Simon Was Walking Back To His Seat…Then He Heard A Voice That Stopped Him Cold.

Maddie Taylor Baez had been dreaming of the AGT stage since she was 4 years old. On the day of the Season 17 taping she finally got to be there. Not as a contestant. As an audience member watching her favorite show being recorded live. During a commercial break the microphone was passed around the audience. It reached Maddie. She sang Amazing Grace. Simon Cowell stopped walking back to his seat. The judges invited her onto the stage. She sang again. Then Howie Mandel hit the Golden Buzzer and gold confetti rained down on an 11 year old girl who had come to watch AGT that day and left with the one thing she had been dreaming about since she was 4 years old.