| Please rate, comment and share PLUCKY Melbourne singer Emmanuel Kelly is dreaming of a recording career after moving tough judges to tears on 'The X Factor'. Emmanuel, the adopted son of Children First Foundation boss Moira Kelly, wowed Ronan Keating, Spice Girl Mel Brown, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Guy Sebastian with his heartfelt performance of the John Lennon classic Imagine on last night's audition show. Emmanuel and his brother Ahmed were adopted from Iraq, both suffering limb deficiencies as a result of chemical warfare. They were abandoned at an orphanage and rescued by Ms Kelly, who is also the guardian of the once-conjoined Bangladeshi twins, Krishna and Trishna. Emmanuel said it was "more than magic" to be on X Factor". "Words could not describe what I was feeling on that stage," he said. "When I got up and started singing, there was nothing else. Adrenalin just took over. It was just a blur." Emmanuel said he believes he had a gift. "Singing is what I love doing and singing is the only thing I want to do," he said. "I know plenty of singers that are 50 times better than I am, it is just they chose not to follow that path. Singing is the path I want to follow and some doors have opened up now and I just want to push even more. "I just want to sing and I want to make people happy." Kelly said his damaged limbs had not held him back and that he was not looking for sympathy. "I have actually been through nothing compared to some of the other kids I have met and ... |
