Susan Boyle feared her career would be over when she lost ‘Britain’s Got Talent’.
The 58-year-old singer stunned viewers with her powerful vocals when she took to the stage during the third series of the ITV reality show back in 2009, and although she made it all the way to the final, she ultimately lost out on the top spot when viewers instead voted for dance troupe Diversity.
And Susan has admitted that at the time, she was worried about what losing out on the trophy would mean for the future of her singing career.
She said: "That level would daunt anybody. It happened so fast and, at the end of the show, their attention went to Diversity."
The singer was often mocked for her appearance on the show, and says she was worried that no-one would sign a record deal with her.
She added: "[Diversity are] a great bunch of lads. They won fair and square. But I felt like, ‘What’s going to happen to me now?’ "
Susan didn’t need to worry though, as show creator and judge Simon Cowell quickly snapped her up for his Syco label, where she has now recorded eight albums and is working on her ninth.
The Scottish-born singer said: "I needn’t have worried because Simon’s great. He took me on and I made my first album with him."
And now, over 10 years after appearing on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, Susan is gearing up for an eight-date UK tour in March, which will see her play "a couple of fast numbers" in the hopes of getting people "up off their seats" and dancing along.
Speaking to Express.co.uk, she said: "It’s a wee bit different to the last one. There are a few new songs put in. As well as the ones they know, there’s a few they don’t know and don’t expect me to do – a couple of fast numbers.
"I want people to get up off their seat and dance this time."
Susan Boyle feared her career was over after losing Britain’s Got Talent
