Britain's Got Talent star from Northamptonshire to sing National Anthem ahead of FA Community Shield

Faryl, who shot to fame during the 2008 series of Britain’s Got Talent, will be singing the anthem ahead of Manchester City taking on Arsenal in the FA Community Shield on Sunday (August 16).

She will take centre stage at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium in Wales just ahead of kick-off at 3pm for the English football season’s traditional ‘curtain raiser’.

And while Faryl is no stranger to the big stage having performed at Twickenham and Wembley in the past, this time will be slightly different for her singing the anthem as she is seven months pregnant – congratulations to Faryl and her husband Sam!

Classical singer Faryl rose to fame during the 2008 series of Britain's Got Talent, where she reached the final, having previously won 13 awards at the Eisteddfod in Kettering aged just 10.

She performed in several music festivals before starring in the ITV talent show, where music mogul Simon Cowell described her as ‘literally one in a million’.

In 2010 she was nominated for two Classical BRIT Awards, becoming the youngest artist ever to receive a double nomination.

She later graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama undergraduate course with a first-class honours degree.

People can catch Faryl’s forthcoming performance live on TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max at the Principality Stadium, which has a capacity of 73,900.