A TEENAGER from Saltash is set to become an overnight star when his performance on ITV's Britain's Got Talent is aired tomorrow night.

Michael Collings, who taught himself to sing, surprised the celebrity judges as he came on stage because of his scruffy appearance.

But it took Michael only a few minutes to impress Amanda Holden, David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre when he sang Tracy Chapman song Fast Car.

More on this in this week's Cornish Times.