US chat show host and former American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres has given a British teenager his big break.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Sep 2010, 16:14 GMT
Updated 17th Sep 2010, 18:58 GMT
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.