Hotly-tipped 'BGT' star worried over age

The 81-year-old woman who recently wowed the Britain's Got Talent judges initially feared that she was too old for the show, it has been revealed.

Earlier this month, it emerged that Janey Cutler had received a standing ovation at auditions in Scotland after impressing the panel with a rendition of Edith Piaf's 'Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien'.

However, Cutler's friend and musical director Terry Moore told the Daily Record that the hopeful took some convincing before she agreed to try out in front of Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden.

Moore explained: "I suggested that she enter Britain's Got Talent but Janey wasn't sure at first. She said, 'What, at my age?'

"But she entered online and by all accounts the judges loved her. She sounds like Shirley Bassey in her heyday, only better."

Cutler's audition success has resulted in comparisons to Susan Boyle, who was also discovered in Scotland.