Now Britain's Got Talent violin star is shunned by pal she dumped

EXCLUSIVE by Victoria Murphy

'She won’t talk to me since I dumped her on show,' says Sue Son

Britain's Got Talent violinist Sue Son told last night how she has been DISOWNED by the best friend she ditched for fame.

Ambitious Sue, 24, took Simon Cowell’s advice to abandon pianist Janine Khalil and return as a soloist on last night’s show, without telling her partner.

Janine, 23, is now ignoring her calls and has even “de-friended” her on Facebook, says Sue.

So Sue has called an end to their seven-year friendship – and blames Janine.

She said: “If she was really my true friend she could call me and say well done and support me.”

But Janine’s mum has hit back, saying her daughter feels “let down and humiliated”.

Sandra Khalil, from Pinner, Middlesex, said: “Janine did not want to go on the show but this was always Sue’s dream and Sue twisted her arm. Janine is not that bothered about fame.

“Janine has a first class degree and is doing a Masters at the Royal College of Music. Sue didn’t get in to the Royal College of Music.

“Janine also helped Sue loads with her degree and I think she feels a bit let down and humiliated about what’s happened.”

They performed as piano and violin double act Addicted but were buzzed off as they performed their “semi-classical” song Chosen, penned by Janine.

When Sue came back alone she got a standing ovation for her performance of Vanessa Mae’s Storm and breezed in to the next round.

Sue said: “When I told Janine I got through, she said ‘Congratulations’ but I felt she wasn’t being sincere and was thinking I wasn’t her true friend.

“But friendship is a two-way thing and I can’t keep trying to contact her. If she was my real friend she would support me.”

About 13 million viewers watched last night as Simon Cowell called the girls “dreary and indulgent”.

Then viewers were stunned as he told Sue: “We think you are really good but none of us think the act is good. Will you come back on your own tomorrow?”

Sue now fears the cost of her decision is losing her best friend.

She said: “I know Janine is really hurt by the fact that I went back on the show on my own without telling her.

“She’s been ignoring my calls and even de-friended me on Facebook.” The pair had been inseparable since meeting at music school aged 17, and South Korean-born Sue said she will miss Janine’s support as the show goes on.

She said: “We were shocked at being rejected in the audition. I know she’s still devastated.

“It was my idea to go on the show because this has always been my dream. I think Simon Cowell saw that and that’s why he called me back.

“I hope our friendship will recover and she will forgive me.

“And I just hope she can be happy for me. We told each other everything and I don’t want to lose her as a friend.

“But if I had to decide again, I’d do the same thing. It’s too good an opportunity to miss.”

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