The 13-year-old will sing live competing against 14 others in the next round of the national talent competition Live & Unsigned.

He said: " I love singing and I love acting and I would really love to be in the business as a singer."

Rory, from Lindfield, beat thousands of hopefuls who registered for Live & Unsigned and hundreds who queued in Brighton to audition in front of the judges.

His voice, performing talent and big personality won him one of 15 places in the regional semi-finals to be held at Hove Town Hall on March 30.

Yet, the 13-year-old Oathall Community College student is no stranger to the world of music and showbiz. His dad is Hereward Kaye, former member of the chart-topping acapela group the Flying Pickets and owner of Haywards Heath's Rok Skool in Bridge Road, while older brothers Leon and Jo are both singers and musicians and his mum Pat teaches singing at Rok Skool.

And before moving back to the UK from Spain a couple of years ago Rory won the public vote as 'Junior Pop Idol' in a televised knock-out singing competition.

Rory loves all types of music from classical to rock 'n roll and R&B and is lead singer in a band of 13-year-old called The Dysturbed.

Organisers of Live & Unsigned say their aim is to find potential recording artists. The overall adult winner receives a recording and management contract with Future Music while the under 18's winner has the option to record a track written by Lemar and Mark Hill (Craig David's producer) and will get to record an album.