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  • what a voice!! both of them are good singers. i love them both!!

  • lea voice has FULL RANGE very clear and smooth LOW to HIGH NOTES ... susan is GOOD

  • The rise of Susan Boyle and Paul Potts in recent times actually inspire a lot of people disillustioned and suffered since GFC - that the underdogs can win one day.

  • Eure Interpretation.Nun die meinige.Stars wie Ruthie henshall,Judy Kuhn,lea salonga etc. hören sich alle sehr ähnlich an..mag es nun physikalisch betrachtet starke Frequenzgipfelungen geben oder nicht.Aber Susan Boyles Stimme und Ihre Spiegelung des liedes reflektieren..der Wiedererkennungswert ist höher.Dadurch werden sich die menschen immer an sie erinnern.Ein Populistischer und Spannender Zeitungsartikel,auch wenn er nicht stimmt(siehe Bild)wird nicht-und brennt sich nicht in Gedächtniss

  • Leah is not well known because she is an asian...but listen to her perfect voice. She deserves an award for this performance.

  • They are both good singers. But if you are looking for the perfect performer for this song. It is Leah. Listen again...........It is all perfect.  While Ms. Boyle is an amateur. Try to listen again...

  • Lea is a professional singer born with amazing natural tallent and was on the king and I at the age of seven thats over 30 years of vocal coahing.

  • Obviously it's lea. She's a professional singer. But Ms. Boyle is good on her own way.

  • Lea's better.

  • I think Lea Salonga appeals to the musician in me, and Susan Boyle to the dreamer, who still wishes he were a better musician. I'm glad to be able to listen to both, and we are all fortunate, in that we don't have to choose one or the other.

  • Susan Boyle entered a TV show to perform on a platform void of class to buy a minute of fame and the appraisal of an audience who havnt heard REAL music.

    Lea Salonga is a world renowned performer credited by musical experts and people who will remember her and her legacy with affection and admiration for all of their lives. People who search for someone with a talent such as Leas deserve to hear it. Those who dont, dont.

    Being a lover of music means not changing your opinion with the charts :)

  • Lea wins obviously. Susan Boyle does not deserve her fame.

  • leo sing so soft..... ^_^

  • LEA IS BEYOND COMPARE, SHE'S WAY UP THERE!!!!

  • i've listened to Susan Boyle's audition at BGT a gazillion times already,, but I still love LEA by far!! LEA is just so amazing, she's beyond compare! :DD

  • wag pagkumparahin no?di sila magka level,hellar,lea is a theater actress and singer..and has a sweet voice that is nice to hear...

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  • Susan Boyle is O.K but people only really like her image. She went to the college my mum works at when she was about 50. She was thrown out for stalking teachers.Thats happened at loads of colleges and unis across scotland to her. She isnt really that nice and her voice is only average even not compared to lea. I couldnt do any beter but I know people who could.

  • There is this incrdible charm susan has. There is a pure quality to her voice that many seasoned singer's have lost. I have heard many 'seasoned singer's sing 'i dreamed a dream' yet i enjoy susan's voice more.

  • the uploader has a needle head brain...this gay doesnt know how it will cost to both singers...but i love both of them..they have distinct voices and prowess on their own

  • I like Lea Salonga, Susan Boyle is very good but I do love how Lea sings it!

  • guys stop comparing they're both great and brilliant without lea salonga theres no susan boyle........

  • @prettybea19 no your wrong ,, whats connection of susan with lea ? excuse me

  • i like lea salonga .. not to be bias or anything but lea's version is so amazing

  • To be frank I don't understand all this fuss around Susan Boyle.

    She's good, but not so extremely wonderful to become so popular. I find it to be not fair, that everyone know Susan, but very few people know Lea. Lea is just brilliant and deserves to be more popular...IMHO

  • HOHOHOHO Lea slonga is the best!! in any way.She is a diva in this world,too THE poser,what r u doing. They 're not comparable at all.Hahaha. SUSAN, she does't hit the note compleatly!! U can hear that,people. But I like them both........in the diffrannt way.

