XFactor: Singing scaffolder gets through to next round

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Singing Scaffolder Terry Winstanley made quite an impression in the xfactor auditions that was shown on ITV1 this evening.

The 51 year old Granddad from Worthing, West Sussex wowed the judges with his version of Michael Bolton’s ‘To Love Somebody’.

He explained his story to Dermot O’Leary by saying:

“I’m currently working as an HGV driver for a scaffolding company, we take the goods to the sites, and the I hump it, lump it and grump it…I’ve got four children and two step-children, I adore my grandchildren.

“I’ve been singing since I was a kid but not seriously, I’ve just done the odd bit here and there …I got married relatively young, I was only 21, the kids came along early as well and I really lost touch with music…it wasn’t until the kids grew up a bit that I started to realise what I was missing and by then I was in the thirties, I just thought maybe I’m too old…I would love to get the music back in my life, this is a huge day for me, I haven’t slept properly in a week…this is it, there’s no more after this, it’s finished, if I don’t progress then I shall just say thank you for a lovely experience and that’ll be it.”

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