Most 12-year-old boys are out playing football with their mates or stuck indoors doing homework.
But for Glaswegian Kerr James he's getting ready to perform live on TV.
It's a dream come true for the Cambuslang lad who is set to take to the stage as part of the Britain's Got Talent semi-finals tomorrow night.
After blowing away the judges at the audition stages of the STV show with his rendition of Otis Redding’s Try a Little Tenderness, Kerr will perform again for a spot in the final.
40 performers have made it through to this stage in the hope of winning the public vote and securing an all-important place in the live final with the chance of winning a life-changing £250,000 and a spot at the Royal Variety Performance.
Speaking to the Daily Record last month, Kerr, who is in first year at secondary school, laughed: “A lot of people say I don’t sound how I look, and that I sound older.
“I like the classic soul singers, and more recently singers like Rag’n’Bone Man, who has that soulful voice.
“I got into soul through my Grandad Carr. I would always sit in the car with him, waiting for my sister Eva to get out of school, and listen to Sam Cooke. It was natural to sing soulfully when I started singing.”
The youngster is no stranger to performing live as he's already played Glasgow’s Barrowland and King Tut’s for charity shows.
He started busking on Buchanan Street in Glasgow a couple of years ago, sang at the launch of the European open water swimming championships on Loch Lomond and teamed up with Clyde 1’s George Bowie on a remix of Sweet Disposition.
He said: “I hope being on Britain’s Got Talent will lead to me becoming a recording artist and get my songs more exposure. If I can get on the live shows, maybe I’d be able to perform one of my own songs.”
You can watch Kerr James on STV Britain's Got Talent semi-final tomorrow night, Thursday May 30.
