I'm such a sucker for "overcoming the odds" story lines which is exactly the case with Susan Boyle. She recently sang on Britain's Got Talent with high dramatics.

She told The Mirror about the bullies that teased her in the small village where she grew up.

"I was born with a disability and that made me a target for bullies. I was called names because of my fuzzy hair and because I struggled in class. I told the teachers, but because it was more verbal than physical I could never prove anything. But words often hurt more than cuts and bruises and the scars are still there."

Now see how judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, and Piers Morgan respond to her. (I'll just put it out there - I totally cried.)