{"id":5244,"date":"2024-06-15T10:44:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T10:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addnews.info\/?p=5244"},"modified":"2024-06-15T10:44:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T10:44:16","slug":"simon-said-her-audition-was-like-a-punch-in-the-face-but-it-was-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addnews.info\/?p=5244","title":{"rendered":"Simon said her audition was like a \u2018punch in the face\u2019, but it was he&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Chicago rock-soul-R&amp;B singer Liv Warfield won Simon Cowell\u2019s \u2018AGT\u2019 Golden Buzzer with an original song.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>Liv Warfield\u00a0has worked with the likes of\u00a0Prince\u00a0and\u00a0Nancy Wilson\u00a0of\u00a0Heart, but she\u2019s still hoping for the break that will take her career soaring to the top of the charts, and she\u2019s hoping that her appearance on Season 19 of\u00a0<em>America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>\u00a0will do that for her.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sites\/nbcblog\/files\/styles\/scale_1280\/public\/2024\/05\/nup_203785_04893.jpg\" alt=\"Simon Cowell Gives Golden Buzzer to Jaw-Dropping Singer Liv Warfield | NBC  Insider\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been on a lot of stages and I\u2019m just glad to be here to be able to do the\u00a0music\u00a0and do what I love, to be able to represent that,\u201d Liv told judges\u00a0Simon Cowell,\u00a0Heidi Klum,\u00a0Howie Mandel\u00a0and\u00a0Sofia Vergara\u00a0before she rocked the\u00a0<em>AGT\u00a0<\/em>stage. Then she added, \u201cI have been doing this for a long time and the music industry is hard. Things have changed over time. I continue to push because I feel I have a story. I want to inspire people because I haven\u2019t quit, and I won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rock\/soul\/R&amp;B singer who resides in Chicago definitely didn\u2019t quit when her band joined her on stage for an dynamic, no-holds-barred performance of her original song \u201cStare.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ta0gzHWw\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Liv Warfield Receives GOLDEN BUZZER from Simon Cowell For Original, &quot;Stare&quot; | Auditions | AGT 2024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pfqT2zseA3s\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"jE30qSQb\"><\/div>\n<p>When the standing ovation ended and the applause died down, Simon told her, \u201cI have a problem. That wasn\u2019t long enough. Seriously, that lyric, wrecking ball, that was how I felt just then. It was like in a good way being punched in the face by your energy, the band, all these years of frustration, and you come on here and I\u2019m sorry, I can\u2019t give you a yes. I\u2019ve got to give you one of these.\u201d\u00a0<picture class=\"is-loaded\">And Simon hit the Golden Buzzer, sending Liv and her band directly to the Live Shows before any of the other judges could comment on her performance.<\/picture>\n<p>Then, Simon ran up on stage and hugged Liv, who said, \u201cI\u2019m overwhelmed. Thank you. We\u2019re so grateful. We live for the music.\u201d And Simon added, \u201cGreat things are going to happen after this. It was the least I could do. You just made our show great.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago rock-soul-R&amp;B singer Liv Warfield won Simon Cowell\u2019s \u2018AGT\u2019 Golden Buzzer with an original song. 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