A Liberty University graduate wowed the judges and earned the “Golden Buzzer” on NBC’s America’s Got Talent Tuesday after performing an original song that had Simon Cowell in tears.
“Your voice is stunning – absolutely stunning,” Cowell said after Liberty grad Jane Marczewski, 30, sang an original song, It’s OK, that sparked a standing ovation.
The song, she explained, is the “story of the last year of my life.” Marczewski is battling cancer. During her most recent medical checkup, she said the doctor found “some cancer in my lungs, in my spine and my liver.”
“You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be happy,” said Marczewski, whose stage name is Nightbirde.
Moments later, Cowell hit the Golden Buzzer, which automatically advances her to the competition’s semifinals. Marczewski fell to her knees in disbelief as confetti showered the stage.
A YouTube video of her performance has tallied more than 6 million views and was the No. 2 trending video on the platform Thursday.
Judge Howie Mandel also was impressed.
“That felt like the most authentic thing I’ve heard this season,” he said.
Before the song, she told him, “It’s so important that everyone knows that I’m so much more than the bad things that happen to me.”
Wearing a smile, she said she has a two percent chance of survival.
“But two percent is not zero percent. Two percent is something. And I wish people knew how amazing it is,” she said.
Terry Crews, the host of the show, told her, “You are the voice we all need to hear this year.”
“I expected I’d go out and do my best and try to keep the mindset I’m not there to impress people,” she told the Newark Advocate. “I’m there to give people a gift”.
Marczewski was profiled in 2019 in the Liberty Journal. She graduated from the Christian school in 2013.
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