Motioned to go on by Cowell, Baez continued singing another verse. "Why don't you do what you just did?"Īfter taking a few moments to compose herself, Taylor then sang one verse of the song, that brought the audience to their feet. "Madison, you don't need a track or anything," he said. "Sorry, I'm just kind of freaking out right now," Baez said as she burst into tears.Īfter being let in on the ruse, Cowell asked the young girl if she would like to audition. "And it's always been my dream to be on the show. "I've been to many tapings, and ever since I was 4 years old, I would always try and sing for the commercial breaks," the talented youngster said. "And then I see this little thing in the audience and it's you."īaez explained that she has been to many tapings of the show and has dreamed of auditioning for several years. "We do ask people in the breaks if they'd like to sing a song and I was literally just coming back in and I heard this voice, thinking, 'Who…is that?'" Cowell told Baez. After getting the thumbs up from her dad, Cowell allowed her to go up on the stage. Cowell asked Baez her name, how old she was and who she was with. The audience then began chanting for the girl to go up on stage. Find out more on today's Quick Start podcast from CBN News:
Kirk Cameron speaks to CBN about the seismic rise in homeschooling. Simon Cowell, who also serves as the show's executive producer, was walking back on set and was amazed by the voice he heard. Howie Mandel, who was sitting at the judge's table, heard Baez's voice and turned around to get a better look.
She then belted out the song with her powerful voice, surprising the audience and the judges. According to the show's host Terry Crews, she had been placed in the audience in order to trick judges Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel just to see if they noticed.Īnd to say they noticed is an understatement.īaez held up her hand and a man came over and handed her a microphone.
Madison Taylor Baez, who was actually slated to be a contestant, was watching the taping with her dad Chris. It's a standing custom by the show's producers to give some audience members an opportunity to sing during the show's breaks for commercials. During a recent commercial break during the taping of an episode of NBC's America's Got Talent, an 11-year-old girl who was sitting in the audience wowed the show's judges and won the hearts of audience members with her powerful rendition of the classic hymn "Amazing Grace."
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