Bognor star Jonathan Ansell a hit with pupils at Big Sing

Jonathan was a special guest at the latest Big Sing event of more than 500 junior, infant and primary school pupils from around the town.

He sung two songs for them '“ Nessum Dorma from Puccini's opera, Turandot, and Queen's I Want To Live Forever.

He said: "I chose those songs because I show the children the variety of music that there is around.

"It's great to come back to sing to the children. I went to one of the schools at the Big Sing '“ Nyewood CoE Junior '“ when I was a boy and it's good to say to them that I went there and this is what I am doing now.

"It shows them that, if you put in the hard work, then you can get the rewards."

Jonathan (27) fitted in his short gig at the Arena Leisure Centre between an interview with Channel Five News and preparations to appear in the Holders Festival of performing arts in Barbados.

He is billed as the sensational young tenor who shot to fame with pop opera group G4 on television's The X Factor.

Coming up after that is a tour of New Zealand with Hayley Westenra before he returns to the UK for a solo tour.

His visit to the Big Sing was arranged through his mum, who is a music co-ordinator at one of the schools involved.

Event organiser Rose Green Infant School music co-ordinator Katrina O'Neill, chairwoman of the Felpham and Bognor schools' music group, said the event had featured sing-a-longs in the morning.

Six of the schools had taught the rest some favourite songs. They included Hey, Mr Miller and The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

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