{"id":582,"date":"2025-01-09T14:21:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T14:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/story15.com\/?p=582"},"modified":"2025-01-09T14:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T14:21:29","slug":"darci-lynne-amazes-simon-and-fans-with-a-perfect-italian-opera-performance-without-opening-her-mouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/story15.com\/?p=582","title":{"rendered":"Darci Lynne Amazes Simon and Fans with a Perfect Italian Opera Performance \u2013 Without Opening Her Mouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Darci Lynne can do it all! When the\u00a0<em>America\u2019s Got Talent\u00a0<\/em>Season 12 winner returned to the\u00a0<em>AGT<\/em>\u00a0stage during the Season 1 finale of\u00a0<em>AGT: The Champions\u00a0<\/em>in 2020,\u00a0she left audiences in awe\u2026again! How? She used her signature ventriloquism act to sing a jaw-dropping rendition of the Italian opera tune \u201cO Mio Babbino Caro\u201d\u2014with her mouth totally closed, of course.<\/p>\n<div class=\"VUMR5nZw\"><\/div>\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\/01\/agt-fantasy-league-106-darci-lynne2.jpg\" alt=\"Darci Lynne performs during Season 1 Episode 6 of America's Got Talent: Fantasy League\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"media__metadata-wrapper\"><span class=\"media__caption\">Darci Lynne performs during Season 1 Episode 6 of America\u2019s Got Talent: Fantasy League\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"media__credit\">Photo: Chris Haston\/NBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOh my carrots. Look at all these people! Hey, all of you up there! Can you hear me?\u201d Lynne\u2019s \u201clucky charm\u201d puppet Petunia said before making an impressive echoing sound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s amazing,\u201d Judge Simon Cowell approved.<\/p>\n<p>Lynne and Petunia then launched into the most angelic rendition of the song, nailing every single high operatic note.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, they both got a standing ovation from all four Judges.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/CxWYqRKvCgwAAAAe\/smiling-simon-cowell.png\" alt=\"Smiling Simon Cowell GIF - Smiling Simon Cowell Britains Got Talent -  Discover &amp; Share GIFs\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cowell described it as Lynne\u2019s \u201cbest-ever performance\u201d in the\u00a0<em>AGT<\/em>\u00a0universe. \u201cIt\u2019s hard enough at your age to sing opera, but you\u2019re doing it through a rabbit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour delivery and your confidence; you are self-taught and you worked so hard to get this far. You deserve everything and much, much more,\u201d\u00a0Mel B. gushed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was truly amazing, because we didn\u2019t know you sing opera. You\u2019ve gone through a whole season of\u00a0<em>AGT,<\/em>\u00a0and you still surprise,\u201d\u00a0Howie Mandel\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>See the amazing full performance here.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nYH0ymEZVDE?si=xnCNsLkp_mXFNy8F\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"560\" data-origheight=\"315\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Darci Lynne on\u00a0<em>America\u2019s Got Talent: Fantasy League<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Lynne showed off her versatility yet again when she competed on the first season of\u00a0<em>America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>:<em>\u00a0Fantasy League<\/em>\u00a0in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>There, she first did a show-stopping rendition of the tune \u201cI\u2019ve Got the Music in Me\u201d by the Kiki Dee Band. However, while the Judges were impressed as always by Lynne\u2019s vocal abilities, they had mixed reactions about Lynne attempting to separate herself from her unique ventriloquist talents.<\/p>\n<p>But Lynne chose to follow her heart and make a new name for herself. For her next performance, Lynne left her signature puppets behind and took a risk by singing an amazing\u00a0original single called \u201cPush Our Luck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just something I feel like I have to do, in my heart,\u201d Lynne told judge\u00a0Heidi Klum\u00a0of her choice to step away from her beloved ventriloquist image and focus on her musical talents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a risk,\u201d Klum responded. \u201cNow you fall into the category of all the singers, so the pressure, I feel like, is extra.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the performance didn\u2019t send Lynne to the next round, she certainly made a positive impression with her creative range!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darci Lynne can do it all! 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