Britain's Got Talent's teenage singer Shaun Smith has revealed that he did not enter The X Factor as he does not think he is good enough. The 17-year-old - who was compared to "a young Mick Hucknall" by the judges on last Saturday's show - is second favourite to win the series, according to the Sun. However he told the paper he thinks he would have no chance against the X Factor champions. "A lot of people said, 'Why didn’t you go in for The X Factor?' — but I didn’t think I would win," he said. "I'd end up being one of the average ones. There's no way I would have beaten people like Leona Lewis or Alexandra Burke." He added that he chose Britain's Got Talent as a pop star has never won it. "As a pop singer on Got Talent you sort of stand out a bit more than if you went on The X Factor. You might come on when the judges have just had to sit through a load of dancers or a magic act," he said. "People have always told me that I'm good but I wasn't 100 per cent sure. To have Simon Cowell say I was great is a massive achievement."
