Susan Boyle is reportedly looking for a man after it emerged that she has been asking friends to set her up on dates.

The 52 year old singer who found fame on Britain’s Got Talent is yet to find someone to settle down with but is apparently hoping that the people closest to her will be able to help.

She told The Sun in an interview with them: “I want to find a man but it's hard with all the travelling I do. I really want to start going on dates and I've asked my friends to set me up with a good man - if they can find one.

"I'd like to settle down one day.”

In the interview, she also spoke about her upcoming role in film The Christmas Candle. She was initially only meant to be recording a song for the soundtrack but producers were impressed with her and ended up offering her a part where she gets to kiss Braveheart actor James Cosmo.

“I have my very first husband - which is very exciting. It's been a long wait,” she told the newspaper.

“I had to kiss him, too, as we had a kissing scene. It was my first on-screen kiss. It was lovely. I didn't know about the kissing scene when I signed up, but I wasn't complaining.

“I won't take this any further in case I embarrass him.”