Any Dream Will Do star Keith Jack nearly turned his back on singing following the death of his grandfather.

The 19-year-old Joseph hopeful stopped performing for a year after granddad George lost a battle against bone cancer, but Keith is now inspired by his late relative when he sings.

"Keith was just 15 when his granddad George - or Papa, as he knew him - died and you could not get him to sing. It was heartbreaking," his father, also named George, told The Mirror. "Keith just bottled up all his grief. I had to keep encouraging him not to give up."

Mum Irene added: "He quit singing completely. Papa was his inspiration to sing. It was him that encouraged Keith since he was a little boy. Keith and his grandpa were joined at the hip because they both loved singing so much.

"We've told him to go out there and get to the top, to do it for Papa. That's why he's trying so hard."