PIANIST Lizzie Burgess lifted the 2013 Grab title with an enchanting singing performance to win the Ribble Valley’s inter-schools talent show.

The St Augustine’s High School girl, whose ambition is to be a professional musician or to forge a career in the Secret Service, wowed the sell-out crowd at Clitheroe’s Grand theatre with her own song, Packed Every Box In My Room, to land the £800 first prize.

The talented 14-year-old Year 10 student said: “It means everything to me to win Grab because this is such a special show.

“The acts were incredible. Everyone who took part in Grab was a winner.”

Lizzie, a member of the Junior Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, where she is studying piano and voice, also sings in the Halle Youth Choir. She said: “I’ve sung in public but this was the first time I’d performed my solo work to a live audience.

“I’ve been singing since I was five years old and I’d love to make it part of my life when I leave school.

“My other love is learning languages, and I’m studying Spanish, German and French. I’m also trying to learn Dutch, Latin and Greek in my spare time.

“You need multi-language qualifications to stand any chance of being accepted for the Secret Service and that’s my goal if singing doesn’t work out.”

Grab judge Gaynor Sutcliffe, who stars in popular country music band The Swing Commanders, said: “Lizzie would make an amazing recording artist because of the purity of her voice and has a gorgeous tone on the piano.”

Double Trouble, Chloe Jackson, 14, and Emily Billington, 15, from Ribblesdale High School, landed the runner-up prize with their brilliant comedic dance routine.

“Double Trouble was a fantastic act, and much better than anything I’ve seen on Britain’s Got Talent,” said fellow judge Lindz West.

Emily was generous in her praise for winner Lizzie saying: “Lizzie was brilliant, she deserved to win.

“To finish in the top three was a dream come true for Double Trouble.”

Tom Muldoon, 12, who sang She Said by Plan B, finished in third place.

Steven Lancaster, director of the Grand, said: “It was an incredible night. The standard of the acts, once again, was brilliant. The talent seems to get better and better every year.”

Steered by the Grand’s High School forum members, with support from venue and schools’ staff, Grab 2013 will see charities, The Solomon Project, which helps to provide school meals for children in Africa, Parkinson’s UK and The Stroke Association, all benefit from money raised from Grab.