with whom Boyle had a life-fulfilling duet in December --isn&amp;apos;t that impressed with Boyle, 48.\r\nCheck out incredible makeovers from Susan Boyle and other celebs\r\nAt a recent event in London, the British Paige, 61, slammed Boyle as &amp;quot;a virus really that spread across the world in a nanosecond.&amp;quot;\r\nAnd although Paige helped inspire Boyle, Paige quipped &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t particularly feel any pride for her.&amp;quot;  Crediting Boyle&amp;apos;s overnight success to her famous YouTube clip (played over 100 million times), she dismisses the Scottish woman as an amateur. &amp;quot;She is a girl with no experience of anything to do with theatrics, the music business, or art in any way.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nPaige isn&amp;apos;t very enamored of talent competitions like Britain&amp;apos;s Got Talent and the X Factor (which Cowell will bring to the U.S. soon).  She quipped that they &amp;quot;just take a bunch of people from real life who think they can sing and try and turn them into overnight &amp;apos;stars&amp;apos; with a couple of songs..Ha ha. It&amp;apos;s not entertainment.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDespite blockbuster sales of her debut album (eight million copies already sold), Boyle isn&amp;apos;t having a great week: on Tuesday, she returned to her home in Scotland to find an intruder. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m fine,&amp;quot; she told Britain&amp;apos;s Press Association Wednesday. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s in the hands of the police now.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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