Shaun Smith: 'Anyone can win Britain's Got Talent'

Shaun Smith: 'Anyone can win Britain's Got Talent'
Shaun Smith: 'Anyone can win Britain's Got Talent' (Image credit: Ken McKay)

Britain's Got Talent finalist Shaun Smith said he doesn't think Susan Boyle is a shoo-in to win the competition. The 17-year-old singer, who was put through to this Saturday's final during Monday night's show, thinks all contestants have a chance of winning. "Everyone has a chance, every act is absolutely amazing, no one can second guess this competition because anything can happen," he said on Tuesday. "Any of tonight's acts, such as Stavros Flatley, could come out and give the performance of their lives and all of sudden they could be the favourites." Asked who he thought posed the biggest competition to him, Shaun said: "Everyone. It's such a level playing field, everyone is so talented it's unreal." The teenager from Lichfield, who sang U2's With Or Without You on Monday night's show, revealed he's a fan of Scottish singer Susan, saying: "I think she's absolutely amazing, her voice is astonishing." Shaun, an avid rugby player, is preparing for this Saturday's final, and is fitting rehearsals around revision for his AS Level biology exam which he sits next week. He said: "No matter what happens, even it all goes well and I miraculously win, I'll definitely sit that exam. "It would be the same if I did rugby. If I was an England rugby player I could break my leg, or I could do this competition and lose my voice. I have to have something to fall back on." The singer revealed he's even had a message of support from former England rugby player Will Greenwood. The next Britain's Got Talent semi-final is on ITV1 tonight at 8.30pm.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.