  • no comparison . . . . . one is a singer alright but the other one is a singer and a broadway actress. I'll ask you, who is the better stage singer? we're not talking of one-day wonder singer anymore. lea will always stay with us forever because of her broadway shows.

  • Come on! Her voice is amazing! And thats coming from a singer.

  • okey, so there is no doubt in my mind who's the best singer here (susan did a verry nice job, but you just can't compare her to leah, that's not fair ^^)

    but I have to say, that even though lea is one of my favorite female musical singers ever, and she is definetly the best Eponine ever, I still think it is Ruthie Henshall who is the best Fantine ^^

  • @kashmir0203340 Oh wow!!! we think alike. Lea for me is the best of the best Eponine ever but as Fantine.. she's only second to Ruthie Henshall for me. Patti Luponne the orig. Fantine be the 3rd.

  • Lea ,sooo beautiful...

  • Susan is excellent, but Lea is in a different league altogether. Also, Lea is performing this in a musical, so there is going to be a higher level of emotion and drama, which Susan does not equal in her performance. Both are an enrichment to our planet.

  • are you serious! its like comparing an angel and a gargoyle..hahahaha!

  • its unfair to compare Salonga to Boyle for obvious reasons.

  • honestly, i don't know why we are comparing the two. it's unfair to susan boyle, since she's just an amateur and lea is a professional. also, susans voice is actually pretty average. the only reason shes so popular is because once everyone saw her appearance, they expected her to do much worse, so her performance obviously went above expectations.

  • Salonga!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Oxymoron... Lea superior in both voice and looks

  • Lea!!!!!!

  • Susan Boyle has a great amateur voice and it is unfair to compare her to a seasoned trained professional like Lea. I have heard both live, Susan deserves credit for managing to capture hearts and bring happiness to many people, but to a musician (I am a musician myself) who has worked with professional singers, there is a abyss between what will stir an audience in a frenzy in a show such as Pop Idol etc and musicians whose body of recorded work stands the test of time. Keep listening :-)

  • @loaded2820 TRue enough. There'sno comparison at all..LEAH SALONGA is LEA SALONGA.

  • Sou leiga no assunto, gosto da Lea Salonga, mas gosto mais da Susan Boyle cantando "I dreamed a Dream" aliás gosto dela mais que todas as outras, meu ouvido destreinado capta o som mais mavioso na voz da Susan.

  • Yes definitely Lea's voice is more pleasant to listen to.More polished and sweet,melodious.

  • filipinos will soon rule the world!

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  • Lea Salonga is a great singer and I love her voice. However, I don't get how this has anything to do with how great or awful Filipinos are. She made it to where she is based on her unique personal qualities, talent, and perseverance which have nothing whatsoever do her being Filipina. People should be recognized by their talent and the originality of their ideas not by their race, ethnicity, or religion, despite the desire of so many, apparently, to live vicariously.

  • @psychocelot ahaha!! :) thumbs up

  • she always hold a comb but doesnt use it....... wow

  • Lea Salonga by far! Lea accurately imparts the emotional context of the song.

    Daniel - South Florida

  • Give Susan her due for her courage to sing this anthem of the musical theatre, Lea her due she is an actress she made it what is for folks like Susan to aspire. We need both in the appreciation of music.

  • i kinda like Susan's better. IDK y, but i think it's because she has talent that normal people her age doesn't and i'm not sure but i think Lea had some singing or voice lessons to help her control her pitch better. I also believe that Susan's tell a story of struggle trying to get where she at now cause no one has ever gave her much attention until Britain's got talent.

  • Lea - professional, Susan - amateur

  • both are brilliant singer!

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  • im a filipino but i love them both their voice were both great.....

  • I am really not a fan of Susan Boyle.....

  • You really can't compare apples to oranges. Or Kobe beef to Angus. Or truffles to mushrooms. Or foie gras to .... well you get my point.

  • Susan is a perfect example of "don't judge a book by it's cover" but Lea in my opinion is just how Fantine should be..

