It's good to get an honest opinion Yeah it is This is the biggest performance of my life I might nervous I'm sure all the judges will love you Thank you so much, yes of course Songs just weren't unique enough I would say come back in a year with a better plan So I'm going to say "No" right now You ready to give your big voice? I hope so It is good I'm little nervous, about get on stage No don't be nervous Go out there, and show them what you got Where did you come from? Oh right over there in the wings You snuck on didn't you How are you? I'm good Good, you look excited Yeah I'm very excited and what's your name? Ansley Burns Where are you from Ansley? Easley, South Carolina You got a great accent by the way Ansley Okay Ansley, are you like a comedian or a dancer? Well I'm a singer Easley is a very small town The population is... small And when I was little, I used to sing and pretend like I was on America's Got Talent And I'm going to be on that stage in front of all these people When I'm just like... What are you nervous about? Judge's Simon Just a little bit, I'm really excited today Yeah it's going to be a lot of fun I really hope, all the judge is really like I've never done this before Okay Ansley, what are you gonna sing? "Think" by Aretha Franklin You're gonna do Aretha Franklin, at 12 You sure? The stage is yours You better think Think about what you're trying to do to me Think, let your mind go, let yourself be free Let's go back, let's go back
Let's go way on way back when I didn't even know you, You couldn't have been too much more than ten I ain't no psychiatrist, I ain't no doctor with degrees But it don't take too much high IQ to see what you're doing... Okay okay, Ansley Ansley, sorry babe I don't think this backing track was working for you I mean it was a horrible horrible backing track uh so I don't think we can judge you properly on this, I really don't We really like you, but that was terrible If you're going to sing Aretha you've got to have a great track I'm just wondering whether we should just do a verse and a chorus maybe acapella? Do you want some water? uh yeah Hang on Come here, come here I haven't had any of this This will help It's like magic water, it's yours okay Well that just happened Okay let's do it You better think, Think about what you're trying to do to me Think, Let your mind go, let yourself be free Let's go back, let's go back
Let's go way on way back when I didn't even know you
You couldn't have been too much more than ten I ain't no psychiatrist, I ain't no doctor with degrees But it don't take too much high IQ to see what you're doing to me You better think
Think about what you're trying to do to me Yeah, think
Let your mind go, let yourself be free Freedom Yeah freedom There you go! You're a little fighter on your Ansley Aretha Franklin, acapella, three key changes No track wow... Howie? You're an amazing person As Simon just said, people don't realize how tough it is for an adult to get up on this stage in front of all these people, and millions of people watching at home And then to take whatever change, and whatever criticism is given your way and do it. That is amazing for somebody twice your age Thank you Julianne? You know what The minute you actually sang that acapella I felt like you owned that song completely And I feel like when the track was going you can hide behind that A lot of people can hide behind that And at 12 years old, that could be really scary not having that track to support you You absolutely crushed it and I'm so excited to see what you do You've just proved the point personality to me Is as important as technical ability You know it's the person I always remember And you my god, 12 years old is how we said Coming on that stage, I know how scary it is We're going to remember you You have a great voice Thank you Okay now the most important part Howie? "Yes" Gabrielle? Oh yes, two yeses Julianne? It's a "Yes" from me I've got to try and do the accent Ansley
answer ainsley... Ansley Burns... You got yourself 4 yeses Thank you
