Talent show reaches final crescendo

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The winner will take home a £100,000 prize and perform in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance.

Unlikely singing sensation Susan Boyle has boosted the ITV1 show's ratings and Monday night's semi-final became the most-watched episode with 15.4 million viewers.

But show bosses were forced to reject suggestions she might be axed amid fears she was not coping with the pressure of her new fame after she lost her temper at a London hotel.

Boyle, 48, dubbed the Hairy Angel, was propelled into the spotlight following her audition for the show, singing I Dreamed A Dream from the musical Les Miserables.

She went on to become a global internet sensation, scoring millions of hits on video site YouTube and gaining celebrity support including that of Hollywood star Demi Moore.

But Boyle, from Blackburn, West Lothian, has struggled to handle the attention and thought about quitting the show to escape the attention, judge Piers Morgan said.

He wrote on his blog that "frightened rabbit" Boyle had fleetingly felt like throwing in the towel to escape all the attention.

"Susan is finding it very, very difficult to cope, and to stay calm," he said on Thursday.

Despite her struggles, Boyle remains the runaway favourite, with William Hill offering odds of 10/11 after a surge in betting.