Grace VanderWaal, winner of “America’s Got Talent” 2016 – Mary’s goosebumpmoment

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Grace VanderWaal, an “America’s Got Talent” discovery

Grace VanderWaal took the world by storm when she auditioned for “America’s Got Talent” at age 12 by singing an original song while playing the ukulele. She won season 11 of the show and from then on, VanderWaal has done what most teenagers can only dream of: signing with the same label as Beyonce and Adele, releasing a full-length album, touring with Imagine Dragons and Florence + the Machine, and even starring in a movie.

At a young age, she demonstrated musical maturity by performing songs of her own with a sweet yet raspy voice. VanderWaal nervously went into the contest auditions hand in hand with her parents and older sister, but it was in the first audition that she won the hearts of the audience and judges.

An audition that took the world by storm

Grace VanderWaal saw her life change when she auditioned on June 8, 2016. Before she began singing, she confessed that singing was one of her best-kept secrets, and she proved it by performing a song she composed about herself.

After her performance, she received a standing ovation from the audience and compliments from the show’s judges that left more than one person with goosebumps. What seemed like a dream for Grace, finally turned out to be a beautiful true story. The young lady made it to the quarter finals, where she continued to advance and gave the audience more original songs full of tenderness and background.

In the quarterfinals, Grace performed the love song titled “Beautiful Thing”, where she appeared in a simple blue dress, befitting her age, and on stage she was accompanied by a simple tree of pink leaves decorated with lights. In the semi-final, she sang a love song full of optimism and hope: “Light the Sky”. This time, Grace played her ukulele along with the percussion ensemble and a cello.

Finally, in the final of the program, where she was competing against The Clairvoyants (a couple of magicians), Grace sang “Clay”, a song in which she was accompanied by the melody of a piano, percussion and a cello. This last interpretation of an original single allowed her to win the contest.

The young woman won a million dollars with the contest and assured that part of it would go to charity, and perhaps another part to build a tree house. Thanks to this program Grace is known worldwide and the video of her audition already had more than a hundred million views after a week and her song “I don’t know my name” was already on the ukulele chords pages and posted as a cover on YouTube by thousands of users.