British boy only 16 signed up by star

US chat show host and former American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres has given a British teenager his big break.

Tom Andrews, 16, received a call from the presenter after she saw a video of him online.

The chart hopeful, from Exeter in Devon, will feature on her show – and become the second signing to her label eleveneleven after 12-year-old YouTube sensation Greyson Chance.