Blind And Autistic Singer Lavender Darcangelo Stuns On ‘America’s Got Talent’ And Gets Heidi Klum’s Golden Buzzer

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Lavender Darcangelo is taking “America’s Got Talent” by storm. On Tuesday’s episode, the 27-year-old singer took the stage and stunned everyone with her performance and her story, earning her Heidi Klum’s Golden Buzzer. READ MORE: ‘America’s Got Talent’: ‘Mesmerized’ Howie Mandel Slams Golden Buzzer For Hypnotic Dance Crew — Watch! Darcangelo, accompanied by her father Wil, introduced herself as both a blind and autistic woman. “I’ve been singing since I was three years old, I didn’t talk until I was 4 and a half,” she told the judges, adding that she is taking her shot on “AGT” because she has “a lot of dreams.” One of those dreams, she said, is to build a school with teaching tailored to each student’s unique interests, “So a school I would have thrived in.” She then revealed that her dad is actually her adopted father, leaving it to him to tell the story. “Lavender and I met, she asked me to adopt her and I said, ‘Well, I’m a member of a faculty, and that’s not just how it works,'” Wil shared. “But several years goes by and she’s having struggles and before you know it, she moved in with me and my husband Jamie the day we came home from our honeymoon.

And so the year later, after that, she became our legal daughter.” After sharing her heartwarming story, Darcangelo performed a rendition of Irene Cara’s song “Out Here On My Own”, from the 1980 musical Fame.

The emotional performance brought the audience and the judges to their feet. “We make the show because we get to meet people like you,’ Simon Cowell said, adding, “This is an audition I’ll never forget.” READ MORE: ‘America’s Got Talent’ Winner Michael Grimm Hospitalized And Unconscious Amid Health Issue Sofia Vergara called the performance