In what could prove a wake-up call to dreaming teenagers of the pitfalls of stardom, Scottish singer Susan Boyle was taken to a London clinic for treatment following her second-place finish in a nationwide talent competition, according to press reports on Monday.

Boyle, 48, was admitted to the Priory Clinic on Sunday, a day after she finished behind a male dance group in the "Britain's Got Talent" television show, the Sun newspaper reported.

Boyle was the heavy favorite to win the finals — watched by over 19 million people — after becoming a YouTube sensation following her first appearance on the show in April with Les Miserables's song "I Dreamed a Dream" which she reprised for the final. By Friday, the pressure appeared to be building relentlessly on the shy singer, who reportedly went into seclusion after exploding at journalists from Britain's notoriously aggressive tabloids.

London police would not directly confirm the report, but said doctors had been called to assist a woman under the Mental Health Act. Police said the woman had gone to a clinic voluntarily.

Boyle drew 20.2 percent of the vote in the final on Saturday, behind the dance group Diversity, which won 24.9 percent of the 4 million votes cast.

The often comical and genuine manner Boyle communicated with panel judges and the audience, as the rags to riches dream siren also brought with it some unwanted heavy media attention. Some media attention was laced with snide commentary about her looks, her social awkwardness, and her remark that the spinster had never been kissed.

But if she manages her emotions and pulls off a good act in the Britain's Got Talent Tour of the UK which kicks off this month and to which all finalists had to sign up, she will stand to see some financial reward which so far was elusive when the prize on talent show's final of an appearance at the Royal Variety Performance and £100,000 passed her by.

She could be receiving nearly £500 a night for the 18-night tour and is scheduled to fly to Prague to record an album with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra on the SONY BMG label which could bring her around £10 million. That is more than Paul Potts' last year who had less media frenzy and achieved £5 million.