 Connie Talbot raised to prominence after reaching the final of the first series of Britain 's Got Talent . After briefly recording with Sony BMG , Talbot was signed to Rainbow Recording Company , an offshoot of Rhythm Riders made specifically for her . To produce Over the Rainbow , Talbot worked with John Arnison , then @-@ manager to Gabrielle and Billy Ocean , and Marc Marot , former managing director of Island Records . It was produced and mixed by Simon Hill and Rob May . A recording schedule was worked out so Talbot could continue with her normal school activities while recording the album in her aunt Vicky 's spare bedroom , which her mother described as " a better solution " than the one offered by Sony BMG , " which has not robbed her of her childhood " . Talbot said that " it was just amazing that we could do it in my auntie 's house " . Arnison and Marot asked the Talbot family to " write down a list of the songs that Connie would sing at her birthday party " to help choose the track listing , and then " thought long and hard " about including more adult songs on the album . Talbot herself insisted that they should . The final version of Over the Rainbow was recorded at Olympic Studios , on 12 October 2007 . Arnison described the recording process by saying that Talbot " hadn 't sung nursery rhymes ; she 'd always sung classic tracks . So it was actually quite an easy task to make the record . " The album was released on 26 November 2007 , with an initial pressing of 50 @,@ 000 copies . However , an additional 120 @,@ 000 had to be pressed after the album sold out in a matter of days . The album was released in the US on 14 October 2008 . 
