Britain’s Got Talent judge, Piers Morgan has predicted that 17 year old singer Shaun Smith could win this year’s show.

The 17-year-old sang ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ on last weeks show and won a standing ovation from the audience along with profuse praise from the judges.

Judge Simon Cowell said: “You reminded me of Mick Hucknall – but good looking. And with a personality.”

Morgan wrote on his blog: “At at the end of the show came another young singer who I think has a genuinely good chance of winning this year.

“He’s got the looks, youth, and ‘cool’ factor that will get the ladies hitting their phones to vote. And as we saw with George Sampson last year, that can be a very powerful weapon.”

He added that despite Smith’s chances, “Susan Boyle is still the one to beat, no question of that”.