Britain's Got Talent favourite Pippa Langthorne has revealed she only began singing 18 months ago, to cheer up her mum following her granddad's death. The 20-year-old - who wowed the judges on Saturday night's show by duetting with her dog Buddy on the opera classic Pie Jesu - told the News Of The World that prior to that she did not even realise she could sing. "My grandad died suddenly and it affected everyone terribly," she said. "My mum was in the kitchen listening to songs that reminded her of him and I thought it'd be nice if I could try and learn one and sing it to her. I wanted to make her laugh. "So I sang O Mio Babbino Caro, my mum's favourite song, which translates into 'Oh my dear papa'. "As soon as she heard me, mum said, 'Where did that voice come from?' I just laughed and said, 'What are you talking about? There's nothing there.'But she said, 'No, seriously, that's quite clever.' Pippa also revealed that Buddy - a seven-month-old llasa apso puppy - joined the act after he joined in with her one day as she was rehearsing songs for a wedding. "I'm now trying to train him to do other songs than classical," she said, "but he doesn't like pop music."
