Shows like America’s Got Talent are constantly on the lookout for fresh new faces that they can transform into stars. This isn’t always an easy search though.
While there are many hopefuls that would love to be crowned winner, or at least become one of the competition’s fan-favorites, only a select handful are worthy of the title.
Here we had the chance to meet a 12-year-old named Kadie Lynn Roberson. The country girl comes from Kemp, Texas where she lives with her parents, who adopted her when she was just a baby.
Kadie Lynn started showing a talent for singing when she was very young. But, there aren’t many opportunities where the family resides.
The tween’s hometown is so small that there’s only one stoplight. Fortunately, her loving parents are so supportive that they would actually drive their daughter around to other towns just so she could perform.
For Kadie Lynn, walking onto the iconic stage of AGT must have been a dream come true.
It was easy to see that Kadie Lynn had a country spark to her. Wearing cowboy boots and carrying an acoustic guitar, she was ready to perform for the judges and hopefully stand out from the rest.
The moment Kadie Lynn’s voice emerged, all eyes lit up.
She began singing a rendition of Merle Haggard’s, “Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star.” As Kadie Lynn belted out the lyrics, while strumming her guitar, everyone stared in disbelief by what they were hearing.
Now, this was a 12-year-old with talent.
On top of Kadie Lynn having a beautiful, mature-sounding voice – she sang so passionately and powerfully that it caused the crowd to rise for a standing ovation. It’s hard to not get the chills.
Kadie Lynn’s mom was brought to tears watching her baby girl perform. The emotion was so intense in the auditorium that even the tween herself appeared misty-eyed at the end of her act.
Then came time to hear what the judges had to say. Was her performance good enough to move to the next round of the competition?
Judge Mel B was the first to offer her praises, saying:
“You’re like this cute little thing – and then you start singing and this big, powerful voice comes out of nowhere. You know what I really liked about you, it’s you have like such control over your big voice, technically. I mean, it was a home run for me.”
The other judges also gushed to Kadie Lynn, but there was something about Simon Cowell’s response that was extra memorable.
“You know when we make these shows, it’s a bit like we’re mining for talent – and you dig, and you dig, and you dig… And then every so often you find a little diamond. And that’s what we found today with you.”
But Simon wasn’t done yet.
After giving more compliments, he concluded:
“I have a feeling, and I’m rarely wrong…that in a few years time we’re going to look back at this moment and say this is the day we discovered Kadie Lynn.”
The young country singer was of course given four “yeses” from the panel of judges. It’s an emotional scene that demonstrates what these shows are really all about.
Grab a box of tissues and enjoy it for yourself below.
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