Simon Cowell & Piers Morgan Rave Over Shaheen Jafargholi On 'Britain's Got Talent'

Access Hollywood - May 27, 2009 11:44 AM PDT
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Susan Boyle may have captured hearts across the world with her beautiful singing voice, but after his semi-finals performance on Tuesday night's "Britain's Got Talent," 12-year-old Shaheen Jafargholi may be the reality competition's new frontrunner.

Click HERE to watch Shaheen sing on Tuesday's show.

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Shaheen, one of a handful of breakout stars on the breakout UK show, which many Americans are keeping up on via YouTube, took to the "Britain's Got Talent" stage on Tuesday night and wowed his way into the semi-finals with a performance of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," from the musical "Dreamgirls."

"I don't think you could have chosen a more difficult song. That is a really, really tough iconic song and I was incredibly nervous about you singing it, but I take that back because it worked, it did," Simon said to the young man from Wales. "I'm not sure it was as good as the first performance, but I absolutely am certain we're going to see you on Saturday [in the finals]... And you're a real contender now to win this competition."

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Simon's fellow judge Piers Morgan was also floored by the young man, giving him a standing ovation and calling his performance the best of the semi-finals round, which has already seen Susan sing.

"Shaheen! Wow, what a performance," Piers said. "It is incredible! This show, when we get kids like you that [can] come on and can sing with such power -- like you just did then -- I find it breathtaking to watch. I think that pound for pound, that was the best singing performance that we've heard in the semi-finals so far."

British pop star Lily Allen, who has been watching the show on the Internet, also weighed in via her Twitter account.

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"OH MY GOD just watched Shaheen on britains got talent on youtube, I'm in tears, so amazing," she Tweeted with minimal punctuation.

Lily also took time yesterday to justify her Twitter rant against Susan, who she called "overrated" on her Twitter recently.

"It also seems that I am not alone in my SUBO views, I'd say 90% of you are agreeing with me. And by the way,overrated is not the same as bad," she wrote.

But it appears her Tweets against Susan may be over.

"Ok, we draw a line under the SusanBoyleGate. I still think Shaheen is the best," Lily wrote.

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  • Eliea
    he is a child
    report abuseposted June 20, 2009 9:21 AM PDT
  • delym
    the young man has a beautiful voice,but...that kind of song is not for him,that's grown people music.he will improve over the years.don't give up young man
    report abuseposted May 30, 2009 1:14 PM PDT
  • suki
    His voice is going to change in a few years. It'll be interesting to see what he ends up with.
    report abuseposted May 28, 2009 3:09 PM PDT
  • what???????????
    That child has a great future ahead of him, he just needs to find his "voice" (I don't mean the one he sings with). Mr. Cowell saw that, and has been trying to help him in the right direction, that's why he stopped him when he did his first audition song, and asked him to try something else, he could see something much better was in there. Good luck and best wis
    report abuseposted May 28, 2009 1:43 PM PDT
  • what???????????
    That child has a great future ahead of him, he just needs to find his "voice" (I don't mean the one he sings with). Mr. Cowell saw that, and has been trying to help him in the right direction, that's why he stopped him when he did his first audition song, and asked him to try something else, he could see something much better was in there. Good luck and best wis
    report abuseposted May 28, 2009 1:43 PM PDT
  • HarleyD
    Sounds like a 12 year old trying to sing an adult song.......... sorry not good at all!!!! Might be good for his schools talent show, but i dont think he could even win that!!!!
    report abuseposted May 28, 2009 11:35 AM PDT
  • PiEn
    damn that boy can belt out a tune, whether he wins or not everyone will hear and see alot of him !
    report abuseposted May 28, 2009 7:36 AM PDT
  • jazzy g
    i agree his voice is going to change...and susan's isn't! i was little taken aback by his choice of song but he worked it out!! it's like when i saw this little girl(9) singing at the bush2 white house singing "fallen" by alicia keys!
    report abuseposted May 28, 2009 5:25 AM PDT
  • pine nut
    shaheen is a BABY....his voice will change many times & by the time he is a young man he might not even sing....sure he has talent but susan boyle has been cloistered 4 far too many years lets let her shine and give baby a few years to mature...u cant compare the 2
    report abuseposted May 27, 2009 5:34 PM PDT
  • SA
    I would like to see that twat Lilly Allen go on stage and sing a real song without the assistance of machines. Yeah, she wouldn't last!
    report abuseposted May 27, 2009 1:02 PM PDT
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