Angelica Hale nine-year-old from Atlanta earned guest judge Chris Hardwick’s golden buzzer during the first week of judge cuts on America’s Got Talent. For Tuesday night’s performance, Angelica Hale chose “Girl on Fire” by Alicia Keys.
Angelica was met with a standing ovation and chants of “Golden buzzer! Golden buzzer!” by the audience. “The first time, do you remember what I said to you?” asked Howie Mandel. “You said I had a good chance of winning “America’s Got Talent,” replied Angelica.
Her life was saved by a kidney transplant from her mother. “Mommy gave me her kidney,” Angelica said. “She’s my hero.” Angelica amazed the judges in the audition round of America’s Got Talent with her rendition of Andra Day’s “Rise Up.” She was passed to the judge cuts round with a unanimous vote of the judges.
“This shouldn’t actually happen. You’re tiny. Your voice is huge,” said Simon Cowell during the audition round. “I have a feeling we may be looking at a star in the future.”
Girl on Fire Angelica Hale Most Viewed Child Singer in America’s Got Talent History