'Britain's Got Talent' unearths a "young Mick Hucknall" during the latest auditions to be broadcast this weekend.
A-level student and keen rugby player 17-year-old Shaun Smith from Lichfield, Staffordshire, sang 'Ain't No Sunshine'.
As all his rugby pals rose to their feet, judge Simon Cowell told him: "I genuinely wasn't expecting that, you remind me of Mick Hucknall, but good looking. You've got a very authentic sounding voice."
Judges are also treated to a high-pitched version of 'Nessun Dorma' by 24-year-old hotel waiter Greg Pritchard from Usk, Monmouthshire.
His version of the song is markedly different from that of series one winner Paul Potts - and despite the initial shock the audience got up on their feet.
Pritchard explained: "I am a male soprano." Piers Morgan said: "I have to say you did it brilliantly it was a great act."
And Cowell mused: "It was like a dog meowing, it just shouldn't do that. But would I like a dog that meowed, yes I would - you puzzle me, Greg."
