FOLK SINGER SNUBBED BY AMY WINEHOUSE

Australian folk singer Sia is hurt by Amy Winehouse after the troubled rehab singer told her she was too intimidated by her to team up on record. Sia is a big fan of Winehouse’s music, and approached the troubled singer over a planned collaboration. But she had no idea Winehouse would turn her down flat. Sia says, "I asked Amy Winehouse to do a collaboration and she said, ‘No way.’ And I was like, ‘Why not?’ And she said, ‘I’m intimidated by you. I’ve been listening to you since I was a teenager.’ "I was totally shocked because she’s my favourite contemporary voice." And Sia admits she’s now become Winehouse’s celebrity ’stalker’. She adds, "I’ve met her a couple of times and I kind of stalk her."I’ve got her phone number and whenever I listen to her album and I love it, I text her and say, ‘I’m listening to it again, it’s so good!’ She never responds. She doesn’t really respond to anyone, she doesn’t do e-mail."