You’ve got to hand it to teenager Alex Fletcher – who has reached the second round of Britain’s Got Talent with his unusual skill.

The 15-year-old plays tunes with his hands, a talent known as “manualism”.

He will appear in front of Amanda Holden and new judges David Hasselhoff and comedian Michael McIntyre at Birmingham’s Alexander Theatre on Monday.

The Walsall Academy pupil who lives in Coppice Lane, Short Heath with his mother, Christine, 40, father Mark, 41, and brother, Nathan, 10, has been called back for the second stage after first showing his skills at the NEC in December.