This Week In Viral Videos - Rise Of The Homeless Man With A Golden Voice

Who would have thought that we'd start out 2011 with a brand new viral star, on par with the likes of Antoine Dodson and the Double Rainbow guy? This week the homeless man with a golden voice tore up the YouTube streams as his dreams of pulling himself up from the bottom of the barrel, getting a job and moving forward with his life came true. He tops our week in viral videos, alongside Josh Groban, Sylvie van der Vaart, London's New Year's celebrations, and more. Homeless Man Golden Voice Earlier this week, Ted Williams, who has become known as the "Homeless Man with a Golden Voice", went viral on YouTube with his voice. In the original clip, which was uploaded to YouTube just days ago, Williams shows off his perfect radio voice to a video camera, panhandling sign in hands. Millions of views later, Williams had a huge number of job offers on the table. YouTube literally changed his life. Unfortunately, the original clip has been removed from YouTube due to copyright violation, but you can see most of it, along with an interview with Williams himself, in the video below. Williams got to show off his skills kicking off NBC's Today Show as well yesterday morning and was even reunited with his mother after years on the street! Josh Groban Sings Kanye West Tweets Josh Groban racked up 1.5 million views this week with a hilarious clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live in which he promotes "his most anticipated album yet - Josh Groban's The Best Tweets of Kanye West. Sylvie van der Vaart Is A Football Star? Sylvie van der Vaart is a Dutch model who is also the wife of footballer Rafael van der Vaart. But who knew she had such football skills of her own? In this clip she shows them off at a photo shoot. Is this for real, or is this like that video of Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz from last summer? I hope it's for real! asdfmovie3 asdfmovie3 is random and funny and creepy and weird and awesome, and it's amassed over 1.5 million views this week. Watch the whole thing. It's totally worth it. London Fireworks on New Year's Day 2011 A ton of inspiring 2011 fireworks displays were uploaded to YouTube in celebration of the New Year, but none was more popular than the London Fireworks on New Year's Day. Truly amazing. BONUS: WTF Kitty! Remember the dramatic gopher? Well Wednesday a cat that is vying for dramatic gopher-like attention hit YouTube. He's the WTF kitty! and he's been viewed over half a million times in two days. Do you think he'll be able to give the dramatic gopher a run for his money (AKA 27.5 million views)?

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This Week In Viral Videos - Rise Of The Homeless Man With A Golden Voice

This week the homeless man with a golden voice tops our week in viral videos, alongside Josh Groban, Sylvie van der Vaart, London's New Year's celebrations, and more.

Megan O'Neill

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