Sharon Osbourne has mocked Britain’s Got Talent singer Susan Boyle and said that she looks like a “slapped a**e”.

In an interview with Sirius XM Radio, Osbourne commented: “I like everybody to do well. Even somebody that looks like a slapped a**e. God bless her. It’s like, ‘You go girl’. She does look like a hairy a**ehole.”

She continued: “[God] gave her the talent. Yes he did. [And] he hit her with a f**king ugly stick.”

Michael Bublé has admitted that due to missing Susan Boyle’s first Britain’s Got Talent audition, he didn’t initially understand her appeal.

“I didn’t understand Susan Boyle,” he told the Daily Express. “I was cynical and critical because I had never seen her in that first show where she comes up and says, ‘I want to be a singer’ and the audience looks at her and says, ‘Oh please!’ I got goosebumps.”

“I’m going to go when this record comes out and buy 20 copies… because what a beautiful story of an underdog. It gives me faith in the human condition that we still have that kind of feeling that we actually want the good guy to win.

“It killed me. It really is a beautiful, beautiful story.”

Britain’s Got Talent star Faryl Smith, is set to sing a duet with dead opera star, Luciano Pavarotti.

The Sun reports that Pavarotti’s vocals have been added to a recording of Oh Holy Night, sang by the 14 year old singer.

A source said: “Faryl is thrilled – she never thought she’d get the chance to sing with Pavarotti and now she has.

“The technology is note-perfect and it sounds as if they’re really there together.”

Faryl’s second album will be out on November 30th.

A source added: “X Factor has been Christmas No1 for years and it will take something really special to challenge it, but this could be it.

“Pavarotti was a huge name and Faryl is a rising star. It’s a perfect combination.”

Susan Boyle has reportedly been signed up for a ITV Christmas special this December.

The News Of The World reports that the Britain’s Got Talent star will host ‘An Audience With Susan Boyle’ for the channel.

A source told the newspaper: “Everyone is really excited about the show. With the huge worldwide appeal of Susan, the show could be screened right across the globe and potentially be one of the biggest ratings successes for ITV ever.”

Susan will reportedly sing tracks from her new album and talk about her life before and after fame.

Britain’s Got Talent star, Susan Boyle, has reportedly taken up boxing to keep fit and de-stress.

The Sun reports that Susan’s pal took her to a local boxing class in Scotland, where she fell in love with the sport.

One said: “Susan has been pretty stressed out by the whole worldwide fame thing and needed something to get her head straight.

“She was taken to a boxing gym and loved it. She put on the gloves and the boots and did some working out on a punch bag. She is a boxing but had never tried it before.

“One of her favourite songs is Eye Of The Tiger from the Rocky movie.”

Daniel Fox has admitted that he plans to audition for Britain’s Got Talent next year.

The opera singer reached the judge’s houses stage of this years X Factor, but was sent home when Cheryl Cole chose Lloyd Daniels, Joseph McElderry and Rikki Loney as her final three singers.

Discussing his future plans, Fox told the Bury Times: “Watching the show at the weekend brought it all back but I couldn’t have done any better, I gave it my best shot. I know it was because Cheryl would have struggled to mentor me and not because of my ability.

“I have applied for Britain’s Got Talent, so I’ll go for that and if I don’t get through I’ll apply for X Factor again next year. I won’t give up.”

Susan Boyle has revealed the tracklisting for her debut album I Dreamed a Dream.

The album will be released in the UK on November 23, just in time for the Christmas market.

Boyle said: “It was my greatest ambition to release an album and I have finally achieved it.

“This amazing journey has helped me find my own identity and fulfil my wish. There is happiness out there for everyone who dares to dream.”

The album features 11 cover versions and one new song, ‘Who I Was Born To Be’, written especially for Boyle.

The full tracklisting is as follows:

* ‘Wild Horses’
* ‘I Dreamed A Dream’
* ‘Cry Me A River’
* ‘How Great Thou Art’
* ‘You’ll See’
* ‘Daydream Believer’
* ‘Up To The Mountain’
* ‘Amazing Grace’
* ‘Who I Was Born To Be’
* ‘Proud’
* ‘The End of The World’
* ‘Silent Night’

Britain’s Got Talent judge, Piers Morgan has claimed that he deserves “every penny” of his current ITV contract. He added that he actually thinks he deserves a raise next year.

“I’ve got no problem if they take it away from somebody else who feels guilty about this type of thing, because I have absolutely no guilt issues about my salary whatsoever,” he told The Sun.

“I think it’s time the talent fall back and go, ‘Hang on a second, without us, you don’t have networks’.”

Morgan learned his haggling skills from BBC presenter Anne Robinson.

“She said always at least double the money you are really earning whenever you are asked about it in interviews, because then everyone thinks you are incredibly expensive and starts to pay you accordingly,” said the former tabloid journalist.

JLS - X Factor 2008

JLS have expressed their dislike for the new X Factor format, saying that it is too similar to Britain’s Got Talent.

“I watched it and expected to get a weird feeling because we were there a year ago, but I didn’t. It’s a completely different show now,” Aston Merrygold told Gay Times.

“It’s too much like Britain’s Got Talent now,” Ortise Williams added.

Bandmember JB Gill admitted that he lurves Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole but can’t stand Amanda Holden.

“I’d snog Dannii and marry Cheryl,” he said.

“I’d avoid Amanda Holden, though – she’s not genuine, is she? Everything she does comes across as a facade.”

Britain’s Got Talent stars Stavros Flatley are raking in £200,000 per week since appearing on the show in June.

Th father and son act are in big demand and regularly perform at four gigs a day, charging £10,000 a time.

A source told Th Sun: “Stavros have performed all over the UK.

They’re very popular at sporting events but it’s corporate events which are most popular and with the Christmas party season coming up, they’re sure to be in the money well into the next year.”