Talent runner-up Parker 'really upset' by 'horrible' plant rumour

Ronan Parke was "really upset" when an anonymous blogger claimed he had been planted on 'Britain's Got Talent'.

The 12-year-old singer thinks the writer - who caused outrage by suggesting the youngster had been signed up to Simon Cowell's record label since the age of 10, and was being groomed to become a new Justin Bieber - was "really horrible".

He said: "I was really upset by those nasty words written by an anonymous person because it was all a load of rubbish. It was a horrible thing for someone to do, attack me like that. I hope some people didn't stop voting for me because of it.

"I hate bullying, it's a terrible thing to do and I hope that people will see that it's wrong now."

Parke - who came second to Scottish singer Jai McDowell in the final of the ITV1 show last week - admitted the controversy did get to him, but he is now looking forward to taking part in the 'Britain's Got Talent' tour.

He added to The Sun newspaper: "Of course it did get to me. But when the final came I shut it out of my mind and concentrated on doing the best performance I could.

"I really cannot wait for the tour. It will be great to be with all the other amazing acts too. I was quite sad when the competition was over because we all built up a great relationship, but now the tour is here it is great for us to hang out together."