THE PIANO WINNER BRAD KELLA WELCOMES HIS SECOND CHILD AS HIS GIRLFRIEND ABBIE GIVES BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL - AFTER THE COUPLE WERE DIVIDED OVER HER NAME
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The Piano winner Brad Kella has welcomed his second daughter with his girlfriend Abbie Lewis just weeks after being crowned the show's second season champion.
Brad revealed that the newborn named Melody Sarah Kellaher, as he took to his Instagram story on Wednesday to share the happy news.
The TV personality, who has not yet shared a picture of the newborn, revealed that his daughter was born early on Thursday morning.
The Liverpool-born star shared a blank screen and penned: 'You've completed our family. Can't wait for your big sister to meet you (love heart emoji).'
Fans have been waiting in anticipation for the baby name reveal because just weeks earlier he confessed that himself and Abbie were 'sceptical' on deciding names.
Appearing on This Morning he revealed that they each wanted different names for new born - as he wanted Melody but Abbie wanted Alba.
Chatting to Ben Shepard and Cat Deeley on the show, the musician said: 'So Abbie has got three weeks left.
'I can't wait. What a time for her to come. We are still sceptical about the name because I want to call her Melody but Abbie likes Alba but let's see who wins that one.'
On Wednesday evening, the pianist braced his fans on social media as he revealed five hours earlier that Melody was on her way and that is had been a long labour.
He wrote: 'Baby Melody is nearly here guys!!! I will keep everyone posted. Abbie has been in a very oong (sic) labour but we are very close to meeting her.'
Brad was declared season two's champion during last month's heart-wrenching finale at the Aviva Studios in Manchester.
He captured the hearts of the nation with his performance as he revealed that not only is he self-taught, but the way he plays is through sound only because he cannot read or write music.
Brad explained that he doesn't know what each key means, and each time he plays a song, it turns out differently because it is based on memory.
Speaking to Ben and Cat, he said: 'When I'm playing music I could create a piece, like the Ev and Frank piece, but when you hear me play that piece again, parts of it will be slightly different.
'And that is purely because I actually don't know what I am playing, I don't know what the keys mean I just understand the sound distance in between each key.'
His candid interview came days after Brad left viewers in tears during his winning performance on Sunday as he reached the final alongside other hopefuls including fellow fan favourite Duncan, 80, who suffers from Dementia.
The Channel 4 show sees a range of musicians play the piano in train stations across the UK in a bid to impress passersby with their music.
Brad took to the stage to perform a song he had written in honour of his beloved foster parents Ev and Frank, who wiped away tears as they watched from the audience.
After impressing judges Mika and Lang Lang, as well as host Claudia Winkleman, and being declared the winner, he made an impassioned speech.
He said: 'I just want to show that us care kids can still do stuff, we just need to be around the right people. Thank you so much for appreciating my music'.
Viewers were left in bits and took to X writing: 'Watched the Piano the final and I have probably wept through the entire programme'
'Well done brad! So utterly deserved, I have just cried ugly tears from start to finish'
'Well Done Brad on the the piano may have cried a few tears'.
While others said: 'Wow #ThePiano !! All were brilliant - I had tears streaming down my face listening to the music and the stories of these talented musicians! Brad was inspirational what an amazing man to write such a wonderful piece for his foster parents ( cue tears again !)'.
Brad previously spoke about his childhood and credited his foster parents with turning his life around.
Saying: 'I got put in foster care when I was seven years old with my twin brother. I was so confused. I remember hanging onto the railings outside my foster parents' [house] and I didn't want to go in.'
'What they did for me and my brother was absolutely everything. They'd make sure we were up to start in school, routine, getting up early, going to bed early. They gave me absolutely everything and more.'