Scottish singer Amy MacDonald has criticised music bosses for thrusting Susan Boyle into the spotlight, insisting the singer is too "fragile" to deal with the pressures of fame.

 

Boyle shot to stardom following an appearance on hit TV show Britain's Got Talent last year (09).She was named runner up in the contest and was subsequently admitted to a London clinic suffering from exhaustion, while tabloid reports claimed the stress of the show had led to an emotional breakdown.

 

Rumours of another meltdown surfaced in November (09) when she was snapped sobbing and sucking her thumb following a New York promotional event for her debut album ‘I Dreamed A Dream’.

 

And Macdonald is convinced Boyle shouldn't be put under so much pressure by record executives, because she is not prepared to cope with all the attention.

 

She says, "I feel really bad for Susan because I think she has been exploited and the people behind her don't care about her. You can tell she is really fragile. She has some problems and it is not right for someone like that to have this life thrust upon them."

 

Macdonald has also defended the organisers of the upcoming Brit Awards for failing to include Boyle in the nominations, insisting the singing sensation does not deserve recognition for her music because it is not ground-breaking enough.

 

She adds, "Susan has sold a phenomenal amount of albums, so you could ask 'Why shouldn't she be nominated for a Brit?' But she hasn't changed anything musically or creatively and it wouldn't be a good advert for British music if what we thought deserved awards in the music industry was a woman singing covers. Lily Allen would be a much more deserving winner."