Shaun Smith sings "With or Without You in Britain's Got Talent (with video)

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Shaun Smith sings "With or Without You in Britain's Got Talent (with video)

Shaun Smith sings "With or Without You" by U2 in Britain's Got Talent (with video). The 17-year-old student from Lichfield sang Ain’t No Sunshine at his first audition, creating such a buzz that the original version of the song by Bill Withers shot back into the charts decades after its release. Shaun sang the same song in a school talent contest aged 13 which lead to a part in his school show, can he now go one step further to win this year’s Britain’s Got Talent and sing in front of the Queen?

Shaun has been performing on stage since the age of 12 but he has always been a performer and was doing Elvis impressions when he was four. He wants to be known for having a good voice and would love to perform at the Carling Academy in Birmingham. He just wants to make people happy through his singing.

Shaun admitted to hosts Ant and Dec that he was absolutely terrified performing in the semi-final. But the judges were extremely happy with his performance. Piers Morgan said that he was initially unsure that he had picked the right song, but he, "showed us what you've got." Amanda Holden was pleased that she had earlier asked him to be more confident and he had done as she'd requested in his song choice. She also said that, "Susan Boyle has got big competition." Simon Cowell agreed that it was a, "brilliant choice of song," and described Smith as a, "dark horse." Shaun’s big love other than singing is rugby, which he plays three times a week. He has said that if he wins the prize money he will buy himself a car big enough to carry his rugby chums about in.

Watch this video of Shaun Smith sings "With or Without You" by U2 in Britain's Got Talent: