Boyle and rivals bid for semi-final spots

Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle will be among a host of hopefuls waiting to hear today if they have secured a spot in the semi-finals of 'Britain’s Got Talent'.

Tonight, judges will announce the 40 acts they want to put through to the live semi-finals which start tomorrow, ahead of the grand final on Saturday next week.

Boyle gathered a worldwide following and celebrity fans including Demi Moore and Jon Bon Jovi since belting out 'I Dreamed a Dream' from 'Les Miserables' on the programme.

But while the 48-year-old spinster’s performance may have wowed the judges, they also believe they may have unearthed the worst singer in the country during the 'Britain’s Got Talent' auditions.

Pudding factory worker David Watson, 51, from Hull, believes he has wasted the last seven years of his life, when he should have been on the singing circuit.

But after performing 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', Simon Cowell told him his singing was “so awful it is beyond description”.

Piers Morgan added that he could be “the worst singer in Britain”.

In a first for the show, Cowell and Morgan took their buzzers back.

Three farming friends, Sam Parris, 27, Bobby Barns, 18, and Lyle Burrough, 19, all from Exeter, are known as The Barrow Boys.

The three farmers described their act as “everything you shouldn’t do with a wheelbarrow”.

The two judges immediately buzzed as the group danced with their barrows, but then changed their minds as the act progressed. A 73-year-old break dancer also impressed.

Fred Bowers from Loughborough received a standing ovation, with Cowell declaring: “This is why I love doing this show, because of people like you Fred, you were brilliant.”