Britain's Got Talent sensation Faryl Smith is set to earn £20million before she's 20.
And last night music svengali Simon Cowell hailed her as better than opera star Katherine Jenkins - who is 12-year-old Faryl's idol - and Charlotte Church.
Cowell, who already has Faryl primed for international superstardom, said: "I know she says Katherine is her idol but she is far better than her. She is by far the most talented youngster I've ever heard. When she opens her mouth her voice is just incredible."
Cowell, who propelled X Factor winner Leona Lewis to stardom in the US, said: "We've uncovered an absolutely massive singing talent. Full stop."
Faryl, of Kettering, Northants is on course to be the biggest globalselling British act in years. Her parents have already been swamped with offers from showbiz agents and fixers. But her family want Cowell to mastermind her career.
Faryl went into last night's finale as runaway bookies favourite for the show's £100,000 prize and star billing at the Royal Variety Show ahead of sexy string quartet Escala and choirboy Andrew Johnston.
But, regardless of the outcome, Cowell has been in talks to tie Faryl to a multi-million pound deal.
Last month the Sunday Mirror revealed that Faryl was being given secret singing lessons with vocal coach Yvie Burnett - who has previously worked with Leona Lewis - arranged by Cowell.
And Faryl's dad Tony has revealed how he and wife Linda have talked about signing Faryl to Cowell's SyCo record company, an offshoot of Sony BMG. Health and safety officer Tony, 49, said: "A lot of people have shown interest in Faryl. It's been difficult to make decisions because we don't know much about the music industry. But I'd have to listen if it was Simon Cowell telling me my daughter was special and had big potential.
"I can't really say too much at this stage. But we're not interested in speaking to anyone else now."
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Meanwhile Faryl told yesterday how she met Katherine Jenkins after winning the International Eisteddfod singing competition in 2005. She said: "Katherine is my favourite singer and I love classical music because of her. She sent me an email to say well done for getting to the final and to wish me good luck. I was thrilled. I have been a massive fan of hers for ages."
Faryl's family revealed that the youngster inherited her showstopping voice from her great-gran Adeline Hall, 95, who is now in an old people's home suffering from chronic senile dementia.
But her proud grandad Keith Hall says it's Faryl's singing which has kept her going and glued the family together throughout her illness. "Faryl owes her amazing voice to her great-grandma and it's now very touching that a young girl should bring such comfort to an old lady," he said. "She adores Faryl and her voice. She was a mezzo soprano singer herself and performed across Wales and on the BBC Wales Home Service in the 1930s. Faryl's voice is identical to hers."
Asked how she will celebrate her success, Faryl said: "I'm going to go on a massive shopping spree in TopShop and New Look.
"I'm going to take my two best friends out and spend as much as I can. We'll probably have a big party too."
Faryl's incredible talent has led to inevitable comparisons with Voice of an Angel Charlotte Church, who was also discovered on a TV talent search aged 12 - and is now worth an estimated £12 million.
Charlotte's ex-manager Jonathan Shalit said: "Faryl has the potential to earn far more than Charlotte. She could easily earn £20million before her 20th birthday."
But Faryl is keen to distance herself from the 22-year-old former child star.
"I can see why people compare us," she said. "But Charlotte has gone down the pop route and I want to stick with classical music."
