Previously, I posted a video clip where Connie, the sweet little girl, wowed the judges and audience by singing “Somewhere Over The Rainbow'. She is now able to earn more than a million dollars in the coming year if she wanted to. That’s an amazing achievement for a 6-year-old.She's never had a formal singing lesson. Instead, she has had to hone her skills on a £39.99 ($80) karaoke machine. But Connie Talbot, the six-year-old star of Britain's Got Talent, is already being hailed as the "next Charlotte Church".
One of the judges, Simon Cowel, was so impressed by Connie's performance that he has preliminarily agreed to sign her up to a seven-figure deal with his own record label, Sony BMG.
Mrs Talbot, who bought her daughter a karaoke machine because the family could not afford singing lessons, also revealed that Connie only discovered she could sing in tragic circumstances - when her grandmother, Violet, was diagnosed with breast cancer.
"When her grandma was really ill in bed, Connie used to sing the DVD to the Wizard of Oz to her, to cheer her up.
"It was her grandmother who first told me, 'She's really good, you know'". Following her grandmother's death two years ago, at the age of 72, Connie sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow at the funeral.
"Her grandmother would have been so proud," Mrs Talbot added. "She had her fortune told years ago and was told her she was going to have a famous grandchild - maybe that's Connie."
On Saturday night, viewers and the trio of panellists will vote to decide if Connie makes it through to the following evening's studio final for the chance to sing in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Show and win £100,000 ($200,000).
Link & Image: DailyMail
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