Sue Son: 'I lost my best friend'

Sue Son has said that she lost her best friend when she decided to audition as a solo artist on Britain's Got Talent.

The electric violinist performed in Birmingham alongside keyboard player Janine Khalil as one half of duo Addicted, but the judges felt that both parts of the group did not mesh.

Simon Cowell summoned Son back to the stage and asked if she would consider returning to the show to audition as a solo artist, an offer she accepted.

Son told her friend that she could not return to the next day of the Birmingham auditions, but she returned to the show in London days later, where she received three "Yes" votes from the judges.

The star has now confirmed reports of a split with Khalil over her decision, the Daily Mail reports.

Son said: "She's taken me off her Facebook friends. I think Janine was upset I didn't tell her before that I was going back for a second chance.

"Instead of seeing her first, and telling her, I had to do it on the phone. I realised from my other friends she was really hurt."

She added: "I got some great compliments from the judges. But at the end of the day I lost my best friend."