When a 13-year-old opera singer hit the stage for a second round of tryouts on Britain’s Got Talent, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
Malakai had the judges on their feet as he sang out Pie Jesu, which the jury described as ‘heavenly’.
The adolescent, who fell in love with singing at the age of seven after joining a choir, pleased the judges so much that he only received a golden buzzer!
Simon Cowell, 63, informed him after his spectacular audition that there was ‘just one word’ to describe his performance… ‘Golden’ was the word.
The X Factor founder didn’t hesitate to click the special buzzer, sending Malakai directly to the live shows.
With Malakai’s mother and sister in the audience in tears, they weren’t the only ones affected with emotion, as new judge Bruno Tonioli, 67, cried the entire time.
The former Strictly Come Dancing judge and BGT newbie burst into tears almost immediately after Malakai opened his mouth, tilting his head back as he failed to keep it together.
‘I was in tears!’, he said afterwards.
‘It really touched me and it was really simple. You sang like an angel.’
Fellow judge Amanda Holden hailed the performance ‘stunning’ and ‘flawless’.
‘You did yourself so proud,’ she praised.
Alesha Dixon slipped ‘into a trance’ while listening to Malakai perform.
Viewers at home were equally as impressed, as one tweeted: ‘Wowers Malakai’s performance was superb his voice was just beautiful every note was just perfection he totally deserved that golden buzzer from Simon and i was in bits just like everyone else while listening to his stunning voice’.
‘WOW!!! Malakai’s music was well worthy of a golden buzzer, very angelic’, wrote another.
‘Malakai was sensational! Goosebumps’, another tweeted.
Simon noted in a Twitter video following the audition that Malakai’s audition “defines what a golden buzzer is all about.”
‘Just when everything is perfect and it’s a surprise and it’s magical,’ he smiled.
‘We all… trust me… if it wasn’t me, someone else would’ve hit it. That’s why I was very quick!’
Britain’s Got Talent continues Saturday and Sunday on ITV1 and ITVX.
Source My Celebrity Life.
