Winfrey to interview singer Susan Boyle

Oprah Winfrey is to interview Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle via satellite for her U.S. chat show.

Boyle, a 48-year-old church volunteer who has been described as dowdy-looking, made headlines when she appeared on Britain’s Got Talent last month and wowed the crowd with a stunning vocal performance. The clip of her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream, complete with the audience’s and judges’ initial dubious facial expressions, then enthusiastic applause and praise, has gotten tens of millions of hits on the Internet.

The Daily Telegraph said as many as 10 million viewers are expected to watch Boyle be interviewed for a special edition of The Oprah Winfrey Show called The World’s Got Talent, featuring acts from some of the 40 countries that broadcast versions of the popular talent competition.

Boyle will not be heard singing on Oprah, however, the Telegraph said.

Judge Simon Cowell and his fellow producers on Talent have instructed Boyle not to perform, saying she should save her voice for the Talent semi-finals. They also are understood to be trying to prevent Boyle from gaining an unfair advantage over her fellow Talent contestants, the newspaper said.