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Faryl Smith is an English child singer from Kettering who rose to fame in the second series of the television talent show on ITV, Britain's Got Talent, as an opera singer in which she reached the final on 31 May 2008.
[edit] Britain's Got Talent
Smith, a 12 year old, went through the first audition process and then won her semi-final by the public vote[1][2] to make it to the live final, but did not win the competition [3] She has been labelled as "the next Charlotte Church" but she has been quick to deny this. She also made a brief appearance on the show TMi in December, 2007, with her friends.[4]
The Sunday Mirror and Digital Spy both reported that Simon Cowell has arranged for free singing lessons to be delivered by leading vocal coach Yvie Burnett to Faryl Smith. Burnett previously coached 2007 Britains Got Talent winner Paul Potts and 2006 The X Factor winner Leona Lewis.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Faryl Smith and Andrew Muir make it to Britain's Got Talent final", Times Online, 2008-05-30.
- ^ "Faryl Smith's got 'talent'", Channel 4 News, 2008-05-30.
- ^ "Faryl Smith's "world class" performance fails to win final of Britain's Got Talent", Northampton Evening Telegraph, 2008-05-30.
- ^ "Faryl: I'm not the new Charlotte", The Sun, 2008-05-12. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
- ^ Gold, Laura. "Simon Cowell's secret singing lessons for Britain's Got Talent's Faryl Smith", The Sunday Mirror, 2008-05-12. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
- ^ "Young 'Talent' star gets secret coaching", Digital Spy, 2008-05-11. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
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