X Factor judges moved to tears as teen Christian Burrows sings emotional song about his dead brother

Christian auditioned with a song he wrote called Thunder Biddy, about his late brother Nathan

THE X Factor judges were left in tears tonight when teen Christian Burrows auditioned with a moving song named Thunder Buddy, written about his late brother who died at two months old, a choice that Simon called “brave.”

The 19-year-old who works at a VIP bar arrived at the Manchester auditions and originally sang a John Denver song, but Simon stopped him and asked him to perform something else.

Christian who is one of eight children then revealed to the judges that he writes his own songs and that he had one about his brother who died when he was young.

The nervous lad said: “It’s a song that means everything to me, and only my mum’s heard it.”

As soon as Christian started singing the heartfelt song which opened with the lines: “I would do anything just to be two years old again, imagine what we could have done, imagine what we could have been”, the judges were visibly moved, with Nicole Scherzinger and Sharon Osbourne having to wipe away tears.

Nicole wiped away tears as Christian performed the emotional song

There wasn’t a dry eye in the room and Simon thanked a tearful Christian for sharing the ballad, and Nicole added: “I was right there all the way, you got me so thank you for that.”

Before the judges gave Christian four yeses, Simon told him: “It was very brave to share that song with us, because it is so personal.

Little Nathan, pictured above with Christian and his mother, was just two months old when he died

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I don’t know how you did that, but I think it was important that you did do it actually because it told me who you were as an artist and actually as a person and you’ve got a real talent.

“I think you’re great with lyrics and I like you.”