I'm Grace Vandal I'm 12 years old and I love the S I live in New York with my mom my dad my sister and my two dogs which I love dearly what do you looking at ni Canon Canon my older sister Olivia is 15 and she's my best friend she's just very supportive I love him big hugs I want to be a part of the big hug how are you when Grace was about three she actually started writing music just in her mind she would make up song with the wireless microphone so what's wrong with
you I really love you I'm trying to set my expectations very low I've never sang in a crowd this big before and this is just going to be so different to be like in front of all these people what do you think let me fix your bow your Bow's a little my Sonic Canon walked by and I was just like oh my gosh and like that was just one person I don't even know how I'm going to do it two days ago she whispered in my ear Mom I'm getting a little nervous she's only 12
and I'm scared because I want everything that she does to be successful and I just I just hope she can do it you ready to go get him yes all right have fun one out there I'm doing my own song tonight cuz I really think that shows who I am I hope I hope it does I really hope hi young lady what is your name Grace Grace you're a beautiful young lady you know that thank you I how old are you uh 12 are you excited to be here it's crazy what are you going to
sing I'm singing in original really yes what's it about it's about me and are the people at school behind you supporting you most of my friends don't really know I sing so they don't know you're here no you believe that you can win well I mean Miracles can happen so possibly stage is yours good luck I don't know my name I don't play by the rules you are my sisters you get along nicely you ask me why I could my hair and change myself completely I'm lost trying to get in ance ofe don't ask me
any I don't know my name I don't play by the rules of the game s s I'm just trying justy I now know the rules not try to find my way I didn't expect that at all no way no way you know this is a show about surprises and you use the word miracle and I think you are a living beautiful walking Miracle you're original well people not knowing your name is so right and so wrong because I think the world is going to know your name I think right now they're going to know your
name because you are going right is all we can do is I get Aug can I get a hug wow you are amazing Grace you know what I predict for you I think you are the next little Taylor swi thank you so wow how he Golden Buzzer how's it feel I feel like this I'm kind of justo stay dreaming I'm getting ready to wake up well this is going to be a long dream because straight through to the live show you see the what a great girl what a great personality can't believe it you still
have confetti in your head I do he Simon Cal make a prediction that you're the next Taylor Swift can I get your autograph so you think you've got a star now 100% think we got amazing wow yeah I really do that is a big this girl is special she is special and I'm now annoyed I didn't press the G button you amazing oh my God I'm never getting rid of this in my entire life girl from suffer New York who loves normal 12-year-old kid stuff but when she picks up a ukulele and sing she comes
a superstar she is Grace vanderwal good afternoon sou mdle school we have a student of ours on America's Got Talent Grace we just want you to know that everybody's supporting you every step of the way I've been writing songs for a while but only now this year I've been starting to share them they're like a tiny Peak inside of my head the earliest one I can remember was about my door that makes any sense I've always sang like as long as I can remember it just gives me the best feeling tonight I'm singing a song
that I wrote about my sister we're a tight group are you nervous she's my best friend she's always afraid before she performs but she she gets up there and she always says amazing wow that's 116 million views I feel like I'm kind of just stay dreaming I'm getting ready to wake up I would never picture this happened to me doesn't it sound I still feel like I'm about to wake up from this crazy dream I hope that there's more to come you think that you know my heart and probably do so I'm always with you
I could stay with you for hours and I empty home never get bored never have nothing to do my other half you makes me me makes me smile when I fall down can't get back back back up on my face you're a beautiful thing we're a beautiful thing together even when the weather is low you're a beautiful thing we a beautiful thing together even when the weather is low we find it hop in Sky you say don't you cry it oh going to be right that's a beautiful thing make our a second together the way
the world feel like feather cuz we're holding it right in head my other half with Mak me me what makes me smile I fall down I need to get back up on my feet you're beautiful thing but things together even when the weather is low we find the rain in the sky don't you cry it all going to be right no it's all going to be all right that's beautiful wow definitely a beautiful thing come on down here Grace such a beautiful thing awesome job Simon cow on his feet along with everyone else in this
