UP-AND-coming singer Caitlyn Vanbeck met her boyband idol Zayn Malik after a chance meeting outside the Usher Hall.

The teenager, who attends Tranent’s Ross High School, was among those in the crowd outside the Edinburgh venue on Monday afternoon.

And as word spread that One Direction star Zayn, 21, was at the Usher Hall, so did the crowd.

Caitlyn, who won Edinburgh Has Talent in 2011, was “hysterical” after meeting the star, who was in the Capital along with his fiancee, Little Mix star Perrie Edwards, who was performing this week.

The Tranent teenager said: “I thought I’d chance my luck and go up to the Usher Hall early to see if I could meet Little Mix before the concert.

“They were doing their sound check, I went up and was waiting outside.

“While they were getting out of the tour bus, I saw Zayn appear with them out of nowhere.

“I got the fright of my life because I’m the biggest Directioner ever.

“I had no clue he was going to be there.”