SINGING sensation Sarah Whatmore has the world at her feet. The sultry blonde -- who has been hailed the 'new Kylie' -- is on the path to pop stardom.

The 21-year-old is hoping to follow the success of her debut single with her second release which is due out next month

But she has confessed to the Bolton Evening News that only one thing is now missing from her life...Mr Right. Sarah is having trouble finding a new man after splitting with her boyfriend of four years.

The singer, whose debut single, When I Lost You, reached number six in the charts, said: "All the good men I meet are either married or gay."

Sarah is still friends with her former boyfriend and she says the split was amicable. But she is looking for her Mr Right and is hoping she will meet him soon.

Asked who her ideal man would be, she answered actor Brad Pitt -- but he is married to Friends actress Jennifer Aniston.

And there is no chance of her dating Simon Cowell, the ITV1 Pop Idol judge who infamously proposed to her on television. "I've sworn never to talk about that again," she laughed.

In the meantime, Sarah, from Worsley, wants to devote her time to her pop career. She releases her next single, Automatic, on February 10 and is currently doing endless rounds of TV and radio interviews.

She said: "I'm enjoying myself so much at the moment. Working in pop is really hard work and there is a sharp routine to each day but it's great fun.

"It can be lonely but not in a bad way. I've got a wonderful team around me and my family are so supportive.

"And you never know, I may find my Romeo."

Sarah has been tipped as the new Jennifer Lopez or Kylie Minogue and her new single is said to have been influenced in part by both singers.

She said: "Kylie's great but I just want to be me. I'm definitely more J-Lo, a funky diva, and you can see that in my new single Automatic."

The former Worsley St George's RC High pupil rose to fame on Pop Idol when she made it into the final 50, landing herself a lucrative recording contract.