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WHEN talented pianist Paul Gbegbaje thrilled Britain's Got Talent judges on Saturday's show he finally got one over bullies. Christian Paul, 19, whose parents are preachers, took up music as an escape after cruel classmates dubbed him "Jesus Freak" at school. They mocked him for reading his Bible in class while they were all reading Playboy. Paul, of Dagenham, East London, is still so religious he even prayed backstage. He said: "I knew God was with me. He really came through for me." All three judges voted Paul through to the next round when he revealed how he had taught himself by drawing a keyboard on a piece of paper because he didn't have a piano to practise on at home.