BGT Golden Buzzer teacher made Simon Cowell a nine-word vow when she was 15

Image: Dymond/Thames/REX/Shutterstock)

The teacher given the Golden Buzzer on Saturday's Britain's Got Talent says she told Simon Cowell that he would give her a record deal when she was just 15.

Taryn Charles, who will now automatically go through to the show's semi-final, grew up near the London office of Cowell's record label, then called S Records. She says she met him once before and told him of her dream - but Simon could not remember the moment. Taryn, 39, says: "From a young age, I looked up to Simon.

"When I was growing up, he worked at a record label near our house. I met him when I was 15 and said to him, 'You're gonna give me a record deal one day'." But Taryn's precocious courage was all but forgotten as she performed Aretha Franklin's (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman last night. She admits: "I don't think I've ever felt anything like that nervous before.

Image:

"I don't remember the Golden Buzzer moment at all. I remember jumping up and down and suddenly screeching that I'd wet myself. I hadn't really, but it was the only thing I could think of to say. I didn't feel I sang my best, so the Golden Buzzer was very unexpected."

Taryn, of Egham, Surrey - a singing tutor and music therapist for children with special needs - revealed that she has ADHD, which led to her being excluded from three schools. But she says that it was in the school music room that she found solace when things became too much.

She says: "I felt nobody was hearing what I was trying to say, so it came out in this explosion of bad behaviour. If I did need to escape, I was always in the music room. I can be in the worst mood and I'll sing and everything will just melt away." Taryn says volunteering in an SEN school as a teenager inspired her current career. She adds: "I realise now I was probably drawn to special needs beca-use I have ADHD, which was only recently diagnosed."

Image:

But she says no one could be more pleased with her BGT success than her students. One was even in the audience to see judge Bruno Tonioli hit the Golden Buzzer. Taryn says: "She is in a choir I work with. I wanted to show her and other students that if I can get here, they can. She actually wants to apply for the show when she's ready, which is amazing."

While Taryn hopes BGT will bring her singing success, she is equally passionate about helping children. She adds: "Special needs is my passion. Next week we're recording our next single - we do one every year with the children's choir. If BGT can get the kids' single exposure, it's a win for everybody."