building talk to her Grace you know I'm going to be honest with you okay how old are you go goad go how old are you 12 12 sorry 12 years old you wrote the song I presume yeah yes okay so you know some of the stuff you were playing maybe the notes are wrong your vo voices a little bit croaky at times and but that is what makes you perfect because I always believe these shows are about finding potential and it's somebody who in the real world world can have a career and there's something so
sweet so Charming about you and like I said so real everyone was waiting for this performance I am going to predict we're all going to remember the moment in years to come when we saw Grace sing live for the first time thank you so much Heidi gosh I mean grace you are so very talented I can only say Save The Best For Last and you are one in a million thank you so much melb I mean you are just as cute as a button I just want to cuddle you you know what it is about
you you've just got one of those voices that you remember it's very distinctive but you know what I want to give you I want to give you a big boost of confidence because you need to know exactly how good you are you're amazing Howie this is your golden buzzer pick talk and you know what you are my golden Buzz buzzer and you are my golden buzzer in life because I got to tell you something that you are Simon said the first time you're the next Taylor Swift I predict that you're bigger than Taylor Swift I
predict that you are the biggest star to ever come out of this show people are going to be saying grace vanderwal from time to time 400 million people online are watching you all the biggest people in the business ask me about you each and every day you are a superstar America's got to vote you're the best thing I've ever seen on this show I love you I love you again you are the talk of America everyone always was just waiting to see this moment now the most important question can you teach me how to play
the ukulele yes all right awesome good luck tonight Grace you welcome back to America's Got Talent the semifinals we are live from Hollywood right now here's a young girl who sings and plays the ukulele she's only 12 years old and she's got the entire country talking about her she is Grace vanderwal how's it going Grace hi just a year ago I was in the marching man and like no one knew I sang and this entire experience has just been amazing honestly it's changed my life forever I think like it feels like I'm a famous person
or something I'm not don't worry I love this shirt I feel like a princess there and there so much challenges in the semifinal I was always afraid that I wasn't a good singer all going to remember when we saw Grace sing live for the first time I never imagined I could win but every single day I want it more and more badly and I don't know why I feel like I'm a flower just like going like this and I'm more motivated every single day to write more songs the song I'm doing tonight is just about
letting yourself shine and that's what I'm trying to do for the semifinals I'm just trying to shine I feel a lot of pressure it's just building up and I'm just trying not to explode yeah but my confidence is growing and I feel like I can do it so they got nothing on nice I don't think you understand let's go out and do something we never do cuz I feel like I can do anything my head is spinning and my feet off the ground when I can't dancing like no one's around and yet I think we
were born shy stars are don't when they're compared to you and I and if people don't like it they they can close their eyes cuz we're not the same we don't have to try we're brighter than fireflies we're going to light the sky ooh oh oh ooh ooh oh oh ooh oh oh light the sky you and me me and you we will shine through you and me and you we shine cuz my hair is spinning my feet of the ground and I Can't Stop Dancing no one's around and yeah I think we were born
Shine the STS are in they compared to you and I and if people don't like it then they can close their eyes cuz not the same we don't have to try cuz you're brighter than fireflies are going to light the sky wo wo wo wo light the sky Grace vanderwall I think we all just witness something special a true likeness Sky wow melb you gave her a standing ovation a Grace Grace Grace now let me ask you was that your own song that you wrote yes you know Grace I mean you're 12 years old you
have such a unique voice and you're so in contr control of everything at 12 years old you're already a superstar and you you just it's like you are you are the nicest most humblest sweet little girl I just love you I love you you're great hii grace you are a superstar you are the real deal and I would not be surprised if you were one of the last two people standing here in this competition that is my prediction Mr Simon cow look this is very simple Grace because everything's worked because it comes from you you
know every I know every idea comes from you the songs come from you the lyrics come from you I think you sing for a new generation and I am so flattered and thrilled that you decided to come on this show to Showcase your talent and now I hope America which is really important don't take this for granted I hope they really pick up the phone and put you where you deserve to be in 2 weeks time which could be the best f we've ever done on this show how you know really quickly it started with
