Britain's Got Talent child star Connie Talbot reveals she turned down an offer to go on Love Island - almost two decades after she shot to fame

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Britain's Got Talent child star Connie Talbot has revealed that she was asked to be on Love Island, almost two decades after she found fame at the age of six. 

The singer, 23, rose to national fame when she finished as runner-up on the first series of Britain's Got Talent in 2007. 

Connie signed with rainbow Recording Company after her appearance on the show and released four albums in the years that followed.

However Connie has now burst back onto the scene after recently embarking on a music career as an independent artist.

And it appears she peaked the interest of ITV bosses yet again after they asked her to sign up to Love Island - which she turned down, The Sun revealed.   

Britain's Got Talent child star Connie Talbot revealed to The Sun on Tuesday that she was asked to be on Love Island, almost two decades after she found fame at the age of six

The singer, 23, rose to national fame when she finished as runner-up on the first series of Britain's Got Talent in 2007

'I got asked to go on Love Island, which is completely alien to me,' she told the publication. 

'I'm just focused on music and television is like a whole different thing really but yeah, Love Island, I respect it as a show, but it's just not for me.'

Connie said her dream instead is to focus on music and be known as an artist in her own right, however she insisted she was grateful for her start in the industry. 

'I've been really lucky, like ITV have been amazing to me, you know, like the history of being a child on Britain's Got Talent, so I'm grateful for that,' she added.

In June, Connie revealed the cost of finding fame at a young age on Britain's Got Talent as she was faced with stalkers and had to go to school with a bodyguard.

But being in the limelight came with dangers with Connie telling how an adult man posed as a journalist in a terrifying attempt to get close to her.

Speaking on the DEEP YouTube channel, she recalled: '[Fame] exposed me to the darker sides of the world that probably a child wouldn't hear of till later in life. 

'We got approached by a journalist who was meant to work for a newspaper but it turned out that he was just interested in children. 

Connie has now burst back onto the scene after recently embarking on a music career as an independent artist (Pictured on Britain's Got Talent: The Champions in 2019)

Connie signed with rainbow Recording Company after her appearance on the show and released four albums in the years that followed

Connie revealed the cost of finding fame at a young age on Britain's Got Talent as she was faced with stalkers and had to go to school with a bodyguard

'Luckily I was protected by my mum and dad but that was probably the first time I realised safety was a massive thing for me.'

Connie's parents were concerned enough for her safety that a bodyguard accompanied her to school after her appearance on the ITV talent show.

She said: 'I remember when I first got off the show, I had a bodyguard called Danny who was 6'10. He'd follow me to school everyday, be with me on the playground.

'People would climb the trees outside my school to get a photo of a little girl in uniform which is just gross. 

'I have two four-year-old nieces now and I would track down any person who had any kind of interest in them at that age.' 

Connie, who said she doesn't remember a lot of her early career, also recalled some good experiences she had after Britain's Got Talent.

She met George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey, she described as a 'wonderful lady' and performed at the G20 Summit, although she has 'no recollection' of it.

Connie also dispelled assumptions that everyone who appears on television is abundantly wealthy.

She added: 'Luckily I was protected by my mum and dad but that was probably the first time I realised safety was a massive thing for me' 

She said: 'One big assumption is that because we were on television, we're all megarich. People assume you make a lot of money because you've been on television but that's definitely not the case. 

'People I become friends with say, I thought you'd be a b***h but you're nice. People think you'll be stuck up.' 

After Britain's Got Talent, Connie released her debut album Over The Rainbow in November 2007. It was certified gold in the UK and double platinum in South Korea.

She released Christmas albums in 2008 and 2009 and a fourth album in 2012. 

Her most recent song, Growing Pains, was released last year.