Inspirational Choir Earns Golden Buzzer For ASL Rendition Of 'This Is Me'
An inspirational choir’s moving performance on Britain’s Got Talent earned them the golden buzzer with their ASL rendition of ‘This Is Me.’
Jade and her 4-year-old brother, Christian, are the founders of the Sing Along With Us choir. It all started when Jade found out that her younger brother may never be able to talk.
“We were told that Christian would never be able to communicate. I taught him sign language so then he could talk. And he’s here, a little miracle, proving everybody wrong,” shares Jade.
“I didn’t want to accept that Christian would never be able to communicate. I just knew that there was a voice in there that needed to come out,” Jade says. “We decided that we wanted to teach other people this, so we started a class. We’re just amazed at how many people wanted to get involved.”
That small group of people wanting to learn ASL grew into a huge choir, and they are using what Jade has taught them to show the audience what it truly means to be themselves.
“We would never normally get an opportunity to do something like this. It’s unbelievable. We’re just so excited,” says Jade.
At the start of their audition, the choir starts singing ‘This Is Me’ while Jade uses ASL from the front of the stage to sign the lyrics. Then the whole group joins Jade with ASL and starts signing the song.
“When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me”
While they are performing, the audience members can’t stop smiling and cheering and many of the judges have tears in their eyes. After their moving performance, the judges have nothing but praise for the choir.
“You sang ‘This Is Me’ and I’m thinking, ‘You Are Us,’ because you define what this show should be all about,” Simon Cowell shares. “This is an audition that I will never, ever forget.”
It was so wonderful to see this inspirational group get a golden buzzer after they gave everything they had to this performance and shared such a positive message through their audition.