  • Salonga and Boyle? Professional and amateur? No comparison.

  • @mdiamse por que no te dejas de opinar boludeces ambas tienen talento idiota

  • susan boyle is out of time, and sometimes out of tune yet EVERYONE knows who she is, lea hits the notes and is perfectly in time, she puts emotion into the song, yet hardly anyone in america and the uk has heard of her?!

  • @chocolatexpqx I think a lot of elites who likes to watch Broadway and theatre show WOuld know her. I think Susan boyle just made the version that has a common masses appeal or otherwise known as public.

  • Me aged 15 singing ' I'd give my life for you' ..please let me know what you think

  • They're both lovely.

    Winners and losers are for people who play games.

  • They r both Good. Please, dont compared them, unfair for the side of Susan who just reached her dream to be a profesional singer at her old age. They are both amazing and have touching voice.

  • Susan vs. Lea?? It can´t be compared at all !! Lea is much much better

  • I Love the original song...Leah your the best like Julie Andrew...you guy's work out very well with the King i remember those movie....

  • I prefer Lea in the roll of Eponine. But her version is by far much better then Susan's.

  • Yes, Lea is fantastic but we cant really compare the two performances, Lea is a pro with years of experience and Susan was (at the time of this recording) a Pub/Karaoke bar singer, its not fare on susan.

  • nice voice, its like a dream.... miss leah

  • astonishing voice miss leah...

  • just for show for Susan... one good for an old lady... the last encore!

  • Susan's is the live version she sang for the first time under huge stress offcourse it isn't as good as lea's who is a professional singer for like ages....

  • I LIKE LEA'S VERSION......CLOSE UR EYES YOU CAN FEEL THE DIFFERENCE..:):):)

  • Truthfully, I prefer Susan's version. Lea has too much ornamentation for me to hear the real feeling in her voice, while Susan lets the song and emotion flow naturally.

  • ugh! Idk at all! im just wishing i could have even a bit of their wonderful voices ^^, i like Susan & love Lea!

  • two completely different people to compare both execellant in their own right

    Susan is a singer and a brilliant one where as Lea is a musical theatre actress and kind of puts susan out of the equation as you feel the emotion of the song and also uses her vocals better then susan one of my fave les mis songs ... on my own is the best :D

  • Shouldn't really compare them. Lea has been professional most of her adult life. Susan ...only recently (by comparison). Lea is still young (in terms of voice maturity) and still at her peak while Susan is older and her voice would have declined since her youth.

    Susan sings well enough and had incredibly good fortune with that tv show. Imagine if someone with Leas' voice quality had been on it...

    Lea's voice is almost perfect...

  • What does it matter who sings it best. This aint a competition and give Susan Boyle credit for making Les Miserables even more popular than ever, if that could have ever been thought possible and opening up to a new audience. They even used her as a feature for the 25 th anniversary celebration.

  • They're both singing the same song. I don't think it's unfair to compare them the same. I do like how Susan lets the song carry her naturally. If she had the training and range Lea has, she would be phenomenal. (or, at least, deserve all the attention she has gotten)

  • @enedving Yeah, I can sing the same song and surely it would be nasty to compare myself with Susan (won't even dream of Lea). As an analogy, any newbie can probably play the same tournament with Tiger Woods but to be fair, the organizers have to give him/her a handicap of +18 points, while Tiger gets zero or a "plus handicap".

  • i dont understand y people over reacting to someone's opinion. respect other's opinion that's all i can say. freedom of speech.

    and i would say they're both famous & gifted and im not :(

  • Does anyone think that the song choice is strangely appropriate for a Simon Cowell show??

  • lea salonga 4ever...

  • Special screening of the 25th anniversary concert Les Miserables at US Select theatres nationwide Wed. Nov. 17

  • This is a very unfair comparison. By this time, Lea Salonga has had so much experience--not to mention, professional training--in theater. She's been in theater a long time before she was even cast in Miss Saigon! EVEN IF Lea should sound better in this comparison, my admiration goes to Susan for (even if unknowingly) being compared with a Tony Award winning performer. What's next? Manny Pacquiao vs Mike Tyson???

