America’s Got Talent: Boy with cancer’s performance makes Simon Cowell use the only special ‘golden buzzer’
America’s Got Talent: Boy with cancer’s performance makes Simon Cowell use the only special ‘golden buzzer’
Cowell gave a special honor to Tyler Butler-Figueroa, a cancer patient who is very talented at playing the violin. The judge’s move was also intended to answer the bullies who bullied Tyler at school, just because he lost his hair during chemotherapy.
“Playing the violin helps me forget all the bad things,” Tyler said on stage. “I don’t want to be just the kid with cancer. So now I’m going to be the kid who plays the violin.”
The boy then belted out Kelly Clarkson’s Stronger, and Cowell was clearly impressed.
“I can tell you one thing – most people get bullied because they’re better than the people who bully them. I think you have a great talent and character. I want to say something to the bullies on your behalf.”
Then Simon Cowell reached for the golden buzzer and pressed it hard. Tyler and everyone in the audience instantly erupted in a wonderful moment.
The newly used golden buzzer will send Tyler Butler-Figueroa straight to the America’s Got Talent finals, held in Hollywoo
