Angelica Hale ❥ 9-Year-Old Earns Golden Buzzer

A nine-year-old girl 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.

After she finished, 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. “I’ll never forget that.”

Well, you know something, Angelica? I’ll never forget you, and you know something?” Mandel said. “I still, tonight, have not changed my mind. “I mean, I’m so– I’m so blown away, ’cause you walk out and there’s this,like– you know, you’ve got these, like, sneakers on, and you look like this adorable little child,” said guest judge Chris Hardwick. “And then you open your mouth, and it’s like, how did those pipes fit n that tiny body? You are unbelievable!”