Golden Buzzer- Mzansi Youth Choir's Emotional Tribute Brings Simon To Tears - Auditions - AGT 2023

Mzansi Youth Choir win the Golden Buzzer on AGT 2023
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America’s Got Talent has returned to our screens, and the tears have already begun flowing.
The auditions are always a mixed bag. To paraphrase Forrest Gump, you never know what you’re going to get.
With the Mzansi Youth Choir’s debut performance on the season 18 opener, we got something special.

The choir from South Africa was inspired by the story of the late Jane “Nightbirde” Marczewski, a talented singer who shone on the 2021 AGT stage, and blew away judges with her own audition.
On that occasion, Marczewski scored a golden buzzer with an original song, “It’s OK.”
Following that performance, the singer revealed that she had a 2% chance of survival from cancer that had spread to her lungs, spine and liver. The video garnered millions of views on YouTube and her performance warranted a standing ovation from all four judges.

Nightbirde exited AGT weeks later to focus on her health. Her story ended in tragedy, when Marczewski passed away in 2022, aged just 31.

She’s gone, but not forgotten. And on Tuesday night (March 30), Mzansi Youth Choir ensured her music would live on, and her legacy would continue, by covering “It’s OK”.

Hailing from Soweto, a township of Johannesburg, the choir was formed 20 years ago as a safe space for youngsters to develop and grow.