{"id":451,"date":"2025-01-05T00:43:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T00:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/story15.com\/?p=451"},"modified":"2025-01-05T00:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T00:43:48","slug":"darci-lynne-defies-limits-with-stunning-ventriloquism-on-over-the-rainbow-a-performance-like-no-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/story15.com\/?p=451","title":{"rendered":"Darci Lynne Defies Limits with Stunning Ventriloquism on \u2018Over the Rainbow\u2019 \u2013 A Performance Like No Other"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Songs don\u2019t get more iconic than \u201cOver the Rainbow\u201d \u2014 and one of\u00a0<em>America\u2019s Got Talent\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0most iconic Acts just dropped a cover version that will be in fans\u2019 heads for a long time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-entity how-to-watch\">\n<div class=\"media__image-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sites\/nbcblog\/files\/styles\/scale_862\/public\/2024\/07\/darci-lynne-judy-garland.jpg\" alt=\"Darci Lynne with an inset of Judy Garland as dorothy\" width=\"862\" height=\"584\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"media__metadata-wrapper\"><span class=\"media__caption\">Darci Lynne at the 31st Annual Movieguide Awards Gala held at The Avalon Hollywood on February 9, 2024 in Los Angeles, California; Judy Garland in costume as Dorothy Gale in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"media__credit\">Photo: River Callaway\/Variety via Getty Images; Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>19-year-old\u00a0Darci Lynne\u00a0has once again proven why she\u2019s one of the\u00a0world\u2019s most talented ventriloquists and singers\u00a0with her \u2014 and her puppet Petunia\u2019s \u2014 unique take on \u201cOver the Rainbow.\u201d On July 24, Lynne shared the latest installment of the adorable duets she and Petunia are known for.<\/p>\n<div class=\"BG5Wn34W\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cPetunia is still mad I didn\u2019t give her the first verse, but I think we sound good together\ud83e\udd73,\u201d Lynne said.<\/p>\n<p>You know you have\u00a0unbelievable vocal talent\u00a0when your range isn\u2019t constricted just because you aren\u2019t opening your mouth!<\/p>\n<div class=\"co5WFPW2\"><\/div>\n<p>The soaring highs of \u201cOver the Rainbow\u201d are effortlessly sung by both teenager and puppet, in fact, this may be the most cohesive performance from the duo fans have ever seen. In many cases, Petunia\u00a0seems a little grumpy\u00a0about Lynne stealing the spotlight from her!<\/p>\n<p>With her viral\u00a0<em>AGT<\/em>\u00a0performances in the rear-view mirror,\u00a0the singing sensation\u00a0has big aspirations for her career. In fact, during a 2017 interview with\u00a0<em>The Oklahoman<\/em>, Lynne stressed that her goal is to make people see her as more than just \u201cthe puppet girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-code-other\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"processed instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C90j40oygnf\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbc.com&amp;rp=%2Fnbc-insider%2Fdarci-lynne-over-the-rainbow-cover#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A9174.399999976158%2C%22ls%22%3A6689.300000011921%2C%22le%22%3A7168.5%7D\" height=\"989\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"989\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really want to be known as just the puppet girl or just a singing ventriloquist. I want to be known as the performer, singer, ventriloquist, actress, Broadway star, all of it,\u201d Lynne revealed. \u201cI want to do it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lynne is well on her way to becoming the all-around performer she aspires to be \u2014 honestly; it would surprise absolutely no one if she ended up on Broadway one day! Until then, though, fans are more than happy with her\u00a0dropping more duets with Petunia\u00a0on her social media channels whenever possible.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Here\u2019s what to know about \u201cOver the Rainbow\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cOver the Rainbow\u201d was recorded in 1939 by Judy Garland and prominently featured in the classic film\u00a0<em>The Wizard of Oz<\/em>. In the movie, her character, Dorothy, sings the song at the beginning of the film when she longs to escape her home life. It\u2019s arguably one of the most recognizable songs in the world to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Artists who have covered \u201cOver the Rainbow\u201d include Garland\u2019s daughter Liza Minelli in addition to Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Willie Nelson,\u00a0Ariana Grande, Jackie Evancho, Israel Kamakawiwo\u02bbole, Katherine McPhee, Rufus Wainwright, Patti LaBelle, and countless others.<\/p>\n<p>Composed by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, \u201cOver the Rainbow\u201d won an\u00a0Academy Award for Best Original Song\u00a0in 1939. In 2017,\u00a0The Library of Congress\u00a0recognized the track as \u201cone of the best-known ballads of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Songs don\u2019t get more iconic than \u201cOver the Rainbow\u201d \u2014 and one of\u00a0America\u2019s Got Talent\u2019s\u00a0most iconic Acts just dropped a cover version that will be&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/story15.com\/?p=451\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Darci Lynne Defies Limits with Stunning Ventriloquism on \u2018Over the Rainbow\u2019 \u2013 A Performance Like No 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