Britain's Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle has recorded a Madonna cover for her debut album, it's been reported.

The Scottish starlet, whose singing became a YouTube hit earlier this year, is said to have recorded her own version of You'll See to avenge her past critics.

"Susan chose it herself - it's a song she has loved for years,” a source told The Sun newspaper.

"She sang it at auditions for TV shows and music contests when she used to be cruelly turned away by people.

"At the end, when she was sometimes reduced to tears, she used to say, 'You'll See'. And she's proof she can do it now as one of the most famous women in the world."

Boyle, 48, wowed fans on Britain's Got Talent, but eventually came runner up on the programme behind dance act Diversity.

Her debut album is due to be released in November.

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