Britain’s Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle, has admitted that she auditioned for the show as part of a promise she made to her late mother.

The 48 year old told The Sun:

“I had promised my mum I would do something with my life just before she died – that I’d do something with my singing. So I applied for Britain’s Got Talent.”

Susan added: “We’d seen a soloist singing on the TV just before she passed and I said, ‘Is that what you want me to do, Mum?’

“She said, ‘Yes.’ She had a good belief that I could do it. So I decided to do something about it.

“I couldn’t straight away because the bereavement hit me hard.

Susan will sing her new single ‘Wild Horses’ on X Factor this Sunday night.