Audition From Hell
The only reason why you didn’t hear of Susan Boyle until 2009 is that she was too nervous to sing properly back in the day. Her mother took her to the My Kind of People audition. However, Susan was too scared to sing well and she didn’t move on. She didn’t continue her efforts in the show.
Many years later she revealed, “I was shaking so much that I could hardly sing,” which is the only reason why she wasn’t elected as one of the best singers. In addition, she decided to take singing lessons after the audition. Her coach was Fred O’Neil.