Blind Girl Stuns ‘AGT’ Judges with Her Performance & Receives Golden Buzzer from Simon Cowell

• A 17-year-old girl who was born blind stunned the judges with her magical voice on "America's Got Talent."
• Her performance left her fans in tears, while the judges thought she had an extraordinary voice.
• The young girl was bullied a lot before she made it to the show.

Putri Ariani, a 17-year-old girl from Yogyakarta, Indonesia, stunned the judges and audience with her breathtaking performance on season 18 of "America's Got Talent." She impressed the judges with her performance so much that Simon Cowell had to press the golden buzzer, sending her to the semi-finals.

What was unique about Ariani's performance was that she couldn't see the audience, judges, or the grand stage she was standing on. The teenage girl was born blind, but that did not stop her from turning her dreams into reality.

Ariani has been passionate about singing since childhood and dreamt of being on "America's Got Talent." She confidently went on the stage and introduced herself to the judges after saying that her biggest challenge was that people did not consider her a musician when they looked at her for the first time. Instead, they paid more attention to the fact that she was blind.

"My dream is being the biggest diva in the world like [American singer] Whitney Houston, and to win a Grammy award," Ariani said while talking to the judges. The high school girl hoped to attend The Juilliard School to study music.

After her energetic performance, the audience couldn't stop applauding while the judges rose to their feet to appreciate the girl. Stunned by Ariani's performance, Cowell said, "You have a kind of a glow about you. You are, I think, one of the best singers we've ever had on our show." He also asked her for a second song.

Besides leaving the audience shocked with her magical voice, Ariani left her online fans in tears with her performance. One YouTube user said, "It doesn't matter how many times I watch this, I cry uncontrollably every time! She's such a precious being."

Meanwhile, another person stated, "This was hands-down my favorite AGT audition of all time." A third YouTube user said, "This is the fourth time I have watched this show and still cry when I watch it."

People online praised Ariani's performance and wished her good luck after learning about her aspirations. They believed she would become one of the best singers because of her unique voice.

What Is Putri Ariani's Life Story?

It took Ariani a lot of struggle before she could showcase her skills on the stage of "America's Got Talent." Many people were moved after watching her audition, but not everyone knows what she went through before appearing on the popular show.

Ariani was born three months earlier than expected, which introduced some health complications in her life. The doctors kept her in an incubator and told her parents she wouldn't make it.

Born as a blind person, Putri never let it stop her from achieving her dreams. Despite hearing all sorts of negative remarks from people around her, the resilient girl defied all odds and pursued her passion.

"Putri will never be able to live normally," she recalled what others said when she was a kid. In her TED Talk, Ariani opened up about how people bullied her when she joined a singing competition. They tried their best to demotivate her and stop her from achieving her dreams, but the young girl ignored their words.

She got labeled as "crazy," "lame," "incapable," "delusional" and "powerless," but did not let other people define her worth. Ariani ignored all the negative comments she had received from people and focused on her goal.

Ariani recalled how she didn't give up when people bullied her after she posted her music online. They made fun of her when she released songs, but the girl didn't let their words stop her from following her passion. She said:

"No matter what happened, I never gave up, and I never will."

Before appearing on "America's Got Talent," Ariani won the second season of "Indonesia's Got Talent" in 2014. She became famous in her home country and was nominated in the Indonesian Music Awards' Best New Artist category.

The young artist released her first music album, "Melihat Dengan Hati," in 2020. She has also sung many singles that became popular in no time. One of them was "Tak Mampu Lupa," released in 2022, and has since been streamed over 11 million times on Spotify.

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