Shaheen Jafargholi

Shaheen Jafargholi, the 12 year old singer sensation appeared and sang on the Ellen Show today, December 17th, 2009. Shaheen sang the song, "I'll Be There" and gave a fantastic vocal performance. He definitely showed a great vocal range as well as vocal power with this performance.

After a great performance on the Oprah Winfrey Show back in October, where Oprah has proclaims, 'Wowzer, wowzer, wowzer,", Shaheen continues to amaze people everywhere with his great vocal performances.

Shaheen, since the Michael Jackson Memorial, has had requests from major Television talk shows for appearances. The young 12 year old singer has amazed many by his performance at the memorial.

Shaheen has meetings with the Nickelodeon TV channel and Disney lined up. Disney is looking at roles in their High School Musical and Hannah Montana-style shows for him.

Producer-director Kenny Ortega is involved in both and was the man behind the Michael Jackson Memorial. CAA also represents BGT boss Simon Cowell, who is tipped to give Shaheen a record deal in the UK.

Swansea Bay Radio has been a big supporter of Shaheen since his rise to fame in the BGT show and ran a campaign to get people to vote for him as much as possible. In May, after the BGT show Shaheen presented his own show at the station. He is scheduled to return for another show on August 31 and will be making it a Michael Jackson special.

Shaheen Jafargholi, a 12 yr. old boy from Swansea, Wales performed July 7^th, 2009 at the public Michael Jackson Memorial tribute at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Ca.

Smokey Robinson had shared a funny story about not being able to believe someone as young as Michael Jackson, at the time 10 yrs. old, could have pulled off such a rendition of the song “Who’s Lovin’ You”, which Mr. Robinson had written for himself for Motown Records.

Then the young Shaheen Jafargholi took the stage and sang the song. He was very well composed and he awed the crowd with his voice and deliverance. It was a very fitting tribute from someone so young.

Shaheen had been invited by Michael Jackson to perform with him on his U.K. tour. Michael and Shaheen were to duet during Michael’s comeback tour "This Is It" at London’s 02 Arena. After Michael had passed away, the Jackson family contacted Shaheen to personally invite him to perform at the service.

Shaheen had just finished performing with the Britain’s Got Talent tour and had had previously performed as a young Michael Jackson in the touring production of "Thriller Live." Shaheen says that performing the Jackson 5 hit “Who’s Lovin” You on the Britain's Got Talent tour after Michael’s death was very emotional.

Shaheen Jafargholi, born January 27^th, 1997, is a Welsh-Iranian actor/singer from Swansea, Wales. He lives with his mother Karen, who is separated from his Iranian father. He attends the Dylan Thomas Community School in Swansea, as well as the Mark Jermin Stage School on Saturdays.

Shaheen has been singing all of his life. He started singing properly when he was 5 yrs. old and his mom took him for singing lessons when he was seven and has never looked back. He performs regularly at the stage school and at local charity shows and school plays.

Shaheen received great recognition when he participated in Britain’s Got Talent, series 3. At the show’s audition he received high praise from the judges and the audience when he sang the Jackson 5 song, “Who’s Lovin’ You.” He reached the semi-final round but only finished in 7^th place.

Shaheen has had parts in several acting roles. He had parts in “Grandpa in My Pocket”, an episode in “Torchwood”, "Casualty" and has also toured as a young Michael Jackson role in “Thriller Live.” Shaheen also is credited with minor roles in productions such as, Macbeth, The King and I, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (choir). He also has had uncredited appearances in The Frank Skinner Show, Mine All Mine, A Way of Life, Day at the Beach, Nickleodeon UK and ITV news.

After Shaheen’s performance at the Michael Jackson Memorial, his future is sure to be bright. The publicity, although from such a sad time as this, is sure to expose Shaheen’s talent to world audience. Although, he does not have a recording contract, he is tied to Simon Cowell/a>s Syco, a division of Sony, as part of a three-month deal that finalists of Britain’s Got Talent must sign.

You can find videos of Shaheen on the YouTube and Britain's Got talent website. There are performances from his stint on Britain’s Got Talent from auditions to show performances.

Shaheen is a star of the future. And his future just got alot brighter after today.