AMANDA’S GOT TALENT

How much talent do the BGT judges actually have? That will be put to the test this year when Amanda, who did train in musical theatre and has performed in the West End (as Princess Fiona in Shrek The Musical, right), takes to the BGT stage, singing from her new album.

She signed a £1million deal last year, and says she was embarrassed beyond words when she played Simon the first single from it, With You, from Ghost: The Musical. ‘It’s his favourite song and I played it to him sitting in his Bentley, which was mortifying. I just sat there going red, but thankfully he liked it.’ On the show she will perform another number. ‘It’s a weepie, which will hopefully make David cry. I’m rather glad there won’t be a studio audience for that one, and that Simon won’t be there to make me nervous,’ she admits. ‘No audience. No Simon. I’ll take that!’