Not that good second time around!

Perhaps it's the fact that Susan Boyle was nothing short of absolute brilliance in her very first performance when she stunned the judges and indeed the audience with her breathtaking rendition of "I dreamed a Dream" during her first audition.

Perhaps the fact that she brings with her to stage, the highest expectations of perfection in performance which in turn causes her to feel the pressure and indeed the nerves.

Whatever the reason may be, Susan's semi-final performance of the Andrew Loyd Weber classic "Memories" was in my view, a tad below par (as by her own standards).

As the inimitable Simon Cowell would say (but didn't on this occasion), it "certainly wasn't" her best performance.

While Boyle sailed into the semis and had resounding acceptance from the audience as well as the judges who hardly had a negative word to say to her, it needn't have taken an expert to note that her semis performance was a nervous one. She was off pitch in several key points in the melody - indeed her first word "memories" starting on an off note which surprisingly, went unnoticed by the usually keen-eared judges who had nothing short of good things and supportive comments for the Scottish singer, when judging time came around. There were times when Susan ran ahead of the melody, her words clashing with the backing tracks and distracting the listener from enjoying her performance in entirety. All in all, her previous rendition of the Les Miserables classic was far ahead in terms of excellence.

Still for all, the "frumpy" singer looks all set to take the title and I personally hope she walks away with the crown. She deserves it.

The desire of her heart she says, is to sing for the Queen as is possible on winning the competition.

The Queen had better get ready to be blown away!