BGT singer: I told Simon he’d sign me
THE teacher given the Golden Buzzer on last night’s Britain’s Got Talent has said she told Simon Cowell that he would give her a record deal when she was just 15.
Taryn Charles, who will now go through to the show’s semi-final, grew up near the London office of Cowell’s record label, then called S Records.
She said she met him once before and told him of her dream – but Simon could not remember it.
Taryn, 39, said: “From a young age, I looked up to Simon.
“When I was growing up, he worked at a record label near our house. I met him when I was 15 and said to him, ‘ You’re going to give me a record deal one day’.”
But Taryn’s precocious courage was all but forgotten as she performed Aretha Franklin’s ( You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman last night.
She admitted: “I don’t think I’ve ever felt anything like that nervous before. I don’t remember the Golden Buzzer moment at all.
“I didn’t feel I sang my best, so the Golden Buzzer was very unexpected.”
Taryn, of Egham, Surrey, is a singing tutor and music therapist for children with special needs.
She said: “Next week, we’re recording our next single – we do one every year with the children’s choir.
“If BGT can get the kids’ single exposure, it’s a win for everybody.”