Cancer victim’s brave bid for stardom

Brave schoolgirl Georgina Anderson is dreaming of chart success despite losing her voice to cancer.

The inspirational teenager, who turned 15 last month, is winning an army of fans online with a version of Bonnie Raitt’s I Can’t Make You Love Me, recorded before her illness made singing impossible.

A video featuring Georgina’s performance has had more than 85,000 views on the YouTube website.

Sadly, the effects of her devastating condition which has spread from her liver to her lungs mean she has lost her powerful voice.

But though medics have admitted they’ve exhausted all treatments for her cancer, the courageous teen is hoping to release another previously recorded song as a fundraising single.

Last night Georgina’s proud dad Paul told The Sunday Post: “It’s been her lifelong ambition to be a singer. Every time she sang, she was always note perfect. People were always amazed as she’s such a petite girl and this massive voice came out of her.

“Now she can only talk quietly and, unfortunately, the singing has stopped. But it would be great if we could release one of her recorded songs as a charity single.”

Georgina who was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer in July already has some celebrity fans.

X-Factor winner James Arthur was so impressed he sent her a bouquet of flowers and made a surprise phone call to delighted Georgina while she was in hospital.

Waterloo Road actress Melanie Hill, TV magician Paul Daniels and current X-Factor contestant Abi Alton are among those who have sent messages of support to the talented teen, who began writing songs and recording them when she was just 13. It was her music teacher Donna Brogan who suggested Georgina should try the Bonnie Raitt classic.

Paul confided: “It is incredibly inspirational.

“Anybody who reads her story or hears her music cannot help be moved by it.”

Paul, his 45-year-old wife Helen and Georgina’s 20-year-old brother, Joe, were still holding on to hope the cancer undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma had disappeared.

But the side-effects of chemotherapy mean Georgina has lost feeling in her fingers and feet and now has to use a wheelchair.

Medics at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary say they have no further options.

Paul said: “A fortnight ago, she had the scan to check on the development of the cancer. The worst was confirmed.

“They said every avenue had been explored and there was nothing they could do.”

He added: “We as a family are embracing the situation. We have got to be positive and constructive.”

To view Georgina’s YouTube video log on to www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFJ8l4IVw7I.