Watch ‘AGT’ Hopeful Cristina Rae Earn a Golden Buzzer With Encore of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Gimme Shelter’
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Aspiring singer Cristina Rae blew the roof off America’s Got Talent on Tuesday (June 9) with her powerful voice and equally moving backstory.
Taking the stage, the Nashville-based singer, dancer and actor explained what brought her to the feel-good reality TV competition this season. “I need this to change my life,” she said while holding her young son Jeremiah. “As you can see, I’m a single mom and I was living in my vehicle while pregnant…I was, before I gave birth to my son. This will change my life by putting us in a home — my own home, not just in family situations. I want him to have his own room; I want us to live in our own home, not a house.”
Sending Jeremiah backstage with host Terry Crews, Rae launched into a passionate performance of Phil Collins’ classic 1981 debut single, “In the Air Tonight.” However, judge Simon Cowell asked her to sing a second song before making a decision, and the unexpected encore moment was where the magic happened.
Rae then delivered a searing rendition of The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” by turning the 1971 single’s lyrics personal: “I see the storm is threat’ning/ Our very lives today/ If we don’t get no shelter/ We’re gonna fade away/ War, children, it’s just a shot away/ It’s just a shot away/ War, children, it’s just a shot away/ It’s just a shot away,” she wailed on the track’s opening verse and chorus.
While Cowell described her voice “insanely good,” fellow judge Heidi Klum went a step further, calling the singer “absolutely out of this world” before pressing her illustrious Golden Buzzer and sending Rae straight to the live shows.
Watch Rae’s chill-inducing audition below.
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Glenn Rowley, Khareem Sudlow, DMTDaily
