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Surprisingly, despite an amazing performance, Chloe Hickinbottom did not receive enough votes to reach the final of Britain’s Got Talent.

The two acts from tonight who made the final were impressionist Paul Burling and singer Christopher Stone. Paul Burling scored the hightest number of viewers’ votes for a guaranteed place in the final. Judges Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden then chose accountant Christopher Stone over fellow runner-up, street dancers Peridot, to take the second spot in the final.

Don’t worry Chloe, we still love you and you have a great future ahead of you.

Chloe Hickinbottom chose Moon River as semi final song, and was greeting to raptuous applause and cheers from the audience.

Ant and Dec asked Chloe if she had had fun, and she replied “It was brilliant.

“It’s the biggest performance I’ve ever done and I hope my family’s proud of me.”

“I’m sure they are,” replied Ant and Dec, to which the audience cheered some more.

“It’s my dream to sing,” continued Chloe.

The judges comments were also very positive about Chloe’s performance, with Piers Morgan saying that Chloe proved that Britain’s Got Talent, to which Amanda Holden wittily chipped in “Little Britain’s Got Talent!”

Amanda added that she thought that Chloe’s voice was stronger than in the audition, that she liked the song and that the song fitted Chloe’s voice perfectly.

Simon added that he was happy to admit that he was wrong (about Chloe singing a more contemporary song).

He said: “I’m happy to admit that I’m wrong. You know what sort of artist you want to be, I think you are destined for the West End. You have that kind of voice, that kind of personality and incredible confidence for a 10 year old girl.”

However, he added the caveat: “I’m not sure I see you as a recording artist. But I definitely see you with a big career on stage – so congratulations!”

We’re rooting – and voting – for you, Chloe!

Chloe Hickinbottom has made it to the semi-final of Britain’s Got Talent. The semi-finalists were announced last night, and Chloe will be joined by 39 more contestants who have been selected to go through to the semi-finals.

The semi-finals start tomorrow. Two acts from each of the next five shoes will be selected by the judges and the public to take part in Saturday’s grand final, where they will be competing for a £100,000 prize and the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in front of the Queen.

Good luck for the semi-final, Chloe!

Simon Cowell, who was absent from the judging panel due to illness when Chloe Hickinbottom gave her stunning rendition of “White Cliffs of Dover”, has labelled the song choice as “too old fashioned”.

He told Bang Showbiz: “I would have asked her to sing something more contemporary.

“That is what happens when I am not on the show. The song was too old-fashioned.”

It will be interesting to see what Chloe’s song choice will be for the semi-final.

Chloe Hickinbottom has said in an interview with The Sun that she would love to be the next Mariah Carey…or maybe even Susan Boyle!

Chloe impressed the judges with her rendition of the wartime song,  White Cliffs of Dover, originally made famous by Vera Lynn.

However, Chloe would also like to sing more modern songs on the competition.

She told the newspaper:  “Now I’ve got through I can show off my voice more… I’d really like to be a professional singer like Mariah Carey or Susan Boyle.”

She added: “Louis’s comments were amazing. I just couldn’t believe he said that I was the best act from today and when they were all standing up I felt just like crying.

“When I ran off the stage it felt like it was a dream… I didn’t know what to do!”

She spoke about when she first realised that she could sing: “I was like six or seven when I started singing. I sang along to a Barbie film… that’s where all this started.

“I’ve never had lessons and I’ve never been in front of an audience that big, but I always used to practise in the bedroom. My dad didn’t think it was me, he thought I was someone on TV!”

Meanwhile, Vera Lynn has said to The Times newspaper: “It’s great that a young girl wants to sing my songs. She sounded very mature, she had a good presence, and she looks good. More importantly than all of that, she sings in tune. She has got absolutely great potential.

“For a young girl of 10, the words and the sentiment won’t mean as much as for an older person. But I suppose she could be singing about a friend at school going away, and understand it that way.”

Chloe Hickinbottom learned the Vera Lynn song “The White Cliffs of Dover” from a YouTube video, it has emerged.

Chloe told The News of the World: “I saw Vera on YouTube singing to troops. All my friends like pop songs but I like old songs.”

However, Dame Vera, who is now 93 years old, has remarked that Chloe is too young to sing the song, saying of the song: “It has to be performed with a passion that a 10-year-old simply cannot embrace.”

Chloe has said that she was inspired to sing the song by her grandfather, who fought in World War II. She used to sit on his knee whilst he recounted tales of battle, whilst listening to music popular during the war.

Season 4 Episode 1 of Britain’s Got Talent: Chloe impressing the judges with her rendition of The White Cliffs of Dover, a classic Vera Lynn song.

Chloe Hickinbottom is an early favourite to win this year’s Britain’s Got Talent competition.

A William Hill spokesman, Rupert Adams, said: “We have been inundated with requests from people looking to back Chloe to go on and win and we have not even heard her yet.”

Currently William Hill odds that Chloe wins the competition are 8/1.

Chloe Hickinbottom is ten years old and has wowed the judges with her rendition of The White Cliffs of Dover. Due to be screened on Saturday night, it would appear that young Chloe has the voice to become a modern day version of forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn.

Chloe Hickinbottom, who is from Wolverhampton,  has a mature voice which stuns the judges and steals the show, and is an early favourite to win the £100,000 prize and the opportunity to appear at the Royal Variety Performance.

Asked what she would do with the money, Chloe told Ant and Dec: “I’d spend it on tights and leggings and jeggings [a cross between jeans and leggings].”

Amanda Holden said of Chloe’s performance: “I definitely wasn’t expecting that. I can’t believe that a little ten-year-old girl has such a beautiful voice.”

Piers Morgan adds: “I closed my eyes at one stage. You could have been 40 to 50 years old.”

Louis Walsh, who stood in for a Simon Cowell at the Birmingham auditions because Simon was ill, added “I don’t know where the big voice came from. You were perfectly in tune. I think you were fantastic. You could sell records.”