  • @gilbs72 Touche'. You are right!

  • @abgbadd6645 you said thathe most stupid people on earth is from the phil coz we always make comparison and humiliate others,but you call us sevants and maids that is humiliating others to the highest order.at least when we compare we just focust on one person unlike you,you generalized evry filipinos and also those servants and maids all over the world from other nationalities and even malaysian maids.im sure there are malaysian maids coz as ive said you are not far off from us.

  • @abgbadd6645--being maid/servant isnt something to be ashamed of,stupidity is.I know people of malaysia dont share your opinion regarding our country.also malaysia is not far off economically compared to us but you speak as if you are a wealthy nation like the US.poor you.You have your petronas so what.. does it make you well off compared to us?maybe youre correct saying we are maids but good maids actually but youre the greatest thieves in the world.u stole Sabah from us.who is more honorable?

  • @ abgbadd6645 -- such a racist! if you dont have something good to say, dont say anything at all..

  • @abgbadd6645 You are stupid, when two people do same thing you cant avoid comparing the results whether good or bad, good or better. There is nothing wrong comparing two or three things. This is not humilation. It is the opinion of people, or taste of other people. You cant accept the truth, just understand . Dont generalize that people in the Philippines are stupid. Maybe you are. (Proper nouns are always capitalize )

  • @abgbadd6645 You are far far more stupid than the people of the Philippines.. You dont even know the right spelling of the country..Why not eat your own dirt!!!

  • It's really unfair to Susan Boyle to compare her to Lea Salonga. Of course Lea's immeasurably better, but she has also been singing professionally for over 20 years now! Susan Boyle aside, I really think Lea Salonga is the best in the business.

  • They're both talented in their own way. Here's what Lea said about Susan in a Feb. 2010 interview: " I'm really happy for her.… I think everybody knows now how her audition went where she was pretty much dismissed on the basis of her looks until she opened her mouth. And so at the end of the day, I think it gave a lot of performers much-needed inspiration. Here's somebody who they were ready to pretty much throw out until she started to sing. At the end of the day, talent does win out."

  • @TheBigMack321 guy's u can never compare susan w/ lea...they have they're own style & uniqu8nss.........look they are both good in a diif. way's, okay? just love both of them.........they give me goosebumps each time they sing..........gotta love e'm!!!!

  • Please don't compare Susan with Lea. At least Susan did her best to stay original. Unlike Aretha Franklin, She MURDERED  the song.

  • whats up with the racist comment

  • Well to compare the two would be unfair since lea has age and training + years of experience in her favour. That said, Lea's performance of this does demonstrate why I was never blown away by Susan Boyles performance. There are much more talented and trained singers out there who I have heard perform this song for me to be impressed by ms Boyle's attempt. I believe that had she been a pretty 30 something she would of had a poorer response from the judges.

  • @TheBigMack321 @TheBigMack321 pls dont compare the two. i know coz ur just fat ass dirty pinoy so ur w/ lea salonga. I even think that Lea doesn't proud to be one. *sigh

  • @TheBigMack321 pls dont compare the two. i know coz ur just fat ass dirty pinoy so ur w/ lea salonga. I even think that Lea doesn't proud to be one. *sigh

  • lea salonga has a precious and uncomparable voice.more power susan.thumbs up*

  • i dont compare the two... the  lyrics of the songs made me cry...... i learned that life could kill all your dreams..... there were that will lost and you will look beyond on it

  • Lea's voice is flawless!!! Her live performances sound studio recorded and cd quality! Always crisp and crystal clear! ;-)

  • Lea Salonga sang it perfectly!!! No strains and sounded more pleasant. Lea is just soooo beautiful to listen to and watch!!! I love you Lea!!! ;-)

  • note: i dreamed a dream is not from miss saigon! it's from les miserables!

    ps: lea is much better, but she's a professional

  • I'm thankful their voices are so different, cause I can enjoy this great song in such as many ways

  • @jmborr

    Hurray for variety! yes i agree, no use comparing, just enjoy different voices.

  • im glad someone posted this so i could hear both of them at the same time, but i dont think we should EVER compare any celebrity to another... not out loud or anything anyways. i admit i think, "this person is so much better than..." in my head sometimes. im against it, even tho i do it. also their age difference... isnt it big??

  • People should never compare other artist/singer to one another. They are unique, and should never be compared to Lea, or anyone else. Lea is not the only outstanding singer out there, and thank God she isn't the only one. Streisand, Dion, Brightman, etc. At least Susan Boyle is a household name, not everyone knows Lea Salonga. Lea Salonga is a talented actress/singer on broadway beautiful singer, but horrible movie actress

  • @scottishroad35 I disagree. This was an interesting comparison. Lea does handle the low range of this song better than any woman alive. Susan is more natural. But, both Susan and Lea fall short of Ruthie Henshall's interpretation of "I Dreamed a Dream.".

    This won't be the role Lea is best known for. But it doesn't matter; she has already proved her greatness on stage. Forget fake Hollywood (movies) - Broadway and London will always have a place for Lea Salonga to showcase her brilliance.

  • STOP COMPARING AND MATCHING MISS LEA SALONGA , OUR RESPECFTED AND HONORABLE ONE AND ONLY FILIPINO BROEADWAY CLASSICAL DIVA TO THE GROWLING VOICE OF SUSAN BOYLE...PLEASE SPARE THE PHILIPPINES. PERIOD. I WILL ENTERTAIN NO VIOLENT REACTIONS.

  • Susan Boyle was never a child actress or a professional singer before this debut on national TV. That in many ways speak for what a real talent she is.

  • When Susan sings, i just hear a song, when Lea sings i hear a song, see a story and feel the sadness....

  • @lauremiramenl - i Agree it is not enough it's not enough to just open your mouth and sing you have to pull some emotions and it will all do the rest

  • @lauremiramenl - yes I heard lea and it gave me tears...Susan is also good

  • @lauremiramenl I think you are absolutely right in your analogy. There has been alot of hype about Boyle but it is because of the surprise in her delivery....not in the true essence and perfection of the song as performed by Salonga. I am not denying Boyle is due her cudos. BUT If you close you eyes listening to both versions back to back the ease of Lea's ability to touch your heartbeat is amazing. You almost feel as if she was singing just to you. I get goosebumps on the inside of my soul.

  • @lauremiramenl i agree, although this probably because Lea does this in the musical.

  • @lauremiramenl i strongly disagree with u. Action speak louder than words. susan boyla is known for a sage. just because lea salonga is younger that doesnt mean her voice is better. age is not a matter in sing according to harvard university. u people know nothing about sing! susan boyla u rock and ur dream reveal a true moment of love and tear in this world.

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  • i love lea salonga, but i actualy prefer susan boyles version

  • You can't compare them, Lea is a professional and Susan ( don't get me wrong, she is wildly talented! ) is woman who was at the right place at the right time. She got lucky.

  • beautiful! 

  • susan's a babe

  • Lea Salonga. Wow so beautiful!

  • I could say both Susan Boyle and Lea Salonga had good voices. It's better to make them duet with the two than competing with them...

  • @Itherean My only opinion... We have different opinions as well.

  • Susan has real problems on the lower parts ("as they tear your hopes apart") and goes so tremolo on the higher parts that it affects her pitch ("but there are dreams that cannot be"). The range of the song seems to be a bit outside her comfort zone.

    Lea's voice doesn't have issues with the range. She's also more delicate with the message of the song. She *chooses* her intonation and where she backs off or emphasizes, rather than just letting the music carry her, as Susan does.

  • @aradia1eros very intelligent comparison so i agree.

  • @aradia1eros

    Boyle is an AMATEUR.....Salonga is aprofessional singer/actress with a much more trained voice.

    As it is Ruthie Henshaw knocks them both into a cocked hat. Best version ever. Worst version I have ever heard?......... Elaine Paige murdering it on stage at some downtrodden fleapit....

  • @aradia1eros Though this is true, mastery of voice such as presented to us be Lea takes years of dedicated training. For what it was, a show-off, Susan did alright. :3

  • @aradia1eros The only reason why everyone priced Susan Boyle's version so much, was because noone expected that someone like her could even have a voice... Totally agree with you. Lea is always the best.

  • Susan makes me cry from the very first time I listened to her , You re GREAT !!!!! All the best from Argentina Susan !!! I hope some day you visit us to see you LIVE

  • @MrMangucho Someone please remove FATBO from this video so that I can enjoy a true singer like Lea and not have to listen to the pie eater doing a bad karaoke act

  • stunning picture at 4:49!!

  • well you really can't compare because Susan boyle is raw RAW talent and didn't join in any voice lessons compared to Lea who aside from having an amazing voice has also ben trained by the BEST for that role.

  • im kind of offended that you would even put Susans version in the same video as Lea..Lea is one of the best singers IN THE WORLD, Susan is just an ugly chick who like to sing showtunes in the shower (honestly)

  • Both are impressive and talented..in their own ways...: )

  • susan was awesome & is a great singer in her own right...but with LEA, you can clearly hear the dynamics of the song...breathtaking indeed..

  • @laflane28  The only thing impressive about FATBO is her appetite for pies

  • Lea! Most definately!

  • susan boyle cant actually sing very well. she was just better than everyone expected her to be :D

  • Obviously, both of them have gorgeous and stunning voices. Susan is singing it. Lea is performing it. There is a HUGE difference. Lea for the win!

  • When I hear leah sing this song and songs she interpret I couldn't resist but don't stop on getting every detail of her words, my soul would like to separate from my physical body.. Wow! that was fantastic never hear anyone who could take her place everytime she sings the song gets it's heart not from her voice itself but by the life she puts into it, her pitch is not too high but the interpretation is awesome! that made me loved her.

  • susan's good, but lea is breathtaking, and gives me goosebumps. no comparison.

  • Lea!!

  • @iLikeMuffins100 So true.

    Susan is singing it, I think she is great.

    But, Lea. Oh my gosh, she feels it.

    Well she played Eponine you looked at her and said wow "On my own" was ment to be sang by you! And when she came back to play Fantine people said wow, you are amazing enough to be everything.

    Lea is a true talent.

  • Susans good for someone who doesnt act but theres no comparison to Lea...shes AMAZING!

  • Well it's very clear who the pro is, but with that given Lea is the one to follow and Susan was only following her and I give her credit for doing a good job.

  • lea is the best the missaigon

  • I hate to say Lea is beautiful and has a golden voice..... the best interpretation so far.....take it as a critic not my being a Filipino!

  • @patcalisura i've found that almost anything lea does is the best it's ever been done. take it as a critic, because i'm not Filipino at all!! She's been setting the bar since she was a kid!!!

  • no doubt, t ha t boyle has a good voice, but the problem there is tha t like so many singers she cant rlly hit the high notes, she kind of yells them and gets lounder, lea has ana amazing range and her high notes are actually high notes, not yell no t es.

  • you cannot compare two singers, both of them are good and each singer has a distinct sound or voice quality or how they interpret music. surely people who likes to start a nonsense discussion knows nothing about music.

  • @jon2x24ph Yes, you can compare singers.

    It's about tone, and inflection, and structure.

    Lea has more structure. That's why people compare.

    I am a singer myself.

    I am playing Eponine in a production and only took notes from Lea's performace, As to it being the best one I have seen.

  • SUSANE IS A FAGGOT

  • Lea is the best!!!That's why she won Tony awards.Amen.

  • so who sang this song originally?

  • They are both fantastic! Beautifully sang in their own way.

  • #OMG Miss Lea....da bezt!!~~ sniff..sniff..

  • @iLikeMuffins100 AND Eponine. Rofl.