LONDON , England ( CNN ) -- Move over Susan Boyle . A week after the Scottish woman became a global sensation following a barnstorming audition on `` Britain 's Got Talent , '' a 12-year-old Welsh boy with a Motown voice has been hailed for his `` life-changing '' performance on the TV show after earning a standing ovation from Simon Cowell . Jafargholi impressed the `` Britain 's Got Talent '' judges with a rendition of `` Who 's Loving You . '' Shaheen Jafargholi 's prospects looked bleak when the infamously hard to impress Cowell brought the audition to an abrupt halt just one verse into his rendition of `` Valerie , '' the Zutons ' song covered by Amy Winehouse . `` You 've got this really wrong , '' Cowell told him . `` What do you sing apart from that ? '' Jafargholi instead offered to perform `` Who 's Loving You , '' written by Smokey Robinson and performed by a young Michael Jackson with the Jackson Five , bringing screams of delight from the audience as he launched into a note-perfect rendition that brought a beaming Cowell and fellow judges Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden to their feet . `` This is how one song can change your life , '' Cowell told him . `` This may be the start of something special for you young man . '' Watch Shaheen Jafargholi perform on `` Britain 's Got Talent '' » . Writing in his blog for the show , Morgan said Jafargholi had been the stand-out act of the show and tipped him as a possible challenger to Boyle for the TV talent show 's £100,000 ( $ 146,000 ) prize . `` Once Simon got him to sing the right kind of song for his voice , he was sensational . Like a young Stevie Wonder , '' Morgan said . In an interview for the show , Jafargholi said he had been singing since he was two years old . `` When I was a bit older my mum got me some singing lessons and my voice just got bigger and bigger , '' he said . `` Hopefully this is going to be my big break . '' Last week 's performance by Boyle , the 47-year-old with a Broadway voice who claimed to have never been kissed , brought the show global attention , with her version of the Les Miserables ' tune `` I Dreamed a Dream '' gaining more than 32 million hits on YouTube as well as earning her a string of U.S. media appearances , including on CNN 's Larry King Live . Jafargholi has some way to go to match Boyle 's success . By Monday morning a YouTube link to his performance had been watched just 330,000 times . Who do you prefer ? Susan Boyle or Shaheen Jafargholi ? Sound Off below .
12-year - old Welsh girl shines on ` ` Britain 's Got Talent '' with Motown beats . " Show earned standing up from judge Simon Cowell . Cowell had earlier halted Jafargholi 's audition and got him to change songs . Show has become a global celebrity following Susan Boyle 's performance last week .