you telling the world they don't know your name now the world knows your name the world knows your talent the world knows your grace and the world knows you could win this WOW Grace to hear all of those amazing things and to know that everyone truly witnessed something special here tonight how does that make you feel thank you that's just incredible everything this entire entire experience it's been just unbelievable it's so amazing that it's been happening to me good luck America she needs you voting is already open to get to it you can call you
can go to nbc.com or you can go to Google and search AGT if you want Grace to go through you got to vote for you can vote up to 10 times for each Act with each method only five action going to the finals this week so make sure you favorite goes through hot tal at the finals we are live from Hollywood 10 acts came to this famous Theater tonight hoping to win $1 million and we've got just one more act to see she's a singer a songwriter and a ukulele player and she's still only 12
years old from suffer New York she is Grace vanderwal this is I don't know my name but Grace vanderwal I absolutely love you Grace um oh wait you're not going to watch this I don't know my rules I started writing cuz I was really bored it was kind of fun so I just kept with it words that came from me and my heart I heard you are my sister friend I I don't know my name just in my room and now people are singing it all over the world you as me why I cut my
hair and change myself completely I try not to think about it too much cuz I don't want to get myself too freaked out I'm when I I would never think that I would make it to the finals and it's just like a dream my I could possibly win this like I'm getting far tonight I'm going to be singing words that came from my heart hopefully they're enough to win America's Got Talent you see a girl in the hallway and then you resp to your friend who is she anywh you forgot what she looks like and
I it day but your words will hurt me I will be okay cuz you don't hurt me I you're Sil I won't live inside your world cuz your punches pain all your TRS and stupid GES they don't work theyt watch or because they mean to me try to change my shape but baby I'm not GL sorry not today baby I'm not trying to change my sh but baby I'm not sorry not to baby I'm not silly ion live cuz your punches and your n all your jokes and stupid gam they don't no so hard watch
them just go right through me because they mean nothing to me I have not CL wow incredible Grace vanderwall picking up the confetti how Amazing Grace how sweet this sound it's not only a song it speaks to you and you are amazing and I'm going to take my couple of seconds to say America you got to vote Grace has to win this is my favorite moment of tonight now you know what I really feel like you were in your ultimate ultimate element tonight I didn't feel any nerves from you you're meant to be here you're
meant to be singing your It's Your Song it's your moment well done Grace hi you know in a in a sea of jewels I feel like you're just the the rawest and mo most original Diamond or rarest diamond of them all because I feel like you just shine that little bit brighter than everyone else I feel like your true gift to music s cow guys Grace I always say this to the people I work with finding Stars should be difficult and people in a few years time are going to look back at you and say
the reason this girl did so well and why she's going to be someone we're all going to look up to and remember is that because you did it in a real way no gimmicks it was just you and you deserved your place tonight and I don't know what's going to happen but you're going to be there at the end I can feel it you've been amazing grace and a fantastic contestant conat congratulations truly a superstar performance how does it feel I mean it just feels good to just honestly get it over with and get it
out of the way a true honest answer outstanding good luck tonight Grace so that's it there both of you for making it this far now let's find out who the nation has chosen as the winner good luck to both of you America has voted the winner of the $1 million and the star of the headline Show in Las Vegas is Grace Vander America has voted and she's so emotional CL boys you guys were amazing as well wow Grace how's it feel these are tears of joy right yes of course one time for Grace Vall ladies
and gentlemen a true Superstar how he's Golden Buzzer wow know you saying that every person is a shining star you are a shooting star you are on your way I love you you are so special and America loves you also keep it going for the Clair voice America make that noise for your winner and all your finalists that was a great season season 11 the best season so far let's hear it for tional judges hoe Mandel melb Heidi clo and Diamond cow we'll be back next year with more Talent more stars more audition so make
sure you check us out we'll see you again for a Holiday Spectacular good night
