British singer Susan Boyle has been admitted to a local clinic for exhaustion, according to media reports. Boyle is said to have been taken by ambulance to the Priory Clinic after she began to act strange in her hotel room, reportedly suffering an “emotional breakdown.”

According to reports, staff for Britain’s Got Talent called police after they noticed her acting strange while backstage after the finale of Britain’s Got Talent. Boyle went to her hotel room and when police arrived, they ordered her to be taken to a clinic under the Mental Health Act.

“Police were called to doctors assessing a woman under the Mental Health Act. The woman was taken voluntarily by ambulance to a clinic. At the request of doctors, police accompanied the ambulance,” said Scotland Yard as quoted by The Sun, a British tabloid who also says that Boyle agreed to be admitted to a clinic.

Boyle, 47, from Blackburn, West Lothian, in Scotland came in second place on Britain’s Got Talent. Boyle was beaten by the dance group Diversity on Saturday who got 24% of the public vote, with Boyle receiving 20%. She took the world by storm after her debut appearance on Britain’s Got Talent on April 11 by singing “I Dreamed a Dream” from the award winning musical Les Misérables. Just a day after appearing on the show, Boyle became a YouTube sensation with her performance receiving nearly 9 million views. To date, the YouTube clip has been viewed by nearly 65 million people worldwide.

Britain’s Got Talent issued a statement supporting Boyle saying, “Following Saturday’s show, Susan is exhausted and emotionally drained. We offer her our ongoing support and wish her a speedy recovery.”

Simon Cowell, the show’s owner and a judge of the contestants also issued a statement saying, “We’re going to look after her. We’ve never had a runner-up like Susan before. She won over a lot of fans - not just with her voice, but with her graciousness.”

It is not known how long Boyle will be staying at the clinic, but according to reports, she agreed to take time off from singing on advice of her doctor not long before being admitted.

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