BGT's Susan Boyle lost speech, singing ability following stroke last year

Susan Boyle is not letting any hitches get in the way of her dream.

The Britain’s Got Talent alum made an appearance at the show’s Season 16 finale on Sunday and performed I Dreamed a Dream with the West End cast of Les Misérables.

Following the performance, Boyle enthused about getting back on the BGT stage, revealing that it feels “extra special for me actually because last April there, I suffered a stroke.”

"I fought like crazy to get back on stage and I have done it," she continued.

BGT judge Simon Cowell lauded Boyle’s strength to return despite the health scare, and said, "Susan, we owe you so much and I knew you weren’t well, but if anyone was going to come back you were going to come back because it wouldn’t be the same without you.”

The 62-year-old singer also took to Instagram to share some photos from her comeback.

"This evening was even more special for me as in April of 2022 I had a stroke," she wrote in the caption.

The Wild Horses singer went on to explain that she has “worked so hard to get my speech and singing back” for the past year, keeping in mind the “sole aim of being able to sing on stage again.”

“[And] tonight my hard work & perseverance paid off, singing the song that started it all, 'I Dreamed A Dream.'”

Susan Boyle was the first runner-up in Season 3 of Britain’s Got Talent.