Talented MJ wannabe Aaron Harrison, 12, of Dyson Walk, Broadfield was stunned when he found himself in the final eleven at auditions to play a young King of Pop in the West End show 'Thriller'.

Aaron moonwalked the first three rounds, battling off stiff competition from hundreds of other hopefuls from across the country – many of them stage-school trained with agents in tow – to land himself his place in the final.

But the modest young star reckoned he wasn't too put off by the pressure, although if he does scoop the part he could be playing a young Michael Jackson either in the West End or on tour around Europe.

He said: "I'm trying not to think about it at the moment, but there are eleven people left and six people can get the part, if I get it I'll just try my hardest, but if I don't get it I won't be too disappointed.

"I think I was probably more nervous waiting to be called than I was when I was onstage.

"There was the wait outside for half an hour, then the wait inside where we had to wait in the bar, then also there was the wait outside the door when they called us in."

But Aaron managed to see off his nerves and impress the casting couch, and he reckoned that the performance itself was a breeze.

He said: "I think when I start singing the songs I'm more confidant onstage then when I'm backstage.

"When I get on stage I don't really think about it, I just think about singing.

I just try to be me and put my own twist on the songs and do the songs how I think I can do it."

And Aaron, who took up singing after his ten-year-old-sister Georgia tragically passed away when he was five, said that he's always wanted to be in the spotlight.

He said: "I've wanted to do it for as far as I can remember, it's the one thing I've always wanted to do.

"All my friends want to be football stars or basketball stars but I just want to do performing arts.

"I hope to go as far as I can and keep doing more shows, but if when I grow up I don't perform onstage, I'll be disappointed, but I'll live I suppose."

Far from having an agent to parade him around the Lyric Theatre on West Ends legendary Shaftesbury Avenue, Aaron was accompanied by his mum Nicky, 46, who couldn't quite believe the attention her talented son received on the day.

And at home, his three sisters Jasmine, 9, Olivia, 4, and Isabelle, 3, couldn't wait to provide backing vocals to help their big brother practise.

Nicky said: "ITV came and asked us if they could follow Aaron around for the audition process.

"He went into the first round and he came out with his little green slip which meant he went through the next round, then he got through to the final and now I'm waiting for the phone to ring.

"I didn't think he'd get this far, he's had no training, or anything, I said to him this is huge! You're a little boy from Crawley, you've had no training and you're in the final eleven for a huge big show."

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