A Taiwanese shop worker dubbed¹ Little Fatty told of his shock Thursday at becoming a Susan Boyle-like overnight Internet sensation after a flawless Whitney Houston rendition on a TV talent quest.

在日前的一档电视选秀节目中，中国台湾一名被称为“小胖”的商店职员因完美演绎了一首惠特尼·休斯顿的歌曲一夜间走红网络，被称为男版苏珊·博伊尔。他于本周四接受采访时表达了自己的震惊之情。

File photos of Susan Boyle and Lin Yu-chun. A Taiwanese shop worker dubbed Little Fatty told of his shock Thursday at becoming a Susan Boyle-like overnight Internet sensation after a flawless Whitney Houston rendition on a TV talent quest.

Lin Yuqun, 24, last week won over the judges and the audience of the Million Star show with eerily²（奇异的，可怕的） accurate renditions（演奏） of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" -- and has chalked up（记下，取得） 480,000 hits on video sharing website YouTube.

"I am shocked that I can draw so much attention. I'm really moved and happy that people like my performance of Whitney's song," said Lin, who works part-time at a musical instrument shop.

"I've loved singing since I was a little boy and I feel like I am living my dream now. I hope I can pursue a career in singing," he told reporters.

TVBS referred to him as "Taiwan's Susan Boyle", describing him as "plain-looking and short", but Lin, who has the nickname "Little Fatty", told reporters the comparison（比喻，比较） made him proud.

"I am honoured to be compared to Susan Boyle. I am inspired and encouraged by her because she proved that even a person who's seen as an underdog（受压迫者，失败者） and who has average looks can shine on the stage," Lin said.

Since his performance was posted on Youtube late last week, he has been the subject of heated conversation in on-line chatrooms on American Yahoo! and other foreign websites, it said.

"I got goose bumps（鸡皮疙瘩） . Whitney couldn't do it any better today," a viewer wrote on Youtube.

Scottish spinster（老姑娘，未婚女人） Susan Boyle shot to global stardom（明星界） after she was discovered last year on the "Britain's Got Talent" television show with her performance of "I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Miserables".

The frumpy（不见市面的，心地不良的） church volunteer's first album, "I Dreamed a Dream," was the best-selling debut³ in British chart history and also topped the US charts.