11-Year-Old America’s Got Talent Violinist and Cancer Survivor Gets Golden Buzzer

Simon Cowell attends NBC's "America's Got Talent" Season 14 Kick-Off at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, on March 11, 2019. Amy Sussman/Getty Images
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Simon Cowell pushed the golden buzzer on “America’s Got Talent” for an 11-year-old violin player, sending him straight through to the live rounds.

Tyler Butler-Figueroa, from Raleigh, North Carolina wowed the audience and judges with a version of Kelly Clarkson’s 2012 hit song “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You),” earning himself a standing ovation and a teary response from judge Gabrielle Union.

Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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