Britain's Got Talent: Andrew Johnston

Britain’s Got Talent season just started last night and already seems to have a winner with a 13 year old kid, who had to endure bullying at schools for his love of opera.

Andrew Johnston, 13 year old seems to have hit it big with his incredible voice at last night’s Britain’s Got Talent show. Simon Cowell and his fellow panel of judges Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan were stunned by Johnston’s performance.

Andrew Johnston had to endure poverty throughout his childhood as his mother had to raise him and her three other children alone. All that tough lessons including the bullying has paid off well with his love for the opera. And he showed last night with his exceptional singing skills.

He sang “Pie Jesu”and left one of the judges Amanda Holden in tears.

Pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu Qui tollis peccata mundi

Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem

His mother Morag Johnston told Sunday Mirror they had to endure lots of hardships but somehow managed to help Andrew Johnston singing career.

"Andrew would come with me on jobs because I couldn't afford a babysitter. He would sleep in the back of the car while I took food to people's front doors at all hours. It taught Andrew that nothing comes for free."

Andrew's amazing singing voice was discovered by a teacher when he was seven.

Morag explained:"Andrew has always been very quiet and shy so we had no idea he had this incredible voice. His primary school teacher suggested I took him to the cathedral to join the choir.

The cathedral auditioned him and saw his talents right away, Andrew is now the head chorister at Carlisle Cathedral.

His mother heard his voice the first time at the Cathedral and realized his son’s great skills for the first time.

"But I still hadn't heard his voice. The first time I heard him I cried. His voice just blew me away. Even now I get emotional when I hear him sing because it's such a beacon of hope."

Andrew said because of his love for the opera, he had to endure bullies who taunted him and called him gay because he was in a choir. His mom said their verbal abuses were the worst and it affected Andrew a lot longer.

Many times Andrew wanted to quit singing in order to avoid bullying, but his mom persisted and made him continue with his singing. She didn’t want his talent to go waste. She hopes his appearance at the show will help his career.

Morag, who works as a researcher for the Office for National Statistics and supplements her income with benefits, said winning the show's $200,000 prize money would give her son financial security.

She said:

"It would give Andrew the kind of start in life I